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The witness list for the bribery case against Gary and Sherry Pierce, Jim Norton and George Johnson is a who’s who of Arizona politics.
Read More »Bribery case witness list includes elected officials past and present 
Bribery case witness list includes elected officials past and present
Former Mesa lawmaker Justin Olson tapped as new utility regulator
Gov. Doug Ducey appointed former Mesa lawmaker Justin Olson to the Arizona Corporation Commission today.
Read More »Little to resign from Corp Comm for job in Trump administration
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Doug Little will resign his post after taking a job with the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington D.C.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »Burns takes another shot at unveiling ’14 election spending
State utility regulator Bob Burns wants a quick ruling on his bid to get records from Arizona Public Service to see if two of his colleagues should be barred from voting on the company's latest rate hike request.
Read More »Corp Comm chairman hopes to ‘up the game’ for renewables
The chairman of the Arizona Corporation Commission wants to double the state’s renewable energy standards, which dictate how much energy utilities must generate from renewable sources like wind and solar.
Read More »Commissioner Doug Little’s reply to Scott Hempling
I wanted to take a few moments to respond to your letter to me dated August 15, 2016. Based on your stated interpretation of my position expressed in the August 11th Commission Staff Meeting, I believe you may be drawing an incorrect conclusion.
Read More »A letter from Scott Hempling to Commissioner Doug Little
To Doug Little, Chairman, Arizona Corporation Commission At the Commission meeting of August 11, 2016, you stated there was some connection among myself, the Energy Foundation, SolarCity, former ACC Commissioner Kris Mayes and the re-election campaign of Commissioner Burns; and that such connection would affect my objectivity. It is said that “a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on.” Please accept this letter as truth’s effort to get its boots on.
Read More »Commissioners vote down Burns’ investigation into outside influences
Calling it a "fishing expedition,'' three state utility regulators late Thursday quashed a bid by a fourth for an outside look into whether the panel has been or can be subject to improper outside influences.
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