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Corp Comm officials want outside investigation into whistleblower’s claims against Gary Pierce
Perhaps the most damning accusation against former Arizona Corporation Commissioner Gary Pierce comes up in the fifth point in a bulleted list on the fourth page of a whistleblower’s letter.
Flare Up: Debate rages over proposed regulations for solar industry
Since 2009, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office has received more than 500 complaints about rooftop solar, ranging from “Do Not Call” list violations to a failure to disclose the total cost to a buyer.
Advocates say consumer bill is an attempt to hamper solar industry
An Arizona Senate bill intended to protect consumers from potentially misleading solar leases unanimously passed through a committee Monday.
APS employee drafted anti-solar letter signed by AZ congressmen
Rooftop solar companies are using deceptive marketing to push risky leases on consumers, and federal regulators need to step in. That was the message sent by six Arizona congressmen in letters to the Federal Trade Commission and the recently created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But one of those letters was originally drafted by an employee of Arizona Public Service, the state’s largest [...]
Energy regulators greenlight APS rooftop solar plan
Arizona Public Service will soon start installing solar panels on residential homes after the state’s energy regulators paved the way for it to enter the residential solar market.
Why am I not surprised?
A letter sent by Barber, Kirkparick, Sinema and Texas Rep. Gene Green urging the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to scrutinize the business practices of solar-panel-leasing companies was done at the behest of APS, according to a DC-based solar industry representative.
Energy regulators raise questions about APS’ solar pitch
At least two energy regulators are highly skeptical of a proposal by the state’s biggest utility to enter the rooftop solar market.
A rooftop ‘brawl’ over solar energy’s soul
The Corp Comm’s hearing yesterday (Nov. 13) into APS’s proposal to install solar rooftop panels brought about passionate defenses of the company’s pitch and the existing rooftop-solar industry, but also attacks and snide remarks. “This is a brawl,” one industry insider told our reporter yesterday (Nov. 13).
Corporation Comm staff skeptical of APS solar proposal
A key division of the Corporation Commission is not convinced a proposal by utility giant Arizona Public Service to install solar rooftop panels is necessary.
APS’ view: Expanding the solar market in Arizona
At APS we are always planning for what’s next in Arizona’s energy future, and much of this focus has been on making sure energy in this state is sustainable for the long term. Our customers tell us they want more opportunities for rooftop solar, and we’ve listened and proposed a program that will bring more solar energy to the state.
APS spends big for Brnovich as company battles pollution rules
The parent company of the state's largest electric utility is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars through a third party to ensure that Republican Mark Brnovich becomes the next state attorney general.
Goldwater Institute to APS: Political spending may violate 1st Amendment
A litigious libertarian think tank has asked the president of the state’s largest utility to account for the company’s political activity, and specifically whether the utility’s customers have been funding its electioneering or lobbying.
