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.

The Arizona Department of Transportation is seeking bids to construct 34 electric vehicle charging stations along state highways.

The stations will mark another development to create a statewide charging network for accessibility for traveling electric vehicles.

Anna Cicero, a retired educator who lives in Chandler with her daughter and grandson, held her utility bill up while speaking behind a podium in the Rose Garden of the Arizona Capitol. She spoke passionately about rising utility rates and their effects on her family.

“I can try to find cheaper eggs or just skip cholesterol,” Cicero said. “But I cannot switch to a cheaper electrical company.”

Arizona’s senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego were part of a letter, along with 30 other U.S. senators, sent to Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin that demands the restoration of the Solar for All program.

On Thursday, a group of more than a dozen state attorneys general decided to sue the Trump administration over the termination of $7 billion in funding that was allocated to the Solar for All program.

Arizona regulators want to eliminate mandates and financial incentives for power companies that are intended to save money for all consumers and promote renewables. Public meetings about Arizona’s energy efficiency (EE) standards and solar “REST” rules are scheduled for November and December as the Arizona Corporation Commission considers scrapping the mandates.

For as long as 55-year-old Hopi Chairman Tim Nuvangyaoma has been alive, high-voltage power lines have cut across Hopi lands in northeast Arizona, carrying vast amounts of power long distances throughout the Southwest.

But residents of the Hopi Reservation have never been connected to that grid. Instead, tribal members have relied on a single power line that runs roughly 30 miles east and west across high desert punctuated by three distinctive mesas, home to 12 distinct villages, including some of the oldest inhabited communities in the United States.

A renewable energy company plans to develop more than 2,000 acres near Phoenix for a utility solar energy project set to generate energy for around 70,000 Arizona homes.

A subsidiary of California-based Avantus Clean Energy expects to begin construction in the fall of 2026 on its Pinyon Solar Project, which will include solar technology and battery storage facilities.