With over 170 different installers in Arizona and multiple ways to go solar, RUCO created a basic guide for consumers. This consumer guide provides crucial pointers and helps solar customers reduce investment risk while maximizing the benefits of going solar.
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Utility Owned Rooftop DG
In 2014, both APS and TEP filed proposals to own rooftop solar on residential premises. After working with both utilities, the local solar industry association, and the ACC, RUCO was able to shape the programs in a way that maximizes the benefits and contains the costs. RUCO presented seven...
Read MoreArizona Public Service's Application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility ("CEC") regarding the Ocotillo Power Plant
Arizona Public Service ("APS") filed its application for a CEC to install additional generation comprised of five net 102 MW gas turbines, including two 230-kilovolt generation interconnections and other ancillary facilities. The project will be located entirely within the bounds of the...
Read MoreEnergy Efficiency
In November of 2014, ACC Staff submitted a proposal to significantly modify the energy efficiency rules currently in place. RUCO submitted the following comments in opposition to the proposal:
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EPA
EPA is proposing a broad regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. The first draft of the proposed rule shouldered Arizona with some of the steepest emissions cuts (50%) of any state. Moreover, the date, to largely reach the EPA goals, would be set at...
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