Utilities

New Arizona laws protect utilities who start wildfires from a certain amount of liability and allow utilities to transfer debt into low-interests bonds, which critics say will shift the responsibility to cover bad investments onto ratepayers.

The Sonoran capital’s water utility is working to shore up its supply in case a yearslong dry spell continues. Experts say it has its work cut out for it.

The Arizona Corporation Commission says it’ll look into what led APS to disconnect the power of a customer last May after an 82-year-old woman died, with heat stress contributing to her death.

The Arizona Supreme Court is giving groups that support Republicans one last chance to prove that they can hide the names of their donors — even if their money is being used to influence elections.

In the West, where the vision of far-off politicians sometimes crashes against reality, many in northeastern Arizona were encouraged that President Donald Trump put a coal plant in the spotlight, but there's some skepticism about what the utilities will do with the plants.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed yet another lawsuit against the Trump administration on Friday.

The organization that operates Arizona's 211 system is working with Gov. Katie Hobbs, APS and other stakeholders to cobble together funding to keep this lifeline going.

After months of delays, a program to help Arizonans with energy efficiency upgrades is set to launch. Households will be able to apply for rebates for appliances like heat pumps or electric stoves.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is calling on state utility regulators to investigate the death of an APS customer whose power had been disconnected. Heat was a factor in the 82-year-old’s death.

In yet another salvo of lawsuits against the Trump administration, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes argues the president and his allies are unlawfully dismantling the Department of Health and Human Services and halting new wind energy projects.