Information from West Valley View
A legal challenge to the Clean Energy for a Healthy Arizona ballot initiative has high-profile backing from public officials around the Valley.
Mesa Mayor John Giles, Gilbert Mayor Jenn Daniels, Buckeye Mayor Jackie Meck. and two state legislators, signed on as plaintiffs on the lawsuit that challenges the ballot initiative. The challenge comes from Arizonans for Affordable Energy, a group funded by APS parent company Pinnacle West.
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If passed by voters, the measure would require some Arizona electricity providers to pull at least 50 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2030.
Every mayor signed onto the lawsuit referred requests for comment to Matthew Benson, director at Veridus, a lobbying and public relations firm contracted by APS.
Arizonans for Affordable Energy argues that the initiative, if passed, could double customers’ electric bills.
DJ Quinlan, spokesman for Clean Energy for a Healthy Arizona, pushed back at that allegation.
