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Lilia Dashevsky: Teenage prodigy connects with the madness of politics
Most teenagers probably don’t invite politicians to their birthday parties. And they probably don’t intern for a congressman while still in high school. But Lilia Dashevsky, an 18-year-old Arizona State University student, has done both.
Corporation Commissioner seeks disclosure of APS election spending
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Bob Burns today asked Arizona Public Service to provide a report of all its election spending on the 2014 commission races.
Keep cool and don’t escalate the situation, top women professionals advise
A great way to deal with adversity in the workplace: Make sure you’re always being the adult in the room.
Three entrepreneurs find their niche at the state Capitol
Three women with collective decades of experience in public policy and law launched their own firms, filling in unique niches in the policy landscape.
Watchdog group sues to get Corporation Commissioner’s texts
After months of threatening a lawsuit, the Checks and Balances Project today sued the Arizona Attorney General’s Office and the Corporation Commission to get immediate access to a commissioner’s text messages.
APS won’t give up right to spend on Corp Comm elections
Arizona Public Service’s CEO said the company won’t give up its rights to spend on Corporation Commission elections despite a request from two commissioners to “voluntarily refrain” from electioneering.
Corp Comm sues EPA over carbon emissions
The Arizona Corporation Commission, represented by Attorney General Mark Brnovich, is suing the Environmental Protection Agency over a federal rule designed to reduce carbon emissions.
Corp Comm rebuffs APS on solar requests
The Corporation Commission will hear about the combined costs and benefits of residential rooftop solar in the coming months, despite an Arizona Public Service request that the commission only investigate the costs.
Corp Comm dismisses net metering request
The Arizona Corporation Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to dismiss an electric cooperative’s request to alter net metering, instead saying the matter should be handled in its ongoing rate case.
Corp Comm seeks money to raise investigators’ pay
The Arizona Corporation Commission wants to bump up pay for its securities investigators, which the agency says it continues to lose to other departments that pay better.
Data company enters Corp Comm election debate
An Arizona-based data center company entered the heated debate over whether the Arizona Corporation Commission can require utilities to disclose their election spending.
Little wrote 2013 resolution opposing net metering policies
The resolution calls on the commission to abandon its net metering policy and “adopt a new rate structure for residential rooftop solar customers that would fairly apportion electrical grid maintenance costs to all customers and end the current unfair cost shift to non-solar utility customers.”
