Electric utilities falling behind on emission reduction targets

Many of the nation’s largest electric utilities are not on track to achieve their interim emission reduction goals or the “net-zero” targets they have communicated to customers and investors, according to industry data reviewed and analyzed by the Energy and Policy Institute. Progress is stalling at a critical juncture, as the Trump administration has targeted Clean Air […]

Southwest Gas wants to hike your bill to make its leaders richer | Opinion

After two years of back-to-back rate increases, Southwest Gas is requesting yet another. This comes on the tail of Southwest Gas celebrating the largest revenue increase in the company’s history in 2023. Despite these record-breaking profits, the company is requesting a $125.6 million increase in revenues through an 11.8% rate increase for customers. This proposal […]

Utility-authored securitization bill is horrible deal for ratepayers and state

Despite record-breaking profits, Arizona’s monopoly utilities — led by APS — are pushing to offload even more costs onto ratepayers with less oversight through a sweeping new bill, HB2679. If passed, HB2679 would allow utilities to use a financial tool known as “securitization” that trades high-interest loans for low-interest bonds that can be paid off […]

Attorney General Federal Funding Cuts Community Impact Hearing

Recent federal budget cuts have resulted in the abrupt firing of key officials at the Department of Energy’s Office of Grants and Efficiency (DOGE), jeopardizing critical funding streams for state and local clean energy initiatives. These cuts put vital programs at risk—programs that help communities save energy, expand access to renewables, and prepare for climate […]

‘We have real lives at stake’: Trump impedes Arizona tribe’s energy lifeline

Timothy L. Nuvangyaoma, chair of the Hopi Tribe in Arizona, saw the unprecedented gusher of federal clean energy money as a potential lifeline for his community still reeling after the closure of a job-creating coal plant in 2019. After applying for and receiving some $90 million in federal funding for solar power projects, battery installations […]

Solar advocates continue to fight fee on utility bills

Solar advocates continue to fight what they call a “discriminatory” fee added to the utility bills of Arizona Public Service customers who have solar panels. The “grid access charge” is a $2-3 monthly fee for customers with an average rooftop solar system. It was instituted last March and, after advocacy groups protested, upheld in a […]

Arizona joins lawsuit to block Trump federal payment freeze

Arizona joined with 22 other states Tuesday to sue President Donald Trump over his sweeping federal grant freeze, according to the Attorney General’s Office. Shortly before the states filed their suit, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily blocked Trump’s payment pause in response to a separate lawsuit from the National Council of Nonprofits. The […]