Arizona summers are unforgiving. So are rising bills. When temperatures soar, electricity is not a luxury; it is what keeps families safe. Extreme heat traps people indoors, and higher utility rates punish them for trying to stay well. For families, seniors, people living paycheck to paycheck and unemployed workers like me, the electric bill is[...]

The Arizona Corporation Commission this month repealed the state’s energy efficiency standards. They’d been in effect for about 15 years. That followed utility regulators doing away with Arizona’s renewable energy standards. The GOP-controlled commission argued the rules were outdated and costing Arizona residents money. But critics of the move, like Diane Brown, say the opposite[...]

When most Arizonans think about elections, they think about governor, Congress or the Legislature. Few think about the Arizona Corporation Commission. That’s a problem because there is no elected office in Arizona with a more direct impact on your monthly finances than the five commissioners who serve on the ACC. Every month, millions of Arizonans[...]

Arizona Public Service, the state’s largest public electricity provider, is asking the Arizona Corporation Commission for its third rate increase in four years. This one would raise rates 14%, adding up to about $240 more per year for customers, and many of them are not happy about it. No rate hikes! No rate hikes! No[...]

The Arizona Corporation Commission voted to repeal its Electric Energy Efficiency Standards on Wednesday, finalizing a process that began in 2025. Regulators adopted the efficiency rules in 2010. The rules directed utilities like Arizona Public Service and Tucson Electric Power to reduce their cumulative energy use by 22% by 2020. To do so, utilities were[...]