By Ryan Randazzo |The Republic | azcentral.com
Utility regulators recently debated whether to provide incentives to Arizona Public Service Co. customers who install solar water heaters.
The utility is already exceeding its state-mandated renewable-energy goals, so it’s questionable whether APS needs to provide rebates for the appliances, despite the fact that the heaters are seen as a cost-effective way for customers to cut their bills and save energy.
The renewable-energy standard requires APS to increase its use of renewable power annually until eventually getting 15 percent of its power from renewables by 2025. This year the requirement is 4 percent and APS is getting 6.5 percent. It already exceeds the requirement in 2017 for the amount of power from rooftop solar electric and solar water heating, referred to as distributed sources.
If you’d like to discuss energy issues, contact Court Rich, director of Rose Law Group’s Renewable Energy Department at crich@roselawgroup.com
