The Arizona Corporation Commission is supposed to protect customers from monopoly utilities, but a blistering new Arizona Court of Appeals decision shows the opposite happened in a major APS rate case. The commission’s hearing process helped create, defend and preserve a utility-friendly solar charge that APS itself had not requested. That is a troubling sign[...]

Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022 and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 2021 created historic pools of funding to accelerate the transition to a more affordable clean energy economy and modernize the nation’s energy and other infrastructure. Combined, the two laws provided more than $2 trillion in funding through grants and low-interest financing,[...]

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[...]