By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services via Arizona Daily Star
A major manufacturer of rooftop solar units is putting $140,000 into the effort to re-elect Republican Bob Burns and to elect Democrat Bill Mundell to the Arizona Corporation Commission.
The disclosure Tuesday came as the five candidates for the three available seats on the commission, which sets utility rates, debated whether to force Arizona Public Service to disclose what it spent in 2014 to help elect two other Republicans.
Burns has issued a subpoena for records of APS and its parent company, Pinnacle West Capital Corp. But state Attorney General Mark Brnovich has said Burns’ ability to get into Pinnacle West’s books will require a majority vote of the five-member commission, and to date the other four Republicans currently on the panel have balked.
