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Commissioners conclude they aren’t biased in solar case
After a moment of introspection, three energy regulators have concluded they hold no prejudices and there’s no need to recuse themselves from hearing a now-withdrawn proposal by Arizona Public Service to hike the monthly solar fee by 320 percent.
Former Corporation Commissioners seek rehearing in APS solar case
Two former Corporation Commissioners and a solar company say Commissioners Tom Forese and Doug Little should have recused themselves from the proceeding on Arizona Public Service’s solar fee increase. In a separate motion, solar company Sunrun says Commissioner Bob Stump should have recused himself from the proceeding because he has prejudged the net metering issue.
Appellate court rules in favor of counting trash-burning as renewable source
The Court of Appeals yesterday ruled in favor of the Arizona Corporation Commission, reversing a lower court’s decision and confirming the commission’s authority to count energy from a proposed trash-burning facility as a renewable source.
Stump Q&A: ‘I certainly wish the text messages still existed’
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Bob Stump, who is under fire for deleting text messages on his commission-issued phone, including content that was considered public records, has finally answered one the most pressing questions in the controversy: Why?
Commissioner’s phone handed over to AG’s office
The Attorney General's office took custody of Corporation Commissioner Bob Stump's cell phone to review as part of the agency's whistleblower investigation into former Commissioner Gary Pierce.
Corp Comm obtaining system to automatically copy and save text messages
The Arizona Corporation Commission is obtaining software designed to help ensure the public has a chance from now on of getting access to text messages of state utility regulators.
DPS declines to examine Stump’s ACC cell phone, request now with Phoenix police
State police will not examine the cell phone of Bob Stump to determine if it contains deleted text messages that can be retrieved.
DPS experts will examine Stump’s phone for deleted texts
The Corporation Commission will extract text messages from Commissioner Bob Stump’s phone on Friday, using an expert from the Department of Public Safety overseen by a retired judge.
Corp. Comm. agrees to turn over phone to find deleted texts
The Corporation Commission agreed to turn over Commissioner Bob Stump’s phone to a retired judge and independent technology expert to see if any text messages are retrievable and subject to public records laws.
Stump deleted public phone records, discarded phone belonging to Corporation Commission
Energy regulator Bob Stump routinely deleted text messages on his cellphones, including public records that cannot be retrieved, the Arizona Corporation Commission disclosed.
Corp. Comm: We’ve done all we can do
The Corp Comm is in no mood to furnish the DC-based Checks and Balances Project with additional information about Stump’s text messages. The group has been digging into Stump’s email and text communications to prove its point that Arizona’s energy commissioners have been lost to “regulatory capture,” the idea that regulators act more as consultants of the industries that they oversee tha[...]
Clean Elections looking into Corp Comm texts
Arizona election regulators have taken note of records showing that Corporation Commissioner Bob Stump was in regular contact with the campaigns of candidates he supported and a “dark money” group that helped get them elected, and they want to see and inspect those records themselves.
