Results for: arizona public service

Bob Stump, a former ACC commissioner, now runs the Arizona Energy Policy Group, a trade association for Arizona utilities.

Revolving door swings former AZ utility commissioner Bob Stump back into the arms of APS

Stump's new trade association will represent Arizona utilities in front of his former colleagues at the ACC.

/ July 6, 2018
APS spending on lobbying, marketing, grants, and political campaigns

APS political spending soared under Don Brandt. Will that change with a new CEO?

Over the last few months, some of the secrecy surrounding Arizona Public Service’s spending on political campaigns has been lifted. APS’ responses to Arizona Corporation Commissioner Sandra Kennedy’s subpoena have...

/ August 30, 2019

Arizona Commissioner To APS: Why Invest In So Much Gas?

Arizona Corporation Commissioner Andy Tobin asked monopoly utility APS why it plans to invest in so much natural gas, and so little solar energy and energy storage, over the […]

/ January 18, 2017
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Tom Forese regulates APS

Updated: Arizona Corporation Commission Executive Director resigns in latest scandal

[…] Tom Forese fired ACC Executive Director Ted Vogt not because of his wife’s ties to Arizona Public Service, which had been well known, but because Vogt had been urging...

/ July 6, 2018

Legislators who pushed APS’ agenda against renewables got rewarded with campaign contributions, new filings show

The political action committee run by the parent company of Arizona’s largest monopoly utility, Arizona Public Service, rewarded Arizona legislators that backed its effort to stop a renewable energy ballot...

/ July 12, 2018

Arizona Public Service Proposes To Install Free Solar Panels, Here’s What They Should Do Next

On July 28, Arizona Public Service Co. (APS) filed a proposal to state regulators seeking approval to install 20 megawatts (MW) of distributed solar generation on approximately 3,000 homes. APS...

/ August 1, 2014
2018 Political Map of the U.S. Governor Races

Analysis: How Electric Utilities and Their Executives Contributed in Nine Governor Races

[…] that are also giving cash directly to candidates or state parties, such as Alliant Energy, Arizona Public Service and NextEra Energy. Go to top States Where Utilities Support the...

/ November 2, 2018

Charities and groups funded or connected to APS filed comments in support of its $460 million rate hike request

Over 2,000 people submitted comments to the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) throughout Arizona Public Services’ (APS) rate case application, with many expressing frustration and anger with the utility’s proposed $460...

/ April 1, 2024

APS pushed county administrators to pass legally questionable resolutions against clean energy initiative

[…] they could not pass a resolution in opposition to Prop 127 due to legal concerns. Arizona Public Service (APS) orchestrated a campaign to get counties and towns across Arizona...

/ October 9, 2018

APS will try to kill renewable energy ballot measure so that it can keep building gas plants

Arizona Public Service, the monopoly utility with a track record of spending millions to thwart pro-rooftop solar energy policy and candidates in Arizona, is poised to dip back into its...

/ February 14, 2018