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 »Utilities offer incentives aimed at saving energy 
More options to encourage the efficient consumption of power have emerged as energy resources in the Valley evolved over the past decade.
Read More »Hard choices ahead as officials look at future of Navajo power plant
Despite pledges to look for alternatives, closing the Navajo Generating Station in Page could devastate the local economy, where hundreds of jobs rely on the plant and affiliated coal mine and where experts see few, if any, workable solutions.
Read More »Native Americans’ right to live off land is essential
For centuries, Native Americans – just like my fellow farmers – have called upon the land they call home to make their way in the world.
Read More »Transitioning Navajo Generating Station reflects changing energy economics
The energy landscape is rapidly changing, however, and we are very possibly in the midst of writing a new energy chapter for Arizona.
Read More »Commissioner pursues rules on transparency, electioneering 
Picking up where he left off last year, Arizona Corporation Commissioner Bob Burns is pursuing rules on transparency and electioneering disclosure for his beleaguered regulatory body.
Read More »Bipartisan, market-based approach could significantly cut carbon emissions
Making the switch to renewable energy is clearly not a partisan issue. According to the Post-Election National Clean Energy Survey conducted by the Republican polling firm Public Opinion Strategies, 75 percent of Trump voters support taking action to accelerate the development and use of clean energy in the United States. Altogether, 64 percent of the 1,000 voters surveyed say they’d even pay more to support renewables.
Read More »Commissioners pick Forese as new chairman, while top staffers leave 
Regulators today picked Tom Forese as chair of the Arizona Corporation Commission. Former gubernatorial staffer Ted Vogt also took over as executive director of the regulatory agency.
Read More »Lesko claims solar firms violating her consumer protection laws 
A state senator asked the Arizona Attorney General’s to investigate potential noncompliance by rooftop solar companies with two laws aimed at protecting consumers.
Read More »Landmark Clean Power policy likely doomed in Trump presidency 
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to get rid of President Barack Obama’s landmark environmental policy, the Clean Power Plan, which calls on states to reduce carbon emissions nationwide by 32 percent by 2030. In Arizona, the plan calls for a 34 percent reduction in emissions.
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