By David Wichner | Arizona Daily Star
March 11, 2014
The Arizona Corporation Commission will take up the issue of the tax pass-through for Pima Utility Co. during the afternoon session of its regular open meeting today at 1 p.m. To view a webcast of the meeting, go to www.azcc.gov and click on “Live Meeting Broadcast” at the lower left; to listen to the meeting by phone, call 1-602-542-0222 (long-distance rates may apply).
State regulators are preparing to implement a new policy allowing owners of small utilities — including many private water companies — to pass on the cost of their personal income taxes to ratepayers, despite opposition from consumer advocates.
After changing a long-standing policy last year, the Arizona Corporation Commission today will begin considering how to apply the tax recovery to individual water companies.
