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If you look at the advent of AI,

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the amount of energy we need

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to run our networks every single day

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is growing so quickly.

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The energy networks that got us to here,

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they will not get us going
forward to where we need to be.

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We have to continue to evolve,

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protecting our
customers and our communities.

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At Verizon, being prepared
is just in our DNA.

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We need to be looking at
solutions that green the grid,

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because that's just how we are
going to survive as a society.

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We've found partners like Wells Fargo
who share our values

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and can operate at the scale of Verizon

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that get us to that next level.

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You can't really separate this idea

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of technology innovation

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and then making this world
a greener and better place.

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This transition has to happen,

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and it's about how do we make this happen

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in the most efficient and effective way.

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When we got that call,

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it really wasn't about this deal in 2023,

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but it's how do we work

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with Verizon over the next 5, 10, 15 years

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to help them achieve their
objectives on the corporate side,

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but also on the sustainability side.

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Since 2019, we've issued
six $1 billion green bonds

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for those funds and
helped finance 27 REPAs

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all around the United States,

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which could generate
more than 3.6 gigawatts

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of renewable energy.

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To stand in front of a large turbine,

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to see 70 football fields
worth of solar farms,

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it's really been an outstanding journey

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where we work green and live green.

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It's gonna take big
players like a Wells Fargo

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or Verizon to step up and say,
I'm setting the example.

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It means making the world
the more sustainable place.

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People count on Verizon.

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We count on our partners,
like Wells Fargo,

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to be there with us.