By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services/Arizona Daily Star
The long-term viability of independently produced solar power could hinge on voters’ choices for state utility regulators.
Three of the five seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission are up for election on the November ballot. Three Republicans — Bob Burns, Boyd Dunn and Andy Tobin — and two Democrats, Bill Mundell and Tom Chabin, are running; each voter can choose three candidates.
The commission isn’t likely to rescind the decade-old mandate that electric companies get at least 15 percent of their power from renewable sources, including some solar, by 2025.
