Tucson Electric Power (TEP) spent $2.1 million, which it intends to collect from customers, on memberships in political trade associations, chambers of commerce, economic development organizations, and other groups during 20 months between 2023 and 2024. TEP reported their contributions for that period to the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) in response to a series of questions from then-Commissioner Anna Tovar. The company, which serves 451,000 customers in the Tucson metropolitan area, stated that their total contributions to nonprofit organizations from January 2023 through August 2024 were $5.1 million but identified certain contributions to be paid by ratepayers, totaling over $2.1 million.