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	<title>Arizona Capitol Times &#187; alternative energy</title>
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		<title>Phoenix Mayor Stanton sees  empty lots full of opportunities&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/03/phoenix-mayor-stanton-sees-empty-lots-full-of-opportunities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Coddington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Going Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill McDonough]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently elected Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and architectural sustainability consultant Bill McDonough held a conversation with the downtown Phoenix community last month to figure out ways to put the empty lots that dot the city to work.]]></description>
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		<title>Milking the Sun: Zimmerman Dairy goes 100% solar – first in Arizona</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/02/milking-the-sun-zimmerman-dairy-goes-100-solar-%e2%80%93-first-in-arizona/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Valtierra Bush</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zimmerman Diary has been operating in Arizona for nearly 90 years, but its long-lasting success doesn’t mean its third-generation owners haven’t had to innovate to survive along the way.

Facing rising costs, in March 2011 the Zimmermans installed a shiny new fixture they say will enable them to continue to stay in business regardless of electricity rates.]]></description>
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		<title>BLM to hold meetings on renewable energy proposals</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/03/15/blm-to-hold-meetings-on-renewable-energy-proposals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is holding a series of public meetings across Arizona on proposals for renewable energy development.

Three meetings are scheduled next week in Phoenix, Flagstaff and Kingman. Two others are scheduled in Yuma and Tucson next month.]]></description>
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		<title>Corp. Comm. barred from adopting more stringent renewable energy standards</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/03/14/corp-comm-barred-from-adopting-more-stringent-renewable-energy-standards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capitol Insiders]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Corporation Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clint Bolick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldwater Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HB2789]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Murphy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate Government Reform Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar Energy Industries Association]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A panel of senators today approved legislation to bar the Arizona Corporation Commission from adopting renewable energy standards that are more stringent than what is currently in place.

Many consider the bill an attempt by lawmakers to assert control over the state’s energy policy, but critics said it infringes on the commission’s constitutional authority to set rates for public utility companies.]]></description>
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		<title>New proposal would limit AZ renewable energy rule</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/03/14/new-proposal-would-limit-az-renewable-energy-rule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bill that would give the Legislature a say over energy rules adopted by the Arizona Corporation Commission is being scaled back.

An amendment proposed for consideration by a Senate committee Wednesday would rewrite the bill approved by the House.]]></description>
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		<title>Environmentalists fear utility will be exempt from efficiency requirement</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/03/13/environmentalists-fear-utility-will-be-exempt-from-efficiency-requirement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Testa, Cronkite News Service</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latest News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Corporation Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Public Interest Research Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brenda Burns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tucson electric power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waive energy efficiency standards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Environmentalists fear that the Arizona Corporation Commission may waive its stringent energy efficiency standards rather than approve a power-cutting plan submitted by Tucson Electric Power and scheduled for a vote Friday.]]></description>
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		<title>Solar project planned near Palo Verde power plant</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/03/08/solar-project-planned-near-palo-verde-power-plant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new solar power project is planned near the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station west of Phoenix. KTAR-FM reports the Arlington Valley Solar Energy 2 project will generate an estimated 127 megawatts of power when commercial operations start. That's enough power to supply 25,400 homes.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. interior secretary touts giant Gila Bend solar plant’s economic impact</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/12/u-s-interior-secretary-touts-giant-gila-bend-solar-plant%e2%80%99s-economic-impact/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/12/u-s-interior-secretary-touts-giant-gila-bend-solar-plant%e2%80%99s-economic-impact/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Testa, Cronkite News Service</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abengoa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ken Salazar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While touring a solar power generating station that will provide power to tens of thousands of Arizona homes, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday that America’s embrace of renewable energy will create jobs and boost the economy.
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		<title>Feds approve solar energy project near Buckeye</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/12/20/feds-approve-solar-energy-project-near-buckeye/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/12/20/feds-approve-solar-energy-project-near-buckeye/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal government has approved the Sonoran Solar Energy Project, which will be built on public lands in Maricopa County near Buckeye.]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona high court won&#8217;t hear energy rules challenge</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/09/20/arizona-high-court-wont-hear-energy-rules-challenge/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/09/20/arizona-high-court-wont-hear-energy-rules-challenge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arizona Supreme Court is letting stand lower court decisions that uphold the state's requirement that regulated electric utilities get some of their power from solar and other renewable sources.
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