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1. ACC Special Open Meeting
(News and Events/ACC News)
ACC Special Open Meeting A Special Open Meeting/Workshop has been scheduled for Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Please click this link to view the notice and agenda: Special Open Meeting/Workshop. ...
2. SRP Data Shows Some Solar Customers Save Money with Demand Rates
(News and Events/AIC News)
... use rises to 8 kilowatts shortly after 8 p.m., when the peak period ends, according to data from September only. Tucker said this is evidence they are aware of the time and which appliances are running, ...
3. Judge Won't Release Stump's Text Messages
(News and Events/ACC News)
... and noted that their quest has “ended without any fish.” The commissioner also took to Twitter to express his disgust with Checks and Balances Project, who he said called his ACC assistant recently, ...
4. Corp Comm, RUCO Face Off Over Water Rate Issue
(News and Events/AIC News)
... argued. The mechanism would have allowed the Arizona Water Company to increase its rates by as much as 5 percent annually for five years to account for infrastructure costs. Typically, such costs are ...
5. Corp Comm, RUCO Face Off Over Water Rate Issue
(News and Events/ACC News)
... argued. The mechanism would have allowed the Arizona Water Company to increase its rates by as much as 5 percent annually for five years to account for infrastructure costs. Typically, such costs are ...
6. Attorney General's Office Says Some Bob Stump Texts Could be Public
(News and Events/ACC News)
... General's Office in Superior Court to access the messages in October. The Attorney General's Office, which is holding Stump's phone in connection with a separate investigation, reviewed 790 messages ...
7. UES Seeks Fair and Accurate Rates
(News and Events/AIC News)
UES Seeks Fair and Accurate Rates By David G. Hutchens March 18, 2016 Nogales International/nogalesinternational.com Customers of UniSource Energy Services (UES) should be confident that our electric ...
8. Nevada Regulator Describes the State's Rocky Path with Solar Regulation
(News and Events/AIC News)
... to the commission. And the process hasn’t been without personal worries for Noble. According to news reports, during a hearing in February, protesters with a group called “Bring Back Solar” brought wheelbarrows ...
ACC Special Open Meeting A Special Open Meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Please click this link to view the notice and agenda: Special Open Meeting.  ...
... said they want the Arizona Corporation Commission to release text messages sent by regulator Bob Stump, according to a survey commissioned by the clean-energy watchdog group fighting for those records. ...
... was approved in a 2012 APS rate case decision to allow the utility to recover fixed costs it loses due to energy efficiency and distributed generation programs, according to the utility’s website. Fixed ...
... (ACC). The IRP describes how TEP plans to meet customers’ energy needs through 2030 while satisfying regulatory requirements and improving the environment. “We’re working to integrate emerging technologies ...
... the excess energy they send to the power grid is a square deal for solar users and nonusers alike, according to a study commissioned by a solar trade group. The study found solar customers save utilities ...
14. Hearing to Begin for Disputed Electric Rate Hike
(News and Events/AIC News)
... 1 at the Tucson Corporation Commission Office at the Arizona State Building at 400 W. Congress Street. In addition, the ACC said its commissioners will hold a public comment session in Nogales on March ...
... table in a rate case before the ACC. Most intervening groups are concerned about any unfair or inequitable price increases but others believe ACC's decision in the case will likely set a precedent ...
16. Solar Flameout: Demand Charges Cause Applications to Plummet and Could Reflect Arizona's Energy Future
(News and Events/AIC News)
... Salt River Project added an unprecedented rooftop solar charge, solar applications in the utility’s territory are on life support. Applications were down 96 percent in 2015 when compared to 2014, according ...
17. Rural Utility's Case Could Have Big Impact on Rooftop Solar Fees
(News and Events/AIC News)
... utilities division, in his testimony. UniSource's non-solar customers who switched to the demand rate would pay an average monthly fee of $30 for the 5 kilowatts of peak demand they average, according ...
18. APS Solar Customers Facing Approval Delays While Paying Electric Bills
(News and Events/AIC News)
... Romito said. APS often will determine the plans are insufficient because they don’t have a clearly accessible shut off switch for APS linemen who might be working on power lines during an outage. The ...
19. Palo Verde Nuke Plant Earns Highest OSHA Distinction
(News and Events/AIC News)
... that impact their safety and the safety of their teammates. We're proud to accomplish VPP STAR status and remain committed to sustaining this high level of safety performance."   To qualify for ...
20. TEP Will Offer Expanded Energy Efficiency Options to Customers
(News and Events/AIC News)
... (ACC), includes new programs that can help customers save money, reduce their impact on the environment and limit the long-term need for new energy resources. The new offerings, which will become available ...
21. Ducey's Pick for Arizona Corporation Commission has his own Conflict of Interest
(News and Events/AIC News)
... electricity from renewable power sources. SolarCity has a major interest in how that is accomplished. The company offers leases for solar panels and is the largest provider of residential rooftop solar ...
22. Utility Regulator Robert Burns Launches Investigation of APS Political Spending
(News and Events/AIC News)
... expressly directed Arizona Public Service Co. to provide accounts, books, papers and other documents regarding campaign contributions after previously being rebuffed by the utility. "In the current climate, ...
23. Judge: None of Bob Stump's Texts are Public
(News and Events/AIC News)
... March to access the messages that Stump sent and received ahead of the 2014 election. The group, which is funded in part by California-based SolarCity Corp., has suggested that Stump helped independent ...
24. Industry's Rapid Job Growth Continues as Prices Spur Demand
(News and Events/AIC News)
... according to the annual solar jobs census released by The Solar Foundation this month.   “Solar is surging,” former U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said in a statement. “Renewable energy employment ...
25. Power Surge: Area Solar Panel Installations Booming
(News and Events/AIC News)
... installations in Casa Grande jumped significantly in 2015, according to Arizona Public Service Co.   The electricity provider tracked 276 installations last year, up from the 151 installations reported ...
