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Solar jobs continue growth in Arizona, not as fast as rest of nation
Arizona saw a 6 percent increase in solar jobs in 2016, bouncing back from a sharp drop the year before but still trailing well behind the national average growth of 25 percent in solar jobs.
Conservatives should seek to enable and fairly value solar power
Competitive markets are at the heart of American economic prosperity and stability. Unfortunately, this hasn’t been true of the monopoly-led, scandal-prone Arizona electricity industry.
Mediation between solar firm, Arizona utility suspended
An agreement between the nation's largest solar company and Arizona's biggest utility to call off a contentious battle and instead negotiate on how to treat rooftop solar power has hit a major bump, and representatives for both sides said Thursday they've called off the talks.
Obstacles remain to achieving long-term agreement over solar
The battle between utilities and solar companies over net metering ended in a ceasefire this year, with both sides agreeing to sit down with a mediator and try to hammer out a compromise instead of fighting it out on the ballot.
Solar use prompts electric co-op to seek increased fees
A small electric cooperative is trying again to change the way it handles solar by changing net metering and upping fixed charges, a move critics say will cripple the industry in its territory.
Source: SolarCity CEO negotiated yesterday’s deal
Source: SolarCity CEO negotiated yesterday's deal
Deal reached to drop all three solar ballot measures
Solar and utilities dropped all plans for three ballot measures and instead decided to begin settlement talks after a tense two weeks of skirmishes between the two sides.
Major battle likely to heat up over solar energy initiative
A constitutional ballot initiative that would preserve the status quo for solar energy for the next six years already has major funding. But utilities and some public officials are lining up against it, setting up a big election battle.
Energy conference speakers call for innovative thinking
A utility regulator called on utilities and solar companies to think differently and come together to find innovative ways to address pressing issues like net metering.
Corp Comm rebuffs APS on solar requests
The Corporation Commission will hear about the combined costs and benefits of residential rooftop solar in the coming months, despite an Arizona Public Service request that the commission only investigate the costs.
Little wrote 2013 resolution opposing net metering policies
The resolution calls on the commission to abandon its net metering policy and “adopt a new rate structure for residential rooftop solar customers that would fairly apportion electrical grid maintenance costs to all customers and end the current unfair cost shift to non-solar utility customers.”
APS waves white flag on solar fight
APS Friday dropped its bid to quadruple its solar fee and called out “political gamesmanship” by solar groups that muddied the request to increase the fee. “Unfortunately, what should have been a relatively simple decision-making process has been turned into political theater by attacks and distortions from rooftop solar leasing companies that seek to paralyze Arizona regulators,” APS said[...]
