By Victoria Harker | Chamber Business News
Hydrogen-powered big-rig company Nikola and Arizona Public Service (APS) have received the go ahead from state utility regulators for an agreement to use surplus electricity to generate clean hydrogen gas to power fuel cell vehicles.
The deal provides Phoenix-based Nikola with a competitive electric rate specifically designed for the production, processing, and dispensing of hydrogen to accelerate the development of carbon-free vehicles and fueling stations for the transportation industry.
It’s another step forward to the realization of a zero-emission heavy-duty freight corridor along the I-10 freeway between Phoenix and Los Angeles, company officials and state regulators said.
“The approval of this special rate for hydrogen production is critical for advancing the future of zero-emissions transportation and building a hydrogen economy,” Nikola CEO Mark Russell said.
