Arizona regulators scaled back a program operated by the state’s largest utility designed to encourage energy efficiency, arguing they were trimming ineffective initiatives and eliminating unnecessary expenses.
On Wednesday, the all-Republican Arizona Corporation Commission voted unanimously to update Arizona Public Service programs that encourage customers to adopt energy-saving products and behaviors.
Depending on whom you’re asking, renewable energy and electric vehicles will either destroy the grid or save it. The sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow, true enough, while a gas-fired power plant can generate electricity any time. That supposed precarity of renewables will get even shakier, critics argue, as Americans ditch conventional vehicles for electric ones, which will draw ever more power from an already strained grid.
Earlier this month, voters broadly rejected Republicans for failing to lower the cost of living. Donald Trump campaigned on affordability, but instead spent his time building a ballroom and renovating a bathroom while millions went without SNAP benefits during the shutdown.
When I joined the U.S. Air Force in 1968 and later served in Vietnam, I learned that every mission relies on teamwork, technical precision, and a clear purpose. Decades later, I’ve found a new mission that calls on those same skills: clean energy. For many veterans like me, the clean-energy sector isn’t just an industry, it’s a continuation of service. A way to build a better and more secure America while supporting our families and communities.
Hundreds of thousands of Arizonans have incorporated clean energy technologies into their lives according to Clean Energy Across America, a new report unveiled Wednesday by Environment Arizona Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group. The report recommends tips and policies to help more Americans adopt clean energy, even as federal tax credits phase out. The analysis comes as the Arizona Corporation Commission takes steps to start rolling back renewable energy standards.
A new report that ranks states based on climate-related risks and how they impact human health has some not-so-great news for Arizona. The data from the Commonwealth Fund ranks Arizona 45th in the country.
The organization has been evaluating state health care system performance for a while, but recently started looking at a new set of indicators to figure out how a state population’s health was affected by the environment and specific climate-related events and disasters.
Google recently courted the township of Franklin, Ind., so that it could construct a giant campus to house the computer hardware that powers its internet business. But the company needed to rezone more than 450 acres in the Indianapolis suburb, and residents weren’t having it.
Now more than ever, retirees on fixed incomes need and deserve safe, efficient homes; they’re a lifeline.
Programs like WAP — the Weatherization Assistance Program — give families and seniors like me the security and peace of mind we deserve, helping us lower costs, protect our health and stay resilient through extreme weather.
Officials in Arizona have approved a massive 800-ha (2,000-acre) solar power project that will help meet rising energy demands while delivering major economic benefits to local communities.
The Pinyon Solar Project, developed by California-based Avantus Clean Energy, will begin construction in 2026 and is expected to be completed by 2028. The 18-month construction phase will employ more than 500 workers.
With Arizona’s abundance of sunshine, advocates for solar energy are worried that the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to cut the $7 billion Solar for All program is sending the state and country backwards, right when energy demands are as high as the summer temperatures.
State Rep. Sarah Liguori, D-Phoenix, along with advocates for the solar industry held a press conference outside of a Phoenix home Tuesday afternoon that utilizes solar energy to underscore the importance of the technology.