Amid a data center boom, Arizona’s largest for-profit power company APS says that “growth pays for growth.” The pledge means that as new data centers and microchip plants hook onto Arizona’s power grid, those companies are paying for additional infrastructure and electricity necessary to serve them. Not small businesses. Not homeowners. But an expert-reviewed analysis[...]

Laura Carter has lived in Flagstaff long enough to see more than just the leaves change—she’s seen the population size grow, the streets change, and all the new housing units built over the years. She’s also seen prices continue to rise under President Donald Trump’s administration over the past two years, she said. A retired[...]

A Phoenix coffee and wine shop is expanding its menu and running a promotion after facing electric bills the co-owner says threaten the business. Strip Mall, located on 7th Street off Osborn Road, is a coffee and wine shop with a small food menu. Koral Casillas co-owns the business and also runs another shop in[...]

oday the Sierra Club, in partnership with Synapse Energy Economics, published a new report, Passing the Buck: How APS’s Gas Rush Risks Ratepayer Dollars that provides analysis on how the utility’s reliance on gas resources has changed over time, the impacts all of the added gas will have on customers’ utility bills, and how a fuel cost[...]

The lone incumbent seeking reelection this November to the state’s utility regulatory agency is defending the panel’s decisions to cut programs that encourage use of renewable energy and to eliminate most rebates for energy efficiency purchases. Republican Corporation Commissioner Kevin Thompson said he has nothing against solar, but the technology has not yet come far[...]