By Luige del Puerto and Evan Wyloge | Arizona Capitol Times
In a blow to Arizona Public Service, energy regulators agreed a few minutes ago to a compromise proposal charging users of solar rooftop panels with a fixed fee of 70 cents per kilowatt hour.
The new charge, which will begin next year, is only a fraction of what Arizona Public Service sought – which was to reduce savings from the solar incentive by roughly half.
The decision was reached after a two-day deliberation that capped a months-long expensive campaign by Arizona’s biggest utility company to reduce a key subsidy for residential solar.
As adopted, the resolution comes out to a monthly surcharge of $7 for a 10 kilowatt residential solar system, and roughly $5 for the more typical 7 kilowatt system.
