AZ Utilities Get Poor Grades for Progress Toward Clean-Energy Goals
Arizona’s three major power utilities are doing a poor job of meeting the goals they set to transition from coal and gas to clean energy. A new report from the Sierra Club found while many of the country’s energy producers have pledged to clean up their power production, their promises often amount to little more than “greenwashing.”
Advocates Urge AZ Regulators to Keep Energy-Efficiency Standards
The Arizona Corporation Commission has received high marks for many of its recent policies benefiting the state’s ratepayers. But as the commission, which regulates the state’s public utilities, opens a two-day workshop on energy rules this week, the state’s Energy Efficiency Standard program is missing from the agenda.