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Ariz. panel to hear utilities on shape for summer
The Arizona Corporation Commission wants to make sure electric utilities are ready for the summer high-use energy season.
Proposal that could have led to wind farm is nixed
Yavapai County supervisors rejected the proposed construction of a meteorological tower that could have served as a test for a possible wind farm on a ranch northwest of Prescott.
Energy efficiency = Big savings Program makes green-modification financial equation work, even for cash-strapped governments
With government entities at all levels scrambling to balance budgets, it’s not surprising that there is a reluctance to undertake costly, new projects.
Arizona would be a perfect location to farm algae for biofuel, experts say
Arizona’s sunny, dry weather makes it the perfect location for farming algae to produce renewable fuels, an executive of a national biofuels group said Monday.
Commission restores free power line extensions in parts of rural Arizona
A recent ruling by the Arizona Corporation Commission allows customers of UniSource Energy Services, which provides electricity to 230,000 people in rural areas of northern and southern Arizona, to receive power line extensions for free if the distance is 400 feet or less.
Board to oversee solar installation in southern AZ
Pima County has given the OK to set up a solar energy standards board.
Tucson residents can buy blocks of solar power
Customers of Tucson Electric Power are being offered the chance to buy power from the company's newest solar plant.
Rick Fowlkes: Deregulation, smaller commission on tap
Although utility deregulation was a colossal failure in California, Libertarian Rick Fowlkes says turning the energy industry over to the free market in Arizona will be his top priority if he is elected to the Corporation Commission this November.
Gary Pierce: Commission should be planning 50 years ahead
Even though Arizona’s population has remained stagnant since the onset of the economic recession, Gary Pierce says members of the Arizona Corporation Commission should be planning as far as half a century into the future to be ready for the growth that will happen.
David Bradley: Commission needs to act as ‘catalyst’ to create jobs
Beyond merely serving as an elected member of a regulatory agency, David Bradley says he regards having a seat on the Arizona Corporation Commission as having the opportunity to be an agent for big change.
Brenda Burns: Commission should work better with Legislature on solar
In seeking a seat on the Arizona Corporation Commission over Democratic rivals, Scottsdale Republican Brenda Burns is touting her private-sector experience, going back 30 years when she and her former husband ran an optometry business.
Jorge Luis Garcia: Keep Legislature away from Commission’s solar power authority
Jorge Luis Garcia says he’s bit worried that he is a Tucson state senator who has little name recognition in the Phoenix area, where most of the state’s votes are found.
