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Arizona Corporation Comission

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Sep 5, 2024

Green Party offers alternatives in ACC race

This story has been revised to correct a previous version that reported the two Green Party candidates were write in candidates for the general election.  A pair of Green Party […]

Jul 31, 2024

Same APS discrimination against solar customers

Unfortunately, the ACC just sided with APS and determined that some solar customers may, indeed, be excluded from the rate case rehearing and that the underlying evidence APS provided to justify the discriminatory fees on solar customers will not be evaluated.

May 30, 2019

Ducey’s choice for agency head shuffles Corp Comm

Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday tapped former Republican congressional contender Lea Marquez Peterson to the agency that decides how much utilities can charge their customers.

Apr 15, 2019

Proposed law would curb Corporation Commission’s subpoena power

State lawmakers are moving to curb the ability of regulators to seek documents from some private companies because of a fight with one firm that doesn't want to cough up the information.

Dec 14, 2018

Talks of electric retail dereg begin again in Arizona

The Arizona Corporation Commission has restarted talks of electric retail competition five years after a similar effort fell flat.

Former Arizona Corporation Commissioner Gary Pierce, with bottle, and wife Sherry Pierce, both of whom stand accused in a bribery scheme, leave U.S. District Court in Phoenix after their arraignment on June 7, 2017.
Jun 11, 2018

Crucial email not protected by marriage privilege, judge rules in bribery case

Jurors will get to see what could prove a critical email that prosecutors say should help prove that Gary Pierce purposely sought to conceal a land deal at the center of a bribery case.

Dec 7, 2017

Utility regulator should not undercut Arizona’s energy efficiency leadership

State action may threaten about 40,000 jobs in Arizona’s energy industry, but those jobs aren’t ones that immediately come to mind. Instead, the 40,000 jobs – more than coal, wind, solar, oil and gas combined – are in energy efficiency.

Bob Burns explains why he was the lone vote against selecting Tom Forese as new chairman of the Arizona Corporation Commission (Capitol Media Services photo by Howard Fischer)
Mar 11, 2017

Giant utility drops lawsuit against ACC commissioner to stop records production

The state's largest electric utility may have outmaneuvered a utility regulator in the fight over its records about its campaign spending.

Feb 26, 2010

Lesko pulls solar-industry regulation bill

A bill that critics said would threaten the future of Arizona's fledgling solar-energy industry has died after its sponsor announced Feb. 25 that she was withdrawing it.

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