The Four Corners Power Plant recently shut down three of its five coal-burning generators, but will continue using locally mined coal to fire the remaining units for the next 25 years under a proposal currently being studied. /Photo /Tony Bennett/Cronkite News
By Ryan Randazzo | Arizona Republic
Arizona Public Service Co. customers could be looking at another $3-a-month rate hike pending the outcome of hearings this week, even as utility regulators consider reopening an APS rate case they approved last year.
Thousands of people have signed an online petition trying to undo the last rate increase and supporting the legal challenges to it, so the new hike is unlikely to be welcomed by the company’s more than 1.1 million customers.
APS is asking for another $67.1 million rate increase to cover the expenses of environmental equipment added earlier this year to the Four Corners Power Plant near Farmington, New Mexico.
