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Environmental, business leaders weigh in on all-GOP Corporation Commission
In 2025, Republicans will fill all five seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission, but clean energy advocates, environmentalists and business leaders aren’t sounding a death knell for their causes. Rachel […]
Republicans take lead in race for 3 seats on Corporation Commission
The Republicans are leading in the race to fill three open seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission, the state’s utility regulating group. Republicans Rachel Walden, Rene Lopez and incumbent Commissioner […]
The Hidden Power of the Arizona Corporation Commission: Why Your Vote Matters
There are a lot of really important issues on your ballot this fall. But it is not just the presidential candidates and the ballot propositions that you need to pay […]
ACC incumbent lagged in GOP primary race
In the uncontested Republican primary for the Arizona Corporation Commission, incumbent Lea Marquez Peterson fell behind her two running mates – which could see her edged out when the three go up against Democrats in November.
Republican candidates for Arizona Corporation Commission
Three Republicans are running to fill the three open seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission and would establish an entirely Republican commission if they succeed.
Hobbs demands utilities tell her how they’re prepared for record heat
Gov. Katie Hobbs is demanding utilities tell her how they're prepared for record heat even though she has no legal authority to do so.
Corporation Commission approves SRP Coolidge gas plant expansion
The Arizona Corporation Commission voted to allow an expansion of Salt River Project’s Coolidge Generating Station to move forward over a year after it first rejected the project.
Arizona regulators investigating whether clean energy tax breaks will help real people
President Joe Biden and Congress passed a package of almost $370 billion in tax breaks and other incentives to accelerate the deployment of clean energy sources across the U.S. economy. The newly approved tax breaks will simply accelerate a shift in the energy sector that market forces had already started, but state regulators are determining whether they will actually result in lower residential[...]
Rudderless leadership on energy hurts Arizona ratepayers
The last commission meeting was a troubling example of failed leadership. Márquez Peterson now has a choice. She can double down on her mistake at the expense of Arizona’s future, or she show real leadership by putting the original Rules up for reconsideration in the next few weeks—and take the do over.
Regulator scorned for vote on energy rules
Clean energy advocates in Arizona watched four years of work essentially go down the drain as the Arizona Corporation Commission killed its own standards the body had initially approved several months earlier.
ACC’s energy-smart Republican leadership
Commissioner Márquez Peterson’s energy-smart leadership has the Arizona Corporation Commission going in the right direction, making sure that Arizonans realize the full benefits of current energy market trends. Beyond being good for our wallets, it represents the most prudent, market-oriented, and conservative path forward for Arizona.
Corp Comm starts new plan on power cutoff ban
The Arizona Corporation Commission took an important first step to creating a permanent rule change on utility companies shut-off policies that stemmed from the death of a 72-year-old woman in 2018.
