by Carolyn Classen, blogger Corporation Commissioner Candidates: Clara Pratte (D) Jonathon Hill (D) Kevin Thompson (R, incumbent) Ralph Heap (R) https://www.azcleanelections.gov/debate-information Carolyn’s note: Other Republican incumbent Chair Nick Myers was defeated in the July 21, 2026 primary. The other 3 Commissioners are all Republicans on the Arizona Corporation Commission. Not debating is Green candidate Mike … Read more
A government organization that prioritizes fossil fuels over clean, renewable energy and energy-efficiency standards. A government organization whose members feel they do not have to be transparent to the people they serve regarding policies that raise utility rates. A government organization whose members are openly supported by corporate lobbyists and the fringe and reactionary White … Read more
A government organization that prioritizes fossil fuels over clean, renewable energy and energy-efficiency standards. A government organization whose members feel they do not have to be transparent to the people they serve regarding policies that raise utility rates. A government organization whose members are openly supported by corporate lobbyists and the fringe and reactionary White … Read more
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