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Arizona s utility provider spending millions to defeat solar power initiative

APS spends $11 million to keep 50% renewables measure off

Arizona Public Service has spent nearly $11 million since last autumn to combat a renewable energy ballot proposal in its state, according to a new report from a liberal

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Electric companies in Arizona are responding to demand and offering residents and businesses services to install and connect households and offices to small solar plants. Arizona''s largest utility announced that by 2030

APS will try to kill renewable energy ballot

Arizona Public Service, the monopoly utility with a track record of spending millions to thwart pro-rooftop solar energy policy and candidates in Arizona, is poised to dip back into its coffers to kill a new effort that would

Arizona utility company unveils new clean-energy initiative

PHOENIX — An Arizona public utility unveiled a new clean-energy initiative Thursday that would allow unused solar energy to be stored, saved for later and accessed

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Initiative opponents have argued the plant would have to be closed if it passes, because so much solar power would have to be brought on the grid and used during daytimes

APS has spent $22 million to defeat Prop 127

Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, the parent company of monopoly utility Arizona Public Service, spent over $11 million from August 12 through September 30 to fight Prop 127,

APS'' irrational war against renewable energy policy

APS has courted controversy in recent years by spending millions of dollars on the election of its regulators at the Arizona Corporation Commission, ending a long-standing principle of...

APS spends $11 million to keep 50% renewables measure off

Dive Brief: Arizona Public Service has spent nearly $11 million since last autumn to combat a renewable energy ballot proposal in its state, according to a new report from a liberal

Arizona utility finally comes clean about political spending

Arizona's largest utility secretly gave millions in 2014 to groups that backed the utility's favored candidates in that year's elections for the commission charged

Arizona Proposition 127, Renewable Energy Standards Initiative

What other ballot measures were related to energy policies in 2018? In 2018, voters in Arizona, Nevada, and Washington decided ballot initiatives designed to reduce the use of fossil fuels

EGEB: Arizona utility who fought green energy

APS spent $37.9 million to defeat a ballot initiative (Proposition 127) that would have required it to generate 50% of its power from renewable sources by 2030. Voters rejected Proposition...

Renewable energy at center of race for Arizona

It openly spent more than $4 million on commission races in 2016 and nearly $40 million to defeat a 2018 citizens'' initiative that would have required that it get much more of its power from

California Proposition 16, Require Supermajority Voter

Results are officially certified. Source. Measure design. Proposition 16 would have required a two-thirds supermajority vote of approval from voters in the local government''s jurisdiction and

Arizona utility spent big to sway election of its regulators

Facing what it saw as a threat to its monopoly from a surging rooftop solar industry, Arizona''s largest utility secretly funneled millions of dollars to back favored

Arizona Public Service admits spending millions

APS''s turn into dark-money started with a debate over rooftop solar policies in 2013. That''s when a group called TUSK, or Tell Utilities Solar won''t be Killed, was launched by public relations

APS Spending $30 Million To Defeat Prop 127 | Energy and Policy Institute

The new contributions bring the total that Pinnacle West has contributed to Arizonans for Affordable Electricity, the political action committee (PAC) that the utility created

The hottest fight in American politics? Arizona''s

The battle — which has already cost nearly $54.7 million, or about $11.50 for every eligible voter — is over solar power. A ballot initiative would amend the Arizona constitution to require

Arizona utility finally comes clean about political spending

PHOENIX — Facing what it saw as a threat to its monopoly from a surging rooftop solar industry, Arizona''s largest utility secretly funneled millions of dollars to b

APS spent millions defeating Prop 127. Is a clean energy

It openly spent more than $4 million on commission races in 2016 and nearly $40 million to defeat a 2018 citizens'' initiative that would have required that it get much more of its

APS spent millions defeating Prop 127. Is a clean energy

Endorsed by Western Resource Advocates, the Arizona Utility Ratepayer Alliance, the Conservative Alliance for Solar Energy, the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project, Vote

In Arizona, Out-of-State Environmental Special Interests Spend Millions

The spend by these environmental NGOs was countered by minimal engagement from pro-GOP interests. In 2020, Republican candidates Eric Sloan, Lea Marquez Peterson

Renewable energy at center of race for Arizona utility board

PHOENIX (AP) — The little-watched race for control of Arizona''s utility regulatory commission could have big implications for power rates and the future of renewable energy.

The Battle for Solar Energy in the Country''s

A ballot measure in Arizona that would require half of the state''s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030 has met fierce resistance from the state''s largest utility.

APS'' irrational war against renewable energy policy

APS'' brazen political spending has made it increasingly toxic. APS has courted controversy in recent years by spending millions of dollars on the election of its regulators at the Arizona

Arizona Public Service sets 100% clean energy target

The move is a marked turnaround from 2018, when APS spent millions to defeat Proposition 127, a ballot initiative that would have required 50% renewables by 2030. The

Utility urges court to kill energy initiative | Arizona Capitol

The attorney for the state''s largest utility said Monday that Arizonans be precluded from voting on a renewable energy mandate because they were not told when signing

Arizona Utility Spends Millions Fighting Renewable Energy

The owner of Arizona''s largest electric utility is spending millions of dollars to defeat a measure that would require the company and others in the state to produce more energy

EGEB: Arizona utility who fought green energy

APS spent $37.9 million to defeat a ballot initiative (Proposition 127) that would have required it to generate 50% of its power from renewable sources by 2030.

Pinnacle West spent $38M to fight Arizona''s Prop. 127 energy

At least $23 million from Clean Energy for a Healthy Arizona, funded by NextGen to promote the measure. The group''s final report was not properly uploaded to the Secretary

Arizona utility finally comes clean about political spending

Facing what it saw as a threat to its monopoly from a surging rooftop solar industry, Arizona''s largest utility secretly funneled millions of dollars to back favored

APS Ramps Up Spending To $10 Million To Fight Clean Energy

Update: On August 21, EPI published an update to this article to note the $3,512,000 Pinnacle West contributed to Arizonans For Affordable Electricity from July 1 to

Florida Voters Defeat Utility-Backed Solar Amendment

Floridians for Solar Choice was the first group to launch a solar ballot initiative in Florida for the 2016 election, in which the group sought to allow for third-party solar power

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