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Attorney General Mayes sparks turf war with Arizona Corporation Commission
Key Points: Attorney General Kris Mayes is challenging several recent Corporation Commission decisions Commissioners say Mayes is infringing on their authority to set utility rates The battle is likely to […]
Get ready for utility rate increases every year
Arizonans should be skeptical of anyone promising to end utility “rate shock,” especially when their so-called solution is a policy that makes onerous rate increases automatic. Arizona Corporation Commissioner Rachel […]
Insurers say Arizona’s wildfire mitigation plans are not enough
Key Points: Arizona law shields electric utilities from most lawsuits if their equipment sparks a catastrophic wildfire Insurers and trial lawyers criticize the law’s wildfire mitigation plans as sparse and […]
Arizona leaders struggle to find compromise on rising energy costs
Key Points: Energy bill affordability is top of mind for Arizona leaders Republicans and Democrats in the Legislature disagree on how to lower costs Gov. Katie Hobbs is unlikely to […]
ACC greenlights energy agreement for TEP to power Project Blue data center
Key Points: The Arizona Corporation Commission approved an energy supply agreement between Tucson Electric Power and the developers of a controversial data center Developers of the data center have been […]
TEP seeks rate hike despite company’s rising profits
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) is set for an Aug. 8 vote on Tucson Electric Power’s (TEP) latest rate hike request. This proposed 11.8% hike comes on the heels of the ACC’s decision to boost the monopoly utility’s “Purchased Power and Fuel Adjustor Clause,” which has already increased customer bills by more than $114 per year.
Utilities forced to change after death of woman when power cut off
Stephanie Pullman died on a sweltering Arizona day after her electricity was cut off because of a $51 debt. Five years later, the 72-year-old's story remains at the heart of efforts to prevent others in Arizona from having their power cut off, leaving them without life-saving air conditioning in temperatures that have topped 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) on every day this month.
Hobbs demands utilities tell her how they’re prepared for record heat
Gov. Katie Hobbs is demanding utilities tell her how they're prepared for record heat even though she has no legal authority to do so.
Ignoring gas planning means utility customers lose
It is time for Southwest Gas to let the public in on its infrastructure plans before the Arizona Corporation Commission allows customers to be charged hundreds of millions of dollars that may have otherwise been avoided.
Clean energy means more jobs, not fewer
Arizonans understand the benefits of transitioning to clean energy. Working together, we can make this part of the Arizona we want.
Rudderless leadership on energy hurts Arizona ratepayers
The last commission meeting was a troubling example of failed leadership. Márquez Peterson now has a choice. She can double down on her mistake at the expense of Arizona’s future, or she show real leadership by putting the original Rules up for reconsideration in the next few weeks—and take the do over.
Regulator scorned for vote on energy rules
Clean energy advocates in Arizona watched four years of work essentially go down the drain as the Arizona Corporation Commission killed its own standards the body had initially approved several months earlier.
