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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.
APS report breaks down costs of serving solar customers
A typical rooftop solar customer costs Arizona Public Service $118 to serve each month, but the customer only pays about $51 of that, the utility said today.
Commissioners conclude they aren’t biased in solar case
After a moment of introspection, three energy regulators have concluded they hold no prejudices and there’s no need to recuse themselves from hearing a now-withdrawn proposal by Arizona Public Service to hike the monthly solar fee by 320 percent.
Most of this year’s solar fee proposals are abandoned – for now
There’s only one solar fee proposal left standing after months of back-and-forth between solar groups and utilities, but a judge recently recommended that the application be dismissed.
APS drops bid for solar fee increase, blames “political gamesmanship”
Arizona Public Service dropped its bid to increase its solar fee today, claiming "attacks and distortions' from rooftop solar groups muddied the request to increase the fee.
Former Corporation Commissioners seek rehearing in APS solar case
Two former Corporation Commissioners and a solar company say Commissioners Tom Forese and Doug Little should have recused themselves from the proceeding on Arizona Public Service’s solar fee increase. In a separate motion, solar company Sunrun says Commissioner Bob Stump should have recused himself from the proceeding because he has prejudged the net metering issue.
Small Maricopa electric company cracks down on solar
A small not-for-profit utility that mostly serves the city of Maricopa cut savings for solar by reducing net metering rates and adding a monthly fee for solar customers.
SE Arizona co-op joins movement to cut rooftop solar savings
Another Arizona electric co-op is proposing to reduce savings rooftop solar customers enjoy by dropping the rate it pays users for excess power generated by solar panels, joining a handful of proposals from other utilities.
APS seeks a ‘gradual’ 320 percent solar fee hike
Less than two years after the Corp Comm approved a small monthly surcharge on residential solar, APS is back, asking energy regulators to impose a 320 percent increase in the solar fee. In its application to the commission, APS said the hike is needed because the current $5 monthly surcharge on a typical 7-kilowatt solar system does not come close to solar customers’ fair share of maintaining th[...]
APS asks for a 320 percent hike in solar fees
Less than two years after the Arizona Corporation Commission approved a small monthly surcharge on residential solar, the state’s largest utility is asking energy regulators to impose a 320-percent increase in the solar fee.
