Arizona Public Service summer rate hike sparks controversy
As summer temperatures soar, so do the electric bills for Arizona Public Service (APS) customers. Many residents are expressing frustration over the sharp increase in their monthly energy costs, with some seeing their bills skyrocket despite no change in their electricity usage. APS attributes the price hike to increased energy consumption during the hotter months.
Energy Regulation in Arizona Has Never Been More Important
A shift in the regulatory environment at the Arizona Corporation Commission, utilities lagging in the reductions required by climate science, and load growth from economic development provide both challenges and opportunities for the energy transition in the state.
Tucson Electric defends long-term power plans as it shifts away from coal
Tucson Electric Power Co. and Arizona’s other major utilities have big plans on how to best supply increasing demand for electricity, as they shift away from the coal-fired power plants that largely powered the state for decades.
Another Southwest Gas rate hike many families can’t afford
Just last year, Southwest Gas and its stockholders celebrated the largest revenue increase in company history, thanks to the company’s back-to-back rate hikes on Arizona customers in 2022 and 2023. Here we are in 2024 and gas company executives once again are making plans to hike utility bills for the third time in three years! […]
Local opinion: Your ACC vote could save money, fight climate change
Our elected Commissioners at the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) have the authority to create enormous value for Arizona but have declined to do so. Instead of creating value they are allowing and exacerbating avoidable damages and costs charged to ratepayers and taxpayers.
Regulators exempt Mohave County power plant from environmental review
The Arizona Corporation Commission voted to exempt a 200-megawatt power plant expansion in Mohave County from environmental review, upending the way the commission has regulated power plants for decades. State law requires utilities to obtain a certificate of environmental compatibility before building power plants larger than 100 megawatts. But UniSource Energy asked regulators to rule […]
‘Dirty Gas’ Video Series: Big Tobacco and Methane Gas & How Southwest Gas Profits from Back-to-Back Rate Hikes on Arizonans
You may have seen the jaw-dropping reports exposing how the gas utility industry was aware, as far back as the 1970s, that your gas stove could make you sick. Instead of working on a public health solution, what did they do? Industry executives borrowed a page from the Big Tobacco playbook – they funded their own research to confuse the […]
Biden admin’s clean energy plan is helping doctors like me take better care of our patients
At AZHPCA, we understand that the health of our planet is directly linked to the health of our patients. As health professionals, we believe that we have a responsibility to advocate for climate action to protect the health of our patients and the planet. I’m grateful that the Biden administration has so far taken more […]
Arizonans Want Stronger Clean Air and Climate Action
The most recent polling by the American Lung Association revealed Arizonans support clean air and climate action more than ever. More voters now consider both air pollution (83%) and climate change (80%) to be serious problems, the highest such responses to over our four years of statewide polling. Arizonans recognize our air pollution and climate […]
‘Absurd’: Arizona utility company looks to build natural gas turbines without environmental approval
An Arizona utility is seeking to build natural gas turbines without having to jump through typical bureaucratic hoops for environmental approval. Critics say the request – if granted – would set a bad precedent in Arizona. The utility still has time to appeal the decision to the more powerful Arizona Corporation Commission.
