Stories tagged: "solar"


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Corporation Commission: Kevin Thompson Plans to End Electric Vehicle Subsidies and End Renewable Energy Requirements

The five-member Corporation Commission regulates electricity, water, and gas providers, and approves the rates that consumers pay. More than 300 water companies are under the commission’s jurisdiction.

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Corporation Commission: Democrat Lauren Kuby Sees a Bright Future With Solar Energy

The Corporation Commission regulates electricity, water, and gas providers and approves the rates that consumers pay. More than 300 water companies are under the commission’s jurisdiction.

FILE - In this July 28, 2015, file photo, electricians, Adam Hall, right, and Steven Gabert install solar panels on a roof for Arizona Public Service company in Goodyear, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
How the Inflation Reduction Act Will Help Fight a Big Worry for Arizonans—Climate Change

The Inflation Reduction Act, which President Joe Biden signed on Aug. 16, is the country’s biggest investment in fighting climate change ever. 

An executive from Strata International Group in Phoenix demonstrates how foam pieces are assembled into the frame on July 1, 2022. (Photo by Troy Hill/Cronkite News)
3D Printing and Foam: Arizona Organizations Make Homes More Sustainable

Amid global climate change and a chronic shortage of affordable housing, local construction companies and nonprofits are taking innovative steps to make homes more energy efficient and sustainable.

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Yuma Company Working to Perfect Complicated Process of Recycling Solar Panels

We Recycle Solar in Yuma is repurposing, reusing and recycling the growing supply of solar panels that have passed their expected lifespan of 30 years.

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Renewable Energy Grants for US Tribes Aimed at Aiding Vast Power Needs

More than a dozen tribal communities around the US will share $9 million in federal grant funding for renewable energy projects.

A home in the Lakeview Senior homes area, with solar panels onthe roof, in Sun City, Arizona on Thursday, June 20, 2013. As the solar power industry skirmishes with utilities over the growth of the home solar panel business, it is enlisting a new political ally: Tea Party activists and other conservative voters. Renewable energy firms have traditionally sought help from the political left by touting the environmental benefits of greener power. But as the industry grows outside of California in (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Corbis via Getty Images)
Major Changes Could Be on the Horizon for Renewable Energy in Arizona

One upcoming decision the Corporation Commission will face is a bipartisan proposal that would require utilities to be 100% carbon-free by 2050.