Arizona to consider additional charges on solar outside of APS rate case

Arizona has been a center of the fight over the future of distributed solar in the United States, and the political decisions made there are often not to the benefit of the solar industry. The latest is a decision by the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) to consider a request by Arizona Public Service (APS) for further charges on its customers who install solar PV. APS is asking for charges of US$3/kW per month on its customers who install PV, well beyond the $0.70/kW per month which the agency granted in November 2013. In doing so, ACC overrule the recommendations of an administrative law judge and requests by solar advocates that this matter be heard as part of APS' next rate case. This includes an estimated 250 solar advocates who attended the hearing, organized by Tell Utilities Solar won't be Killed (TUSK) and The Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC). "We want to make sure that this is a fact-based conversation based on real data, which can happen in a rate case," explains Vote Solar Interior West Regional Director ...

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