If you are a Tucson Electric Power customer, instead of the red and blue, you will soon start seeing black and blue. TEP is pushing for an eye-popping windfall by demanding an extra $194 million in Base Rate Revenue — a 16.5% increase, although it nets to 14% after taking into account other changes. Worse yet, the monopoly is[...]

Arizona Senators Kelly and Gallego vote to oppose the Republican-led rollback attempt that aims to dismantle critical Inflation Reduction Act investments — a move celebrated by local groups championing clean energy, jobs, and economic justice. PHOENIX, AZ – Today, the U.S. Senate passed President Trump’s so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill,” a sweeping budget proposal that is set to[...]

Jaws dropped around Tucson when the announcement came out Tuesday afternoon: Tucson Electric Power is seeking a 14% rate increase. The surprise didn’t just come from the big number, though that was a punch in the gut, coming from a company that won a 10% increase just two years ago. It was also the timing:[...]

Arizona Public Service is once again reaching for your wallet. It is apparently not enough that the profits of the state’s most powerful utility are rocketing ever higher. Not enough that Gov. Katie Hobbs and the Legislature — many of them beneficiaries of APS’ largesse — recently gifted utilities both with protection from wildfire liability[...]

When my wife and I moved to Tucson in 1994, we were struck by how much sunshine we got year-round — about 350 days a year. From the beginning, I remember saying, “We have to go solar.” But it took us years to actually do it. As a retired educator who spent more than 25[...]