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 …

37 Community, Environmental, and Public Health Groups Call on Arizona Corporation Commission to Consider Full Benefits of Rooftop Solar

(Editor’s note: News releases are published unedited, unless they contain factual errors.) Phoenix, AZ—Today, 37 community, environmental, and public health groups, representing tens of thousands of Arizonans, filed a letter (attached) with the Arizona Corporation Commission asking that it consider the full benefits of rooftop solar in its Value of Distributed Generation proceeding. “Our letter asks commissioners to fairly consider …

For now, Corp Comm puts brakes on big changes for solar customers

By Rachel Leingang | Arizona Capitol Times The Arizona Corporation Commission today approved a small fee on solar customers in a much-watched rate case, shutting down a request from a utility for big changes to solar rate design and net metering. UniSource Energy Services wanted all of its residential customers to move onto three-part rates, which include a basic service fee, …

Should regulated utilities be allowed to own and rate-base residential solar? Rose Law Group Senior Partner Court Rich debates issue at the Solar Summit in Phoenix

The Solar Summit in Phoenix hosted a debate on the following motion: “Regulated utilities should be allowed to own and rate-base residential solar.” Lon Huber, a former advisor at Arizona’s ratepayer advocate and current director of Strategen Consulting’s government and utility program, argued in favor of the motion. Court Rich, a senior partner at the Rose Law Group, argued against …

Arizona regulatory staff rejects APS bid to own rooftop solar; Rose Law Group Senior Partner Court Rich featured

By Gavin Bade | Dive Brief The Arizona Corporation Commission’s (ACC) staff has recommended that its commissioners reject a controversial proposal from Arizona Public Service to install and own rooftop photovoltaic (PV) solar systems on 3,000 homes, saying the plans are too costly, according to SNL Energy. The ACC staff concluded that APS had not reasonably shown that it needs …

[BREAKING] Corporation Commission staff recommends rejection of APS monopoly move into competitive rooftop solar market; Rose Law Group partner Court Rich says APS can’t have it both ways

By Jeff Stanfield | SNL Energy The Arizona Corporation Commission’s staff on Nov. 3 recommended that the commissioners reject Arizona Public Service Co.’s controversial request for approval of a program in which the utility wanted to install its own rooftop solar systems on 3,000 homes as part of its AZ Sun initiative. The staff concluded that the Pinnacle West Capital …