Corporation Commission votes to strengthen policies on power disconnection The Arizona Corporation Commission has given preliminary approval to a package of measures to regulate when utilities can shut off service for nonpayment during the hottest months of the year. (Source: Cronkite News) By Emma Richburg | April 23, 2021 at 11:24 AM MST - Updated April 23 at 11:24 AM
PHOENIX – With summerlike heat already here and triple-digit temperatures around the corner, Arizonans are cranking up the air-conditioning in April. As electricity use increases, some Arizona residents who struggle to pay their power bill risk being disconnected.
Last week, the Arizona Corporation Commission took further steps to avoid a tragedy like the one that befell 72-year-old Stephanie Pullman of Sun City West, who died from environmental heat exposure and cardiovascular disease in September 2018 after her power was disconnected by Arizona Public Service. Pullman owed $51 on her bill, Phoenix New
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Palo Verde generator helps Southwest meet climate goals, but future of nuclear is debated Workers refuel a reactor core inside the containment building at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. (Source: Cronkite News) By Kevin Pirehpour | April 20, 2021 at 8:09 AM MST - Updated April 20 at 8:10 AM
PHOENIX â The rising demand to eliminate fossil fuels has left some researchers and activists skeptical that nuclear energy can be part of the solution to meet climate goals. But a recent study finds that the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station outside Phoenix may be key to eliminating carbon emissions from utility grids across the Southwest.
In a joint study called the LA100, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory found that LA could eliminate fossil fuels from the power supply as soon as 2035. Thatâs one of four scenarios envisioned by the federal laboratory, which specializes in renewable energy research.
NRC credits Palo Verde response to workerâs license application error Containment buildings on the three generators at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Tonopah, Arizona. The plant, commissioned in 1985, generates more electricity than any nuclear power plant in the U.S., according to plant operator Arizona Public Service. (Source: Arizona Public Service via Cronkite News) By Ryan Knappenberger | February 15, 2021 at 7:00 AM MST - Updated February 15 at 7:00 AM
WASHINGTON â Operators of the Palo Verde nuclear power plant told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Thursday, Feb. 11, they have addressed oversights that let a plant operator be licensed without noting a medical condition that could have restricted his license.
Operators of the Palo Verde nuclear power plant told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Thursday they have addressed oversights that let a plant operator be licensed without noting a medical condition that could have restricted his license.