Regulator: Arizona should double renewable power
By Ryan Randazzo | The Republic
Arizona’s top utility regulator thinks it is time for the state to consider doubling its requirements for solar and wind energy and simplifying the rules for utilities to comply.
Utilities such as Arizona Public Service Co. would be required to get 30 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2030 under the proposal Corporation Commission Chairman Doug Little announced Monday.
Little said that declining prices for solar and wind energy, as well as increased focus on carbon emissions from fossil-fuel plants, warrant more renewables. The current standard was set in 2006.
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