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Regulators to review policy benefiting utility owners following federal indictment
Citing the indictment of one of its former members, state utility regulators voted today to review a policy allowing utility company owners to pass along some of their personal income tax burden to customers.
Three days in August: A small-town water outage exposes cracks in customer service
Numerous small water companies that dot Arizona, on urban edges and in rural areas, often face unique challenges as they serve thousands of residents.
Corp Comm, RUCO face off over water rate issue
The Arizona Corporation Commission and the Residential Utility Consumer Office faced off before the Arizona Supreme Court Tuesday over the commission’s use of a rate adjustment for water companies, which RUCO has called unconstitutional.
Attorneys for RUCO, Corp. Comm. debate method water companies use to increase rates
Lawyers for the Residential Utility Consumer Office and the Arizona Corporation Commission faced off in the Arizona Court of Appeals on June 23 to debate the constitutionality of a mechanism that allows water companies to recoup costs for infrastructure investments outside of a rate case.
Corporation Commission: Arizona should have fewer water companies
There are some horror stories out there: Small water companies with crumbling pipes, duct-taped together. People with water coming out of the faucet, brown and clearly undrinkable. Or people who only get water intermittently.
