Groceries or AC? For far too many APS customers, this is their choice | Opinion
Across Arizona, families are facing impossible choices: paying for groceries or paying the light bill, covering prescriptions or keeping the AC running in 110-degree heat. These are not hypothetical scenarios. They are a daily reality for too many Arizonans. Now, Arizona Public Service wants to make survival even harder. The utility is proposing a 14% rate […]
Arizona regulators to vote Aug. 14 to begin repeal of renewable energy requirements
Arizona regulators will vote this week on whether to officially begin the process to repeal renewable energy standards for many of the state’s electric utilities that were first adopted 19 years ago. Last year, the Arizona Corporation Commission took the first steps to repeal the Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff, or REST, rules. The rules […]
Tucson leaders unanimously vote to shut down massive data center proposal known as Project Blue
Local leaders in Tucson have voted not to allow a proposed data center with ties to Amazon known as Project Blue to move forward. The massive 290-acre data center would have been built southeast of downtown. Mayor Regina Romero and the Tucson City Council were set to vote on the matter next week. But during […]
Arizona’s largest utility scraps its 2050 climate emissions target
Arizona’s largest utility will no longer seek to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and will also scrap its interim climate goals, company officials said Wednesday. The announcement by Arizona Public Service comes amid a period of massive load growth fueled by data centers and extreme heat in the state. Ted Geisler, the CEO of […]
