A former Foreign Service Officer who has served in several of the world’s global hot spots like Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Lebanon, Joshua Polacheck has set his sights on becoming a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission. His worldview is shaped in part by his experiences in seeing Jamaica work to shift to a clean-renewable … Read more
The Arizona Corporation Commission voted last week (in a 4 to 1 margin with only Democratic Commissioner Anna Tovar voting against) to have its staff start drafting a repeal of renewable standards in place since 2006. Suffice it to say, former Corporation Commissioner Sandra Kennedy and Commission Candidates Ylenia Aguilar and Joshua Polacheck think this … Read more
Opinion: The choice for Arizona Corporation Commission is simple. We will ensure a clean energy future. Our Republican opponents will not. This column originally appeared in AZ Central on October 21, 2022. Lauren Kuby, a Democrat running for a seat on the Arizona Corporation Commission, is a former Vice Mayor/Tempe City Council member and a … Read more
The two Republican nominees for the Arizona Corporation Commission, Kevin Thompson, and Nick Myers are in the news… For all the wrong reasons. Mr. Thompson was cited by the League of Conservation Voters as one of the Dirty Dozen candidates across the country regarding environmental policies. In their announcement, the League wrote of Thompson: “Kevin … Read more
It was a discussion that pit the forces of laissez-faire against the momentum of renewable energy. It was an exchange that showed the voices of going backward with coal, nuclear, and fossil fuels against the sounds of moving forward with solar and energy efficiency. It was a debate where a Republican candidate made the obtuse … Read more