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Arizona’s pro-business climate is magnet for clean energy investment, but won’t last without skilled workers
Arizona has a strong track record of attracting new business investment and job creation across a host of economic sectors, including aerospace, bioscience, financial services and technology. But this will only last if Arizona can maintain the skilled workforce needed to translate investment dollars into actual working businesses.
We need a statewide renewable energy plan
It is also imperative that Arizona has a comprehensive statewide plan for other impacts of the changing energy landscape. That means developing a coordinated approach on issues like electric vehicle infrastructure and energy storage to ensure that rural Arizona has a seat at the table and that new technologies can be rapidly adopted by consumers and utilities alike.
Arizona needs new, innovative ways to produce energy
As we look ahead to the future, we must find new and innovative ways to produce the energy we need to support our growing economy and the businesses and communities that call Arizona home. Fortunately, we have legislators prioritizing the clean energy, technology and innovation sectors by focusing on policy solutions that will have a real and positive impact on Arizona’s economy, both in the sho[...]
Regulators should be commended for moving on energy policy issues
The ACC should be commended for finally moving on important energy policy issues facing the state of Arizona with bipartisan agreement. There is significant common ground on energy and environmental issues that too often goes unnoticed, and making progress on updating and modernizing our state’s energy rules shows that pragmatic solutions, which voters hold as a priority, are possible.
Clean energy investment, economic development go hand-in-hand
When we talk about clean and renewable energy, it is important to recognize that clean energy investment and economic development are not mutually exclusive — in fact, to the contrary, the two go hand-in-hand.
Let’s harness the power of free-markets to find conservation, environmental solutions
It is understood that mandates and big-government solutions originating in Washington, D.C. may not work for our western state, and therefore, we challenge ourselves, and those around us, to harness the power of free-markets to find long-term solutions.
