The Campaign Against Net Metering: ALEC and Utility Interests’ Next Attack on...
On Thursday, November 14, 2013, the Arizona Corporate Commission (ACC), the state entity responsible for regulating utilities, voted to charge ratepayers a monthly fee of 70 cents per kilowatt of solar...
View ArticleArizona Net Metering Attacks
There is perhaps no greater attack on net metering ongoing than that being unleashed by the utility industry in Arizona. Starting in 2013, Arizona Public Service (APS), the state’s largest utility,...
View ArticleArizona Regulators Blunt Solar Progress
Arizona has been called ‘the Saudi Arabia of solar.’ But the state’s relationship with solar has been rocky in recent years. Despite the fact that Arizona currently ranks third in the U.S. in total...
View ArticleAndy Tobin Pushes To Keep Open Dirtiest Coal Plant In The Western United States
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Andy Tobin recently called out Arizona’s largest investor-owned utility, Arizona Public Service Company (APS), for planning to build an additional 5,300 MW of natural...
View ArticleDespite record solar+storage deal, TEP still plans more gas, underwhelming...
Although Tucson Electric Power (TEP) pushes a pro-solar image, TEP’s energy mix is very heavy on fossil fuels. Tucson is awash in sunshine, but TEP’s future plans indicate that it will continue running...
View ArticleAPS will try to kill renewable energy ballot measure so that it can keep...
Arizona Public Service, the monopoly utility with a track record of spending millions to thwart pro-rooftop solar energy policy and candidates in Arizona, is poised to dip back into its coffers to kill...
View ArticleAZ legislator who slammed renewable energy initiative collects income from...
Most of the attacks on an Arizona ballot measure to increase that state’s use of renewable electricity have been lobbed by Arizona Public Service (APS), the state’s largest monopoly utility. APS...
View ArticleLegislators who pushed APS’ agenda against renewables got rewarded with...
The political action committee run by the parent company of Arizona’s largest monopoly utility, Arizona Public Service, rewarded Arizona legislators that backed its effort to stop a renewable energy...
View ArticleArizona Regulators Blunt Solar Progress
Arizona has been called ‘the Saudi Arabia of solar.’ But the state’s relationship with solar has been rocky in recent years. Despite the fact that Arizona currently ranks third in the U.S. in total...
View ArticleAndy Tobin Pushes To Keep Open Dirtiest Coal Plant In The Western United States
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Andy Tobin recently called out Arizona’s largest investor-owned utility, Arizona Public Service Company (APS), for planning to build an additional 5,300 MW of natural...
View ArticleDespite record solar+storage deal, TEP still plans more gas, underwhelming...
Although Tucson Electric Power (TEP) pushes a pro-solar image, TEP’s energy mix is very heavy on fossil fuels. Tucson is awash in sunshine, but TEP’s future plans indicate that it will continue running...
View ArticleAPS will try to kill renewable energy ballot measure so that it can keep...
Arizona Public Service, the monopoly utility with a track record of spending millions to thwart pro-rooftop solar energy policy and candidates in Arizona, is poised to dip back into its coffers to kill...
View ArticleAZ legislator who slammed renewable energy initiative collects income from...
Most of the attacks on an Arizona ballot measure to increase that state’s use of renewable electricity have been lobbed by Arizona Public Service (APS), the state’s largest monopoly utility. APS...
View ArticleLegislators who pushed APS’ agenda against renewables got rewarded with...
The political action committee run by the parent company of Arizona’s largest monopoly utility, Arizona Public Service, rewarded Arizona legislators that backed its effort to stop a renewable energy...
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