Energy

Arizona Public Service, the state’s largest public electricity provider, is asking the Arizona Corporation Commission for its third rate increase in just four years.

The two Republicans seeking re-election to the Arizona Corporation Commission are facing a challenge from the far right by critics, bolstered by President Donald Trump, who claim they haven’t done enough to keep coal power plants running in Arizona.

Monsoon storms may have cooled things down briefly — though not enough to go without air conditioning. APS has a few tips to help keep cooling costs down.

The Sonoran capital, along with three other cities, will become one of the first to receive solar panels through the government program, the governor says.

The Sun Streams solar farm, located 17 miles west of Buckeye, is first and foremost built to harvest energy. But it has also become home to what some people say is one of Arizona’s most recognizable birds.

The U.S. is building more solar farms than ever. But as projects expand, they're also raising questions about where they belong. A new industry analysis suggests one of the biggest concerns — that solar is consuming too much prime farmland — may be overstated, especially in the American West.

Regulators say repealing energy efficiency standards should help lower costs. Proponents of the rules say it's not that simple.

At the hearings, experts provided testimony on what's driving the new rate requests.

The utility plans to buy 600 megawatts, enough to power about 150,000 homes, from a new wind farm in New Mexico. That's up from SRP's current wind portfolio of 288 megawatts.

The announcement comes more than a year after the utility decided to turn off the plant, citing economic concerns.