26. Former Utility Regulator Susan Bitter Smith Will Not Face Criminal Charges
(News and Events/AIC News)
... not pursue criminal charges against former utility regulator Susan Bitter Smith because there is a lack of evidence to do so, according to a letter from the office. Bitter Smith was chairwoman of the ...
27. SRP Remains Atop Business Satisfaction Study
(News and Events/AIC News)
... West last year among business customers, according to a new J.D. Power and Associates study. Arizona Public Service Co. improved its score in the annual survey but fell from No. 3 to No. 7 in the region ...
28. Phoenix Water Rates are Going up in March
(News and Events/AIC News)
... recent years by drawing down its water reserve funds and refinancing bonds to save money, according to the Finance Department. Before 2012, increases had been commonplace since the early 1990s. Water ...
... meeting behind closed doors Tuesday, the justices determined they don't need to hear the case. "The Court declines to accept jurisdiction of the (Attorney General's Office) Petition for Special Action," ...
30. Nevada's Solar Flare
(News and Events/AIC News)
... the solar companies would be grateful for the subsidies they still receive, accept the policy change and move on. But SolarCity reacted by announcing that it would cease sales and installations in the ...
31. Arizona Regulators Seek Solar Net-Metering Compromise
(News and Events/AIC News)
... said. “I’m not for utilities and I’m not for solar. I’m for whatever is best for the ratepayer.” He visited Rive in October. “When I told him what I wanted to accomplish, he dove right in,” he said. ...
32. Bitter Cold; An Untimely Exit Ushers in a Winter of Discontent at the Arizona Corporation Commission
(News and Events/AIC News)
... some as the most independent-minded on the panel, wasn’t left unscathed either. A frequent critic of the commission accused Burns of also violating conflict-of-interest statutes. However, the attorney ...
33. Navajo Nation on Track for First Utility-Scale Solar Plant
(News and Events/AIC News)
... and had access to an electrical substation and transmission lines that can carry power to homes in the region, which made it economically feasible. Navajo customers won’t see an immediate increase in ...
34. Susan Bitter Smith Resigns from Arizona Corporation Commission
(News and Events/AIC News)
... donors. Checks and Balances Executive Director Scott Peterson said the group targeted Arizona regulators because of the 2013 APS rooftop solar fee. In addition to a high-profile fight to access deleted ...
35. Our View: Who Would Run for Arizona Corporation Commission Now?
(News and Events/AIC News)
... Chairman Susan Bitter Smith resigned her seat on the board, effective Jan. 4, facing accusations that her own outside activities amount to untenable conflicts of interest. There are five people sitting ...
36. SolarCity Funded Clean-Energy Advocacy Group That Targeted Arizona Utility Regulators
(News and Events/AIC News)
... Dec. 2 that it was funding Checks and Balances. “We support Checks and Balances’ mission to hold regulators accountable,” Craven said. He said SolarCity had provided support to the Renew American Prosperity ...
37. Exclusive: ACC Chairwoman Bitter Smith Opens up About the AG Removal Petition
(News and Events/AIC News)
EXCLUSIVE: ACC Chairwoman Bitter Smith Opens up About the AG Removal Petition   Eric Jay Toll, Phoenix Business Journa/bizjournals.com/lDec 9, 2015, 12:22pm MST It’s a matter of interpretation ...
38. Major Solar Company Acknowledges Tie to Corp Comm Critic
(News and Events/AIC News)
... no input on how our support for Renew American was used, we support Checks & Balances’ mission to hold regulators accountable,” Craven responded via email to a question from the Capitol Times. SolarCity, ...
39. Senators Want Update on SolarCity Investigations
(News and Events/AIC News)
... between what they expected from the Treasury and what they got, according to the regulatory filing. "We intend to cooperate fully with the Inspector General and the Department of Justice and continue ...
40. Sun Wars; Arizona Moves to the Forefront of Battles Over Rooftop Solar
(News and Events/AIC News)
... itself above the mudslinging, the latest fight is more political and is dragging the regulators into the muck: All five commissioners are now the subject of accusations of unfairness and conflicts of interest. ...
41. TEP Seeks New Rates to Support Investments in Reliable, Sustainable Service
(News and Events/AIC News)
... resources. The proposal, filed today with the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC), seeks approval of new rates for use beginning on Jan. 1, 2017. “We’re delivering electric service to our customers ...
42. Corporation Commission Sues EPA Over Carbon Emissions Rule
(News and Events/AIC News)
... of the agency’s statutory authority, goes beyond the bounds set by the United States Constitution, and otherwise is arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion and not in accordance with law,” the petition, ...
43. APS Won't Give Up Right to Spend on Corp Comm Elections
(News and Events/AIC News)
... “all lawful means” to engage in the political process, CEO Don Brandt wrote in a letter to the commission. “Accordingly, a request from governmental officials with great authority over APS to relinquish ...
44. Pinnacle West Increases Quarterly Dividend
(News and Events/AIC News)
... conference call to discuss the Company’s results, as well as recent developments. The webcast can be accessed at pinnaclewest.com/presentations and will be available for replay on the website for 30 days. ...
45. TEP Completes Transmission Line Construction as System Upgrades Continue
(News and Events/AIC News)
... needs in Tucson, and the surrounding region, by expanding access to renewable energy and other generating resources. To build the line, crews suspended high-capacity conductors from more than 180 steel ...
46. Crane Problem Slows Palo Verde Refueling Process by a Day
(News and Events/AIC News)
... domes visible from Interstate 10 west of Phoenix. Inside those domes are large “polar cranes” that stretch across the ceiling and rotate inside to remove large pieces of equipment to access the uranium ...
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(News and Events/AIC News)
... minimal administrative costs, to the companies. They leverage the size of their energy needs to get cheaper energy, resulting in significant savings for the companies and, according to APS, $10 million ...
48. Investor Group Says APS Subpoena Would Violate First Amendment
(News and Events/AIC News)
... employed by the commission may, at any time, inspect the accounts, books, papers and documents of any public service corporation, and any of such persons who are authorized to administer oaths may examine ...
49. ACC News
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News & Events

