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The Governor’s Office of Resiliency doesn’t have a working website yet. Some of its jobs vacancies remain unfilled. And, as of September, there was no sign on the door of the office inside the Arizona Capitol."We're a brand new office," said Maren Mahoney, who was appointed by Gov. Katie Hobbs to direct the office. “We’ve been up and running since about the end of February.” 

Shifting politics have stalled a bipartisan push for a carbon-free electricity standard.

The Arizona Department of Transportation last week held a series of public open houses to promote to the state’s new electric vehicle infrastructure plan. It’s part of a national plan to construct a coast-to-coast network of quick-charging stations.

Expansion of Salt River Project's (SRP) gas-fired power plant in Coolidge is a few regulatory steps away from becoming reality.

The grid failure in Texas this time last year went far beyond the states border, and consumer advocates say it means the country needs to shore up its energy infrastructure. Brian Edstrom, senior regulatory advocate for the nonprofit Citizens Utility Board in Minnesota, said the infrastructure bill recently signed into law by President Joe Biden provides a start. But there was considerable damage to consumers in northern states when Texans cranked up their electric heaters to cope with Winter S...

Backers of a bill in the Kentucky Legislature say it would streamline regulatory procedures to allow utilities to more easily adjust rates, but critics say House Bill 341 would eliminate rate-hike protections for residential and business customers. The bill would reduce the number of days opponents of a rate-hike proposal could challenge it - down from 30 days to 15. Tom Fitzgerald - senior staff attorney with the Kentucky Resource Council - said it also eliminates evidentiary hearings, and ...

Frustrated environmental and clean-energy advocates say after four long years of debate and compromise, regulators sent Arizona back to the starting line with their rejection of a clean-energy plan.

Frustrated environmental and clean-energy advocates say after four long years of debate and compromise, regulators sent Arizona back to the starting line with their rejection of a clean-energy plan. The Arizona Corporation Commission voted down a proposal this week which would have, through interim steps, required energy producers to be 100% carbon-free by 2050. The measure had drawn widespread support from community and environmental groups, local governments, power companies and faith leaders...

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The Arizona Corporation Commission reversed course May 26 and adopted — preliminarily, at least — clean energy mandates that require electric companies to get all of their electricity from carbon-free sources like solar, wind and nuclear power plants by 2070.The move came on the heels of an earlier decision that would have required energy companies make that change by 2025.