Tag: APS
APS pushed county administrators to pass legally questionable resolutions against clean energy initiative
UPDATE (11/16/2018): A recently completed public records request in Mohave county reveals that representatives from Unisource Energy Services, the sister of Tucson Electric Power (TEP), lobbied Mohave County officials in August...
Backers of Prop 127 call for independent investigation of Brnovich over edits to renewable energy ballot language
Backers of Prop 127, the ballot initiative that would increase Arizona’s use of renewable energy, are calling for an independent investigation of the conduct of Attorney General Mark Brnovich and...
Bill Wehrum: A top Trump official at EPA delivers for former utility industry clients
Update for September 18, 2018: As first reported today by E&E News, EPA’s Bill Wehrum has filed a recusal letter that names former clients, including the Utility Air Regulatory Group, Dominion Energy...
APS uses teachers in ads against Prop 127, but has history of funding anti-public education organizations
The Arizona utility has funded and worked closely with three organizations that have been opponents of the #InvestInEd movement to increase teacher pay.
Kiana Sears, Tom Forese defend themselves against their connections to APS while other candidates weigh-in on the state’s energy future
A total of eight candidates are running for two seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) this year, but that will change in just a few days after the primary...
Utility-funded Harvard group has given tens of thousands of dollars in airfare, luxury hotels and meals to Arizona utility commissioners
An APS lobbyist suggested that AZ Commissioner Boyd Dunn join the group, whose director has testified directly on APS' behalf in front of the Commission.
Legislators who pushed APS’ agenda against renewables got rewarded with campaign contributions, new filings show
Utility PAC also spent big on federal and local races
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.
Updated: Arizona Corporation Commission Executive Director resigns in latest scandal
Report: Forese actually fired Vogt because he was standing up to APS' interests; wife's work for Veridus was convenient excuse
Democratic women’s group hosts event sponsored by APS
ACC candidate with multiple ties to APS, Kiana Sears, attended event