What has Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and her team done this week? Put away, drug dealers and traffickers. Helped secure an appeals court’s vacating of the Arizona Corporation Commission’s imposition of a utility surcharge on Arizona consumers at the behest of APS. Late last month, her office obtained a conviction of a parent who … Read more
Not so fast, Arizona Corporation Commission. In an application for rehearing with the Commission, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes asserts that the body that oversees the Grand Canyon state’s energy portfolio and utility cost regulations erred when it voted last month to repeal its Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff Rules. In a press release issued … Read more
Talk about bad timing. With the country in a war with Iran that has spiked up oil prices and what the consumer pays at the gas pump, the Arizona Corporation Commission, in a March 4 5-0 vote, thought now was the best time to repeal its Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff (REST) Mandate that required … Read more
Saying there is no such thing as “Democratic electricity” or “Republican electricity,” Arizona State University and NASA scientist Jonathon Hill has launched his second campaign for the Arizona Corporation Commission. Committed to fostering greater accountability on that regulatory body, Hill would, if elected, work to ensure Arizonans receive greater quality utility service and pay lower … Read more
Saying it is “time for new leadership at the Corporation Commission,” small business and Tribal Nation Advocate Clara Pratte is seeking election to that regulatory body that is often considered Arizona’s fourth branch of government. Vowing to lower costs, protect senior citizens and consumers, promote clean energy sustainability, and create jobs of the future in … Read more