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Anna Tovar: A public servant with a penchant for being ‘the first’
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Anna Tovar is taking a step back from public office once her term on the regulatory board is up, but Tovar ...
Corporation Commission to weigh changing the way it considers utility rate increases
The Arizona Corporation Commission is considering changing the way utility companies apply for rate increases, a decision that would impact how much Arizonans pay for utilities.
Corporation Commission approves SRP Coolidge gas plant expansion
The Arizona Corporation Commission voted to allow an expansion of Salt River Project’s Coolidge Generating Station to move forward over a year after it first rejected the project.
Regulator scorned for vote on energy rules
Clean energy advocates in Arizona watched four years of work essentially go down the drain as the Arizona Corporation Commission killed its own standards the body had initially approved several months earlier.
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 2018.
Unregulated chemicals contaminating water near air base
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is warning that contaminated water around Luke Air Force Base is linked to toxic foam used to put out fires and urging fire fighters to stop using the foam.
Bill gives Legislature some control of utility regulators
The Arizona Corporation Commission may be the next branch of government that legislators can force the Attorney General to investigate.
Republicans move up in Corp Comm race
After the final update from Maricopa County on Election Night, one Democrat and two Republicans are in position to win seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission.
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 […]
Three Democrats, Two Republicans, write-in candidate advance in Corp Comm primary
All five candidates seeking a seat on the Arizona Corporation Commission advanced to the November election, as expected, but it’s still too soon to tell if a Republican write-in candidate will join them.
Democrats hope for Corp Comm control as GOP candidates fall
Democratic control of the Arizona Corporation Commission could become a reality after multiple Republican candidates failed to make the ballot.
Nearly half of Senate Dem caucus elected to leadership
The Senate’s 13 Democrats elected Sens. Katie Hobbs and Steve Farley as minority leader and assistant minority leader, respectively. And in an unconventional move, two new senators – Reps. Martin Quezada and Lupe Contreras – will serve as co-whips of the minority caucus.
