California’s AB538 put on hold, new strategy to follow
The much anticipated energy-sharing bill AB 538 has been put on hold.
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Arizona Utility Regulators Approve Significant Clean-Energy Rules
Arizona utility regulators approved new clean-energy rules on Friday that will require electric companies to provide 100% carbon-free energy by 2050, with interim benchmarks between now and then.
Arizona Corporation Commission Puts State on Clean-Energy Path
Once final, the bipartisan package will require utilities to be 100 percent carbon-free by 2050 and meet benchmarks along the way. These benchmarks ensure utilities cannot shelve their clean energy plans for decades before putting them into action.
Amanda Ormond discusses expansion of AZ solar development on KJZZ
On October 31, 2019, Western Grid Group Director, Amanda Ormond spoke on KJZZ. They discussed the expansion of the solar industry in Arizona and how the Arizona Corporate Commission is approaching regulating that expansion. Listen HERE.
Summaries of Western State 2019 Legislative Sessions
Links to summaries of the 2019 legislative sessions from throughout the West. The bills summarized will concern clean energy issues: energy efficiency, electric vehicles, climate/utility policy, and land use as it pertains to electricity generation. More summaries will be added as we receive them.
WGG Submits Comments : Challenges PURPA Proposal in Arizona
In its comments, WGG requested that the filings be rejected due to the fact there has been no opportunity for public comment on this issue and no demonstration of the need for changes proposed. Review the comments as submitted here.
EIM and Arizona: Op-ed in the Arizona Republic
26 million ways Arizonans benefit from energy market.
This op-ed appeared in Arizona Republic on August 17, 2015. Submitted by Carl Zichella and Leisa Brug, the op-ed was a group effort by NRDC, Energy Innovation, Sonoran Institute and WGG supporting AZ’s participation in an EIM and regional markets. It calls for TEP, SRP and Western Energy move forward on their own study of the benefits of joining an Energy Imbalance Market.
WGG Comments to the AZ Corporation Commission on Interconnection
Western Grid Group (WGG) submitted comments to the Arizona Corporation Commission’s on its effort to update and adopt rules related to the interconnection of distributed generation facilities. Comments were submitted July 24, 2015.
WGG supports Rule 21, Part 1 with its 7 setting specifications.
You can read or download comments here.
Renewing Arizona: Transition from Coal to Clean
The Arizona Capitol Times published Amanda Ormand’s opinion piece: Renewing Arizona: Transition from Coal to Clean. Published February 26, 2012 (posted on the Times’ site on February 27, 2012). Ormond is a Western Grid Group Director and a board member of the Southwest Renewable Energy Institute.