Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes recently called for immediate federal action to fix ongoing power outages after one affected thousands of people in central Arizona last month.
The San Carlos Irrigation Project’s Power Division is a federally managed utility that the Department of the Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairs oversee. Established in 1924, it serves the San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila River Indian Reservation and parts of Gila, Maricopa, Pima, and Pinal counties.
In a letter to the Interior Department, Mayes expressed concerns about high bills and frequent outages, adding that extreme heat makes both especially dangerous.
She urged establishing cooling centers, ice giveaways and bill credits to prevent service disconnections.
Unlike other utilities, SCIP relies on customer payments instead of congressional money. Mayes also pushed for quicker funding to upgrade outdated infrastructure and requested a response before the end of this month.
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Data analyst Abhay Padgoankar says a group of around 100 data centers and other large industrial users have nearly all of the increased demand on APS's system in recent years. To keep up with demand, he says, the utility is buying more power from outside suppliers and charging that across the entire rate base. -
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Earlier this year, the commission voted 3-2 to approve new rates for the Picacho Water and Sewer companies, utilities started by The Robson Companies to serve the 55+ Robson Ranch community that opened in Eloy in 2005.
