Energy
Great News for Arizona and Renewable Energy!!
After two more days of public hearings and nearly three years, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC), on November 1st, passed the final rule, establishing a new Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff (REST) that sets the goal and sets up a funding mechanism for 15% of a utility's power resources to come from renewable sources by the year 2025. The current goal was just over 1% by 2007.
Some members tried to pass amendments that would have weakened the rule and/or sent it back to the Attorney General's office for yet another review. In the end, the proponents of reason and "light" prevailed and the measure passed by a vote of four in favor and one against.
Let's celebrate this accomplishment.
Also, please email a quick thank you to the following commissioners for their support of renewable energy. They include:
- Chairman Jeff Hatch-Miller hatch-web@cc.state.az.us
- Commissioner Kris Mayes mayes-web@cc.state.az.us
- Commissioner Bill Mundell mundell-web@cc.state.az.us
- Commissioner Barry Wong Wong-web@azcc.gov
You can also send them a written thank you note at:
Arizona Corporation Commission
1200 West Washington
Phoenix, AZ 85007-2996
Thank you to all of you who have taken action over the years – sent emails, signed postcards, petitions, showed up at meetings, wrote letters to the editor, etc. – to help make this happen. Your efforts have and continue to make a difference for Arizona.
Jon Findley
Energy Chair
Sierra Club – Grand Canyon Chapter
and
Sandy Bahr
Conservation Outreach Director
Sierra Club – Grand Canyon Chapter
