By Laurie Roberts, columnist | azcentral.com
(Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussions purposes only.)
The Arizona Corporation Commission, a soon-to-be wholly owned subsidiary of Arizona Public Service, has proposed eliminating a requirement that utilities provide energy-efficiency programs that reduce your electric bill.
Put another way, the commission is pondering a move that would take close to $9 billion out of our pockets over the next few years and hand it over to APS and Arizona’s other electric utilities.
“It’s a truly awful proposal that will hurt the people of Arizona,” said Kris Mayes, who chaired the commission when the requirement was adopted in 2010. “It just is really hard to understand where this is coming from.”
