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The future is all that matters
Burns doesn’t sound keen on taking up the Republic’s suggestion that he compel APS to disclose whether it spent money on the Corp Comm race last year. But while Burns might not want to revisit last year’s campaigns, he told our reporter he is interested in what utilities do in next year’s Corp Comm races.
All in: Despite feud with utilities, solar companies push on
Brandon Cheshire is all in. He founded his own solar company, SunHarvest Solar, in 2009, and he has seen it grow steadily since then. He’s also willing to work with or around solar fees to bring in more customers.
Report says utilities are undervaluing solar power
Solar brings more benefits than it receives through subsidies like net metering, according to a new report by Environment Arizona.
Shareholders vote down plan to shed more light on utility’s election spending
Pinnacle West shareholders voted down a proposal Wednesday that would have required more information on the company’s election spending, though protesters outside the company’s annual shareholder meeting said they’re just getting started.
Trico bid to reduce savings for solar customers viewed as test case
The state’s biggest utilities sat together at a table in Tucson Monday to support and defend a solar proposal from a small electric co-op that would alter net metering rules, and cut savings, for its 1,200 solar members.
Death spirals? High-stakes solar energy fight may have just begun
Less than two years after the Arizona Corporation Commission settled on a small surcharge for residential solar, utilities are back before the regulatory body asking for bigger fees and setting the next stage for what some describe as an existential battle over the future of renewable energy here and perhaps across the country.
Talk of an extinction level event is exaggerated
Talk of a “death spiral” for utilities or speculation about an existential threat from rooftop solar is off base, APS insists. John Hatfield, the utility’s VP of communications, told our reporter last week that the narrative about a battle pitting the utilities against rooftop solar is “compelling but false.”
APS asks for a 320 percent hike in solar fees
Less than two years after the Arizona Corporation Commission approved a small monthly surcharge on residential solar, the state’s largest utility is asking energy regulators to impose a 320-percent increase in the solar fee.
You don’t need a crystal ball to predict this
Rather than wait for its next regular rate case, APS will soon seek to increase the solar surcharge adopted by the Corp Comm in 2013 by as much as 400 percent, Tell Utilities Solar Won’t be Killed said today (March 13).
APS expected to seek 400% solar fee increase
Arizona Public Service hopes to more than quadruple the monthly fee it charges to solar customers, advocates for the rooftop solar industry say.
Energy regulators won’t investigate whistleblower’s claims
The Arizona Corporation Commission won’t be launching its own investigation into a whistleblower complaint alleging that a former commissioner and the regulatory agency’s staffers broke rules and engaged in unethical conduct.
Report ties APS to electioneering in Corp Comm race
The Arizona State University Foundation made a six-figure contribution to a group that spent $2.4 million on “dark money” attack ads against pro-solar Corp Comm candidates last year, according to a new report by the DC-based Sunlight Foundation.
