By Luige del Puerto | Arizona Capitol Times
In response to pointed questions raised by two Republican candidates, Arizona Public Service, the state’s biggest electricity provider, insisted that it has not contributed to campaigns for the Corporation Commission.
But the utility also maintained that nothing legally precludes it from doing so, and in in a letter from one of its executives, it signaled its willingness to play a more aggressive advocacy role in elections.
In a letter to Corporation Commission candidates Lucy Mason and Vernon Parker, APS executive Mark Schiavoni said instead of electioneering, APS has provided all of the candidates “equal access” to information on energy policies and issues affecting it.
