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The last commission meeting was a troubling example of failed leadership. Márquez Peterson now has a choice. She can double down on her mistake at the expense ....
Inside Clean Energy: Arizona’s Energy Plan Unravels An ambitious, bipartisan clean energy proposal stalls right before the finish line. May 13, 2021 A starry night over the Mitten Buttes in Monument Valley, Arizona. Credit: Xavi Talleda/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Related Share this article Six months ago, Arizona showed the country how Democrats and Republicans could work together to come up with a 100 percent carbon-free electricity plan. Last week, the state showed how such a proposal, even when it seems like a done deal, can fall apart. The turnabout was heartbreaking for Bob Burns, a Republican who was a leading promoter of the idea that clean energy should not be a partisan issue. He had shepherded the energy plan to its apparent passage last fall in his final months as chairman of the Arizona Corporation Commission, capping a decades-long career in elected office. But he wasn’t that surprised. ....
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. ....
Dive Brief: The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) voted down its proposed clean energy rules at Wednesday s open meeting, ending a three-year collaborative process with broad stakeholder and utility support to transition the state s generation to 100% clean resources by 2050. The rules were rejected 3-2 after commissioners approved an amendment from Commissioner Justin Olson that changed the clean energy mandates into goals, making the rules less enforceable. Olson proceeded to vote against the final package, noting in the hearing that he preferred a free market solution to resource choices in the state. The rejected rules would have created an all source requirement for utility request for proposals (RFP), an increase in energy efficiency codes, an energy storage requirement and a slew of other clean energy initiatives. Solar and clean energy advocates said they were extremely disappointed by the outcome on Wednesday, after working with the state s investor-owned ....