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Letter to the Editor: Solar industry’s growth is worth recognizing
Letter to the Editor: Solar industry’s growth is worth recognizing
Arizona utility to study time-shifting rooftop solar power
Arizona regulators have given the state's largest electrical utility the go-ahead to explore the idea of time-shifting energy produced through residential rooftop solar.
Arizona regulators seek compromise for solar installations
Two Arizona utility regulators are working to reach a compromise between rooftop-panel installers and big utilities.
Stump accuses critics of acting like ‘mafia’
Commissioner Bob Stump is accusing SolarCity and Checks and Balances Project, a critic of Arizona’s regulatory agency, of acting like a “mafia” following the disclosure that the two have financial ties.
Major solar company acknowledges tie to Corp Comm critic
SolarCity told the Arizona Capitol Times it has contributed money to a group that provides most of the support for the Checks and Balances Project, a frequent critic of the Arizona Corporation Commission.
Some good news about Arizona’s looming water crisis
Not enough rain and snow. Dwindling reservoirs. Record heat. Our future water supply is in jeopardy. As Arizona struggles to find solutions, there is an obvious one right above our heads. The sun.
Burns considers using subpoena to reveal APS election spending
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Bob Burns is prepared to deploy his subpoena powers if Arizona Public Service and its parent company, Pinnacle West, refuse to provide him with information about its electioneering spending last year.
Sun Wars: Arizona moves to the forefront of battles over rooftop solar
The debate’s outcome could alter the viability of residential solar as a renewable source in Arizona. Five commissioners could keep the industry vibrant or doom it in one of the sunniest places in America.
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 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.
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[...]
