In a unanimous ruling, the Arizona Court of Appeals overturned a controversial fee on Arizona Public Service customers who have solar panels on their homes. When the Arizona Corporation Commission approved an APS rate hike in 2024, it also allowed the utility to charge solar customers an extra $2-$3 per month to cover what it[...]

President Donald Trump has announced a $700 million investment in coal, and Mountain West states could play a major role. The administration says it aims to keep electricity prices low, while critics say the effort will only increase rates, hurt the environment and put human health at risk. In a June 4 press conference, Trump referred[...]

On May 18, I stood outside the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) with small business owners, parents, faith leaders, veterans and everyday Arizonans who had one unified message for our state’s utility regulators: Enough. Only a single speaker that day supported Arizona Public Service’s (APS) proposed rate hike, a hike that could raise electricity bills by[...]

You’d be hard-pressed to find a political race with a more clear, direct impact on Arizonans’ finances than the Arizona Corporation Commission — yet most residents don’t seem to have any clue about it. It all starts with the name. “It’s not necessarily very clear what the Corporation Commission does,” Clara Pratte, a Democrat running[...]

“No rate hikes! No rate hikes! No rate hikes!” Before packing two Arizona Corporation Commission hearing rooms for nearly four hours of public testimony, local advocacy groups and utility ratepayers gathered outside of the commission’s downtown Phoenix building on May 18 to protest Arizona Public Service’s proposed 14% rate increase. APS is the state’s largest electricity[...]