AriSEIA Asks ACC to Reschedule Line Siting Rulemaking Workshop

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Arizona Corporation Commission
1200 West Washington Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
 
RE: Request to Reschedule Workshop, Docket No. RLS-00000A-23-0251
 
Dear Chairman and Commissioners,
 
The Arizona Solar Energy Industries Association (“AriSEIA”) respectfully requests that the Commission reschedule the upcoming workshop in this docket to a date following the anticipated briefing schedule in the Arizona Public Service Company (“APS”) rate case.
 
Only 6 organizations filed comments in this docket. Of those, at least half are active parties in the Tucson Electric Power Company (“TEP”) rate case, and all but 1 are parties in the APS rate case. The currently scheduled workshop date of May 12th conflicts directly with a hearing day in the TEP rate case and is set only 4 days prior to the start of the APS rate case.
 
These proceedings are among the most resource-intensive matters before the Commission and require significant preparation and participation from the same stakeholders engaged in this docket. Scheduling a workshop during this period creates unnecessary conflicts and limits the ability of parties to participate in a meaningful and productive manner. This strain is already evident. Commission Staff, the Residential Utility Consumer Office (“RUCO”), and the utilities have each requested extensions in the rate cases due to the overlap in schedules. Adding an additional deadline from this docket under these circumstances is unreasonable and risks limiting effective participation.
 
This docket has been pending for nearly 3 years. Given that timeline, it is unclear why the workshop must proceed on a schedule that overlaps with 2 major rate cases involving substantially the same parties. A brief delay would not prejudice the docket and would instead support more informed stakeholder engagement and a more robust record.
 
For these reasons, AriSEIA respectfully requests that the Commission reschedule the workshop to a date following the anticipated APS rate case briefing schedule.
 
Respectfully,
/s/ Autumn T. Johnson
Executive Director
AriSEIA 
(520) 240-4757
[email protected]
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