Arizona 100% carbon-free rules fail after last minute changes
After three years of back and forth, ACC kills rules to make Arizona carbon free.
and last updated 2021-05-07 00:40:59-04
Clean energy rules that would have required Arizona electric utilities to use 100% carbon-free power sources by the year 2050 failed in a 3-2 vote, Wednesday night.
The Arizona Corporation Commissioner, a five-member panel that regulates investor-owned utilities, came to the decision after significant amendments to the rules package were passed by the three Republican members.
One amendment, introduced by Commissioner Justin Olson, who has consistently opposed the rules, required that they be goals rather than required standards.