By Reagan Priest | Arizona Capitol Times
Key Points:
- Arizona Public Service is requesting a 14% rate increase, potentially costing customers $240 more per year
- Ratepayers voiced extreme opposition to the rate increase during four hours of testimony on May 18
- The Arizona Corporation Commission will likely vote on the rate increase in December
“No rate hikes! No rate hikes! No rate hikes!”
Before packing two Arizona Corporation Commission hearing rooms for nearly four hours of public testimony, local advocacy groups and utility ratepayers gathered outside of the commission’s downtown Phoenix building on May 18 to protest Arizona Public Service’s proposed 14% rate increase.
APS is the state’s largest electricity provider, serving 1.5 million residential and commercial customers. It is currently in the process of asking the commission, the state’s utility regulatory body, for its third rate increase in four years.
