Ariz. senators, co-ops protest hydro power rates

At the Hoover Dam facility and interconnection, lattice towers are perched on the side of the river walls above a switchyard below./Chris Lyles:WAPA
At the Hoover Dam facility and interconnection, lattice towers are perched on the side of the river walls above a switchyard below./Chris Lyles:WAPA

By David Wichner | Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake have sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Energy, questioning higher rates charged to utilities by a federal agency that markets hydroelectric power across the West.

Following concerns raised by utilities including Arizona’s rural electric cooperatives, the senators sent a letter to DOE Deputy Secretary Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall expressing strong concerns that the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) has improperly expanded its mission and raised rates without delivering more power or explaining the rate increases.

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