Timothy L. Nuvangyaoma, chair of the Hopi Tribe in Arizona, saw the unprecedented gusher of federal clean energy money as a potential lifeline for his community still reeling after the closure of a job-creating coal plant in 2019. After applying for and receiving some $90 million in federal funding for solar power projects, battery installations[...]

Big Utilities are fast-tracking a dangerous bill (HB2679) that would shift their bad investments onto ratepayers and prolong the use of polluting, water-intensive power plants like coal and gas.

Solar advocates continue to fight what they call a “discriminatory” fee added to the utility bills of Arizona Public Service customers who have solar panels. The “grid access charge” is a $2-3 monthly fee for customers with an average rooftop solar system. It was instituted last March and, after advocacy groups protested, upheld in a[...]

Arizona joined with 22 other states Tuesday to sue President Donald Trump over his sweeping federal grant freeze, according to the Attorney General’s Office. Shortly before the states filed their suit, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily blocked Trump’s payment pause in response to a separate lawsuit from the National Council of Nonprofits. The[...]

With new leadership and recently elected officials being sworn in at the federal, state, and local levels, come new opportunities. However, as innovative policies and approaches are discussed, it is important to simultaneously build upon successful, impactful, and popular programs that are already in place or underway.