By Ryan Randazzo | Arizona Republic
Arizona Public Service Co. successfully fought a renewable-energy ballot measure, but another outcome of the election — a Democratic regulator on the Arizona Corporation Commission — could create headaches for the electric company.
APS spent at least $30 million opposing Proposition 127, and while voters strongly opposed that measure, they also gave more than 1 million votes to Democrat Sandra Kennedy to rejoin the Corporation Commission, where she will be one of five regulators setting rates and policies for utilities.
Kennedy, who backed Prop. 127 to require increases renewable energy, previously served a term on the commission after running on a platform to increase the use of solar energy in Arizona. She lost a re-election bid in 2012 and another in 2014.
