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		<title>Feds approve solar-power project proposed near Quartzsite</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/06/04/feds-approve-solar-power-project-proposed-near-quartzsite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Bell, Cronkite News Service</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON – Federal officials gave a green light Monday to a proposed 100-megawatt solar-power plant near Quartzsite, a project that supporters say could create 438 short-term construction jobs and 50 full-time jobs.]]></description>
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		<title>Rooftop solar debate flares as utility regulators take up changes to incentives sought by APS&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/24/arizona-rooftop-solar-debate-heats-as-regulators-take-up-changes-to-incentives-sought-by-aps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Wyloge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As summer dawns and temperatures rise, the struggle over Arizona’s solar energy policies promises to heat up in coming months.
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The state’s largest utility company is preparing to ask government regulators to change the way a key solar energy incentive is structured.
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		<title>Clean energy means more jobs, not less</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/20/clean-energy-means-more-jobs-not-less/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Opinion</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arizona Republican Party recently issued a press release stating that I want to “eliminate 1,000 coal jobs” on Navajo land. That statement is so far removed from reality that it warrants a direct response.]]></description>
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		<title>LEEDing the way: Green schoolhouse fuses sustainability and education&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/04/01/leeding-the-way-green-schoolhouse-fuses-sustainability-and-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle A. Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dayana Gonzalez and her classmates at Roadrunner School in Phoenix will soon have a new building on their campus that not only incorporates sustainable, environment-friendly features, but also demonstrates them for the students.]]></description>
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		<title>Experts: Arizona’s solar growth could slow in coming year</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/03/29/experts-arizonas-solar-growth-could-slow-in-coming-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivian Padilla, Cronkite News Service</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After years of rapid growth, residential solar power installations in Arizona are likely to slow down some in the near future as prices tick up and utility incentives shrink, experts say.
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		<title>State regulators weigh in on power plant upgrades</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/03/13/state-regulators-weigh-in-on-power-plant-upgrades/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arizona Corporation Commission is criticizing recent actions by the U.S. Environmental Protection agency to clean up the state's power plants.]]></description>
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		<title>Suntech Power to close Arizona factory</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/03/12/suntech-power-to-close-arizona-factory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese solar panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co. is closing its factory in Goodyear, Ariz., in part because of higher production costs.]]></description>
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		<title>New policy: Corp Comm says small utilities can pass income taxes on to ratepayers&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/02/27/new-policy-corp-comm-says-small-utilities-can-pass-income-taxes-on-to-ratepayers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reversing a decades-old policy, the Arizona Corporation Commission will allow the owners of small utility companies to pass their income taxes off to consumers across the state.]]></description>
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		<title>Energy efficiency bill stalls in House&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/02/19/energy-efficiency-bill-stalls-in-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank Stephenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A House committee on Monday held a bill to allow businesses to borrow against their property taxes to purchase energy efficient upgrades for their commercial properties.
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		<title>Bipartisan energy and water conservation bill headed to hearing today&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/02/18/bipartisan-energy-and-water-conservation-bill-headed-to-hearing-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank Stephenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A House committee today is scheduled to hear a bill to allow businesses to borrow against their property taxes to purchase energy efficient upgrades for their commercial properties.]]></description>
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