As America races to build a new energy system, states are making policy choices that determine who pays for it, who benefits from it, and who gets to decide what it looks like. ILSR designed our Community Power Scorecard as a tool for advocates, researchers, community members, and lawmakers to track states’ energy policy choices[...]

Why is Arizona Public Service — better known as APS — charging its customers more for a “power supply adjustment” fee? We’re talking 1,000% more compared to about five years ago. 12News investigative reporter Joe Dana has been trying to get to the bottom of the mysterious and sharply growing charge that’s contributing to average people and[...]

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, a former utility regulator outspoken about energy matters, submitted a formal request for an investigation into the impact of data center growth on APS customer bills. Mayes told 12News if current corporation commissioners do not investigate claims provided to the commission last week alleging unfair charges of customers, she does[...]

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[...]