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SSVEC CEO discusses the future of rural Arizona's power supply

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 SIERRA VISTA — For most people electricity is something they only think about when the lights don’t come on, but the complicated machinery behind those flickering bulbs — transmission lines, fuel markets, regulatory permits and now even data centers — has become an increasingly visible topic across Cochise County.

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Herald/Review Managing Editor Matt Hickman, left, and SSVEC CEO Jason Bowling.

 Kimberly Swope — Herald/Review

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