Opinion: Gov. Katie Hobbs says she wants to see electric companies’ plans to handle the heat wave, as if they don’t already have them.
Phil Boas
Arizona Republic
On Friday, on the 22nd day of Arizona’s record heat wave, the governor of Arizona sent a letter to the state’s power providers that sounded very much like a demand.
Katie Hobbs told the utilities she wants their “action plans for protecting Arizonans during this unprecedented heat wave.”
When the CEO of the State of Arizona tells you that, it means now.
The governor then went out on social media and shared her demand letter with the people of Arizona:
“Today, I sent a letter to Arizona’s utility companies asking for written plans outlining how they will protect Arizonans during this devastating heat wave, and inviting them to discuss how we can work together to better prepare for the future.
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“You can read my letter HERE.”
Arizona power companies aren’t winging it
I don’t know about you, but this immediately provoked a question for me:
“Were the eye rolls at the state’s largest utilities executed with the same sweep and rotation as my own?”
In fact, I started to imagine some power engineer named Frank pulling the sleeve of his colleague, Joe, saying, “Did you see the governor’s note?”
To which Joe smiles and says:
“Action plan? What action plan? Didn’t we decide to just wing it this year?”
