By Ryan Randazzo | The Republic | azcentral.com
Arizona Public Service Co.’s proposal to reduce incentives for rooftop solar has garnered most of the attention recently, but Salt River Project is also likely to increase bills for new solar customers.
APS has asked the regulators at the Arizona Corporation Commission to increase bills for new customers who install rooftop solar. The commission is expected to review the matter Nov. 13.
SRP is the second-largest utility in the state, but not regulated by the commission. SRP officials say they agree in general with APS that solar customers’ bills are too low. If SRP wants to change its policies, the utility managers need only present a plan to their elected board of directors.
SRP gets about 0.7 percent of its total power supply from solar, both on customers’ rooftops and big power plants. APS gets about 4.7 percent of its power from solar, mostly from big power plants, though it also has nearly 20,000 customers with rooftop solar.
If you’d like to discuss energy issues, contact Court Rich, director of Rose Law Group’s Renewable Energy Department at crich@roselawgroup.com
