Utilities

When APS employees arrive in Florida Saturday, they'll assist with rebuilding the electrical grid that was devastated by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, leaving millions without power.

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office found that the state’s Corporation Commission violated the state’s open meeting law last year.

SRP’s new Eleven Mile Solar System is expected to power more than 65,000 homes and bring $80 million in tax revenue to communities inside Pinal County.

The Interior Department announced Thursday that it has allocated another $71 million to help electrify 13 communities across Indian Country, and two Arizona tribal utility companies are closer to bridging the power gap.

Coconino County’s planning commission has approved a wind farm to be built 25 miles north of Flagstaff. It’s the latest in a series of renewable energy projects in the region.

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.

SRP announced on Monday that it would be raising its prices for residential customers. The average residence will see a 3.2% monthly increase, or just under $5.

A trio of Republican lawmakers is asking the Arizona Corporation Commission to consider adopting seasonal electricity rates for some customers in Mohave County who are struggling with a new rate increase approved by the commission in January.

Top federal officials, including U.S. Secretary Deb Haaland, traveled to Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument on Thursday to announce a $20 million grant to the Hopi Nation for a solar power project and 12 miles of powerline that will bring electricity to nearly 900 Hopi homes.

In a debate this week, the three Democrats and three Republicans running for the Arizona Corporation Commission sparred over the agency’s role in lowering energy costs for Arizona residents and promoting the use of more renewable energy across the state.