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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's utility regulators have rejected new rules that would have drastically boosted the use of renewable energy for the second time in a year, drawing sharp reaction from clean energy advocates who said the decision leaves the state far behind what is needed to address climate change.
The three Republicans on the five-member Arizona Corporation Commission joined to defeat the new standards, which would have required the state’s utilities to get 50% of their power from sources that do not emit carbon dioxide by 2035 and 100% by 2070.
PHOENIX -- Arizona's utility regulators have rejected new rules that would have drastically boosted the use of renewable energy for the second time in a year...