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Burns, APS argue to judge over opening utility’s books
The question of whether utility regulator Bob Burns gets to grill the top executive at Arizona Public Service and review the company's political spending could turn on what a judge decides is the meaning of the word "and.''
Wendy Baldo
Few provide a stabilizing presence at the state Capitol like Wendy Baldo, the Senate’s longtime chief of staff, who offers not just knowledge, but institutional knowledge, and not just any counsel, but counsel rooted in experience.
Supreme Court rejects utility regulator’s bid to overturn APS rate hike
The Arizona Supreme Court court won't intercede to overturn the just-approved 3.3 percent rate hike approved for the state's largest electric utility.
Budget process brings more discord among utility regulators
The idea of budgeting additional money for newly created committees, which the commission did not have before, led Commissioner Bob Burns to dissent from the commission’s budget request, a rare move meant to register his discontent with the program.
APS derides Burns’ attempt to have court overturn rate hike
Attorneys for Arizona Public Service are deriding efforts by Bob Burns to have the state Supreme Court overturn a 3.3 percent rate hike just approved by the other utility regulators.
Regulator sues to void rate increase approved for utility
Calling the process illegal, a utility regulator is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to void last week's vote giving the state's largest electric utility permission to immediately charge its customers an extra $7 a month.
Corporation Commission approves APS rate hike
The 4-1 vote by the Arizona Corporation Commission came after the majority rejected a bid by Bob Burns to delay the rate case until his lawsuit with APS and his fellow commissioners is resolved.
Judge insists he can decide extent of commissioner’s powers
In an extensive ruling Monday, Judge Daniel Kiley rejected arguments by Arizona Public Service that he is legally powerless to intercede in what the company contends is a dispute among Arizona Corporation Commissioners.
APS in court to block regulator from grilling executives
The attorney for the state's largest electric company told a trial judge Wednesday he has no authority to decide whether a utility regulator can grill her client's executives.
Burns weighs new lawsuit in his battles with Corp Comm, APS
Bob Burns is headed back to court -- and not just in his bid to get financial disclosure records from the state's largest electric utility.
Commissioners reject Burns’ request for subpoenas
Commissioner Bob Burns, a Republican, has sought for nearly two years to disclose electioneering spending by Arizona Public Service or its parent company, Pinnacle West.
Corp Comm ethics code a long time coming as scandal swirls
The Arizona Corporation Commission is still without an ethics code, despite an initial pledge a year ago to come up with one and a federal bribery case casting a shadow over the regulatory body.