ACC Special Open Meeting
Friday, 01 April 2016
Solar Advocates, Residents Will Speak on UniSource Rate Hikes
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Tobin Running to Keep Corp Comm Seat
Tuesday, 29 March 2016
Judge Won't Release Stump's Text Messages
Monday, 28 March 2016
Corp Comm, RUCO Face Off Over Water Rate Issue
Friday, 25 March 2016
Corporation Commissioner Andy Tobin has Relatives for Cox, SolarCity
Friday, 25 March 2016
Attorney General's Office Says Some Bob Stump Texts Could be Public
Thursday, 24 March 2016
Some Texts Deleted by Utility Record Were Public Records, State AG Finds
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Current Utility News
Current News

AIC Briefs

AIC Testimony in Cost/Value of Solar Docket
Tuesday, 23 February 2016

AIC Surrebuttal in UNS Case
Tuesday, 23 February 2016

AIC Letter Supporting CenturyLink
Tuesday, 02 February 2016

AIC'S Oppostiion to AURA's Motion to Extend Procedural Schedule
Thursday, 28 January 2016

AIC Amicus Brief to AZ Supreme Court re: RUCO v ACC
Tuesday, 15 December 2015

AIC Testimony in UNS Electric Rate Case
Wednesday, 9 December 2015

AIC Legal Memo Response to TASC
Friday, 02 October 2015

Deregulation Responsive Comments
Thursday, 17 October 2013

Deregulation Comments
Wednesday, 9 October 2013


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2015 Annual Report

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Study of Studies: Economic Impacts
of GHG Regulation

Carbon Controls Fact Sheet

Economic Impact of Carbon Controls
in Arizona (full report)

Infrastructure Needs and Funding
Alternatives  For Arizona: 2008-2032
(Full Report)

Infrastructure Needs and Funding
Alternatives For Arizona: 2008-2032
(Executive Summary)

Streamlining Administrative &
Ratemaking Processes of the ACC