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Amanda Ormond

Amanda Ormond

Amanda Ormond is an Arizona energy consultant and the former director of the Arizona Energy Office.

COMMENTARY

Adopting clean energy and electric vehicles will help our pocketbooks and national security

By: - May 20, 2022

Fossil fuels are an inherently destabilizing force, as events in Ukraine remind us. Recently, the Biden administration banned American purchases of Russian oil, methane gas and coal to punish the country for its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.  Our reliance on fossil fuels is increasingly a threat to our national and economic security. It’s why we […]

COMMENTARY

Stronger clean energy standards will mean a stronger Arizona economy

By: - July 10, 2020

Updating and improving the state’s energy policy for the utilities the ACC regulates could address two looming issues: COVID-19 job losses and the pollution that leads to climate change in Arizona.