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Bill targeting Corp. Comm. likely dead
Commissioners reject Burns’ request for subpoenas
The Arizona Corporation Commission today voted down one commissioner’s requests to greenlight subpoenas and allow him to question utility executives about their election and lobbying expenses. Commissioner Bob Burns, a...
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Conservative Prescott, liberal Tucson coalesce in election-date lawsuit
Shown here is in an aerial view of Tucson. PHOTO COURTESY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION The Democrat enclave of Tucson is getting help from largely Republican Prescott...
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Corp Comm candidates debate dark money, renewable energy
The three Republicans running to become state utility regulators warn that putting Democrats in charge of the regulatory panel would turn Arizona into California. And they don’t mean that in...
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Corp Comm may take another look at deregulation
The Corporation Commission may soon take another look at retail electric competition, just five years after its last foray into the issue ended with a whimper. Commissioners Robert Burns, Boyd...
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Corp Comm starts new plan on power cutoff ban
The Arizona Corporation Commission took an important first step to creating a permanent rule change on utility companies shut-off policies that stemmed from the death of a 72-year-old woman in...
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Corporation Commission overstepping its authority, Ducey says
Doug Ducey (AP Photo/Matt York, file) Gov. Doug Ducey said Monday the Arizona Corporation Commission has been getting into areas beyond its constitutional authority to set utility...
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Defendants reject plea offers in Corp Comm bribery case
Plea deals offered to a former state utility regulator and a lobbyist suggests that federal prosecutors are not done looking at other possible criminal activities at the Arizona Corporation Commission....
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Dems own top of ballot, but faded rest of the way
The Maricopa County Elections Department officials conduct a post-election logic and accuracy test for the general election as observers watch the test Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020,...
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Former Mesa lawmaker Justin Olson tapped as new utility regulator
Justin Olson Gov. Doug Ducey appointed former Mesa lawmaker Justin Olson to the Arizona Corporation Commission today. Doug Little left the commission in September to join...
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Glassman down in Maricopa County Assessor race
Rodney Glassman Perennial candidate Rodney Glassman is likely to extend his election losing streak, this time to Eddie Cook, the appointed Maricopa County Assessor. Glassman has...
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Judge refuses to throw out Corporation Commission bribery case
Kennedy’s lead grows in Corp Comm race
Lawmakers assert power grab over state offices
The historic Arizona Capitol building. Arizona legislators have introduced several bills this year to allow the Legislature to have greater control over state agencies and other...
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Lawmakers want Corporation Commission to be appointed
A bipartisan group of lawmakers want to ask voters in 2020 to approve a change in the state Constitution to appoint regulators to the Arizona Corporation Commission rather than elect...
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Legal documents: Indicted lobbyist’s ex-wife FBI informant in bribery case
Lobbyist declares innocence in federal case
Lobbyist Jim Norton’s attorney said Friday federal charges against him hinge on the allegations of an “unindicted co-conspirator,” whose motivations will become “transparent” when the mystery person’s identity is revealed....
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Misinformed lawmakers poised to raise electricity cost
Remarkably, right now the Arizona Legislature is considering nonsensical legislation that will lead to higher utility bills for the state’s residents. Identical measures in the House and Senate, HB2248 and...
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Primaries 1-year away, races taking shape
Proposed Corp Comm ethics code takes aim at lobbyists
The Arizona Corporation Commission may ban lobbyists from buying food or gifts for commissioners and require lobbyists at the commission to register with the state. The lobbyist registration and gift...
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Sedona man gets new chance to prove regulators withheld information on smart meters
A Sedona resident is going to get his chance to prove state utility regulators illegally withheld information about a study of the health effects of “smart” meters. In a ruling...
