No TEP-id response to proposed Arizona solar rate changes; Rose Law Group Senior Partner Court Rich speaks opposition to changes

By Frank Andorka | pv magazine A packed house at the Arizona Corporation Commission indicated intense public interest in proposed rate changes that critics say punish solar customers but which Tucson Electric Power says are necessary so they can invest more in solar. Arizona Corporation CommissionThe hearing room at the Arizona Corporation Commission’s meeting to discuss Tucson Electric Power’s latest …

In Surprise, both sides desire meetings on Mattamy

Disclosure: Rose Law Group recently began representing Surprise Center Development Corporation and Mattamy Homes By Richard Smith | Independent Newsmedia Proponents of the proposed Mattamy Homes community in downtown Surprise including detached, single-family homes, and the four members of the City Council that voted the project down June 6 agree on the need to have face-to-face discussions soon. Mayor Sharon …

How thieves can use your information after a data breach

By Lauren Reynolds, Rose Law Group attorney focusing her practice on cyber security and Dan Gauthier, law clerk Data breaches have become a frequent occurrence. If your personal information has not been compromised in such a breach, you might know someone whose information has been. Despite the prevalence of such incidents, however, not much is known about what happens to one’s personal information after it …

Google decides to no longer scan emails for advertising

But it doesn’t mean Gmail will be ad-free By Lauren Reynolds, Rose Law Group attorney focusing her practice on Cyber Security and Dan Gauthier, law clerk Google has decided to stop scanning emails for the purpose of targeted advertising, a practice Google implemented years ago. The decision “brings Gmail ads in line with how we personalize ads for other Google products,” Google executive …

Virtua Partners buys Phoenix area properties for $2.8 MM

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represent Virtua Partners (Editor’s note: News releases are published unedited, unless they contain factual errors.) By Iris Dorbian|The PE Hub Network Virtua Partners, a commercial real estate-focused private equity firm, has acquired 28 acres of land in the Phoenix area for $2.8 million. The properties will be developed into single-family residential housing. PHOENIX, June 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ …

Tucson Electric Power’s solar rate plan jeered, cheered at public hearing

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents parties to TEP’s rate case By David Wichner | Arizona Daily Star A proposal to reduce reimbursements for future Tucson Electric Power Co. solar customers drew a standing-room only crowd at an Arizona Corporation Commission public comment hearing Monday. And while most of the TEP customers who spoke derided TEP’s proposal as anti-solar, TEP got support …

City denies anti-Apex group’s petition for referendum

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Apex Motor Club By Mason Callejas | InMaricopa The City of Maricopa has denied an organization’s request for a public vote on Apex Motor Club after determining the item in question was “not subject to referendum.” In a letter to the organization Maricopa Taxpayers Protecting Citizens, City Clerk Vanessa Bueras stated “The City of Maricopa determined that the approval of …

Casa Grande, Maricopa mayors discuss economic triumphs, struggles

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Apex Motor Club By Bethany Blundell At the Pinal Partnership breakfast Friday, Maricopa Mayor Christian Price, along with Casa Grande Mayor Craig McFarland, spoke about recent economic developments within their cities. At Elements in Maricopa, each mayor was asked to bring a special guest who has served as a economic driver in their respective communities …