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Read More »APS withholds spending in Corp Comm primary elections
The state’s largest utility is staying out of the Republican primary race for two open Arizona Corporation Commission seats, risking a shakeup that could have serious ramifications for the company.
Read More »APS customers will see $6 average rate hike under settlement 
Arizona’s largest utility company has reached an agreement with 30 other groups to increase electricity rates by $6 on average and institute optional demand rates for residential customers.
Read More »The CEO: Ducey expands his power, control over state agencies 
The power of the executive branch, a force to be reckoned with under any gubernatorial administration, has become noticeably more pronounced since Doug Ducey moved into the Governor’s Office.
Read More »It’s too early to assess widespread mandatory demand charges
Over the past several years, the electricity industry has experienced a number of fundamental changes. Our nation’s grid, which is the electricity infrastructure between the generation sources and consumers, is evolving in an attempt to keep up with these ongoing changes.
Read More »Power Authority worries bill would threaten Hoover Dam allotment 
A strike-everything amendment targets a little-known state agency that allocates billions of dollars worth of energy from Hoover Dam.
Read More »Commission mulls program that costs APS millions, benefits major firms 
A more muted deliberation involving Arizona’s biggest utility is underway at the Arizona Corporation Commission, this time over a program that allows eight major energy consumers to purchase less-expensive power from a third-party source.
Read More »End of the miracle machines: Inside the power plant fueling America’s drought
In a series of reports, ProPublica has examined how the West’s water crisis is as much a product of human error and hubris as it is of nature. The Navajo Generating Station is a monument to man’s outsized confidence that it would always be possible to engineer new solutions to an arid region’s environmental limits.
Read More »Utilities’ programs aim for 22% reduction in Arizonans’ energy use by 2020 
The Arizona Corporation Commission’s 2010 energy efficiency rules catapulted the state to the front of the energy efficiency industry, according to the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project.
Read More »SRP approves solar fee and rate hike 
Salt River Project’s board of directors approved a rate hike Thursday that would add a solar demand charge of about $50 on average and a 3.9 percent increase for all SRP users, ending a three-month process of public meetings and solar industry outcry.
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