AriSEIA In The News:

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Tucson Electric disputes charges it is unfairly limiting rooftop solar installs

August 28, 2020
Tucson Electric Power says it’s following new state rules on interconnecting rooftop solar systems with its power grid, despite complaints that TEP is improperly rejecting many customers who have applied to install solar.​
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Phoenix gains high ranking among cities using solar power

June 2, 2020
Even after an uncertain few months for the Arizona solar power market, Phoenix has been ranked among the top cities in the U.S. for solar energy.​
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Despite slight dip, Phoenix still ranks high for solar power in cities 

May 29, 2020
Phoenix dipped slightly in a national ranking of solar power capacity, even as the total amount of power generated and the power per person increased from last year, according to a national report released Wednesday.​
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AZ lawmakers considering bill to require solar panel recycling

Feb. 25, 2020
​Arizona lawmakers are considering a bill that would require solar panels to be recycled.
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Proposal would let power customers avoid paying for renewable energy

Feb. 22, 2020
An Arizona lawmaker is proposing to change the state Constitution so that electric companies are required to offer customers a way to opt out of funding solar and wind power plants.
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AriSEIA asks APS to include solar industry in 100% clean energy commitment

Jan. 24, 2020
The Arizona Solar Energy Industry Association (AriSEIA) was happy to learn that Arizona Public Service has committed to a clean energy future. 
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The 2020 solar policy forecast

Jan. 21, 2020
Reform is coming after a couple of bad years for Arizona’s largest utility, Arizona Public Services. The investor-owned utility’s former president resigned in 2019.  
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SRP Prepares Arizona's Largest Battery Near Buckeye

Nov. 26, 2019
The Salt River Project is bringing the state’s biggest battery to the Little Rainbow Valley, an area south of Buckeye that will become an integral part of the utility’s plan to add 1,000 megawatts of solar to its energy supply.​
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As Solar Industry Expands, Arizona's Corporate Commission Eases Restrictions

Oct. 31, 2019
State utility regulators voted this week on a set of rules that could make installing battery-storage and renewable-energy systems, like solar panels, easier and cheaper for customers.​
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APS announces wind, solar RFP amid pressure for 100% clean energy

July 3o, 2019
Like other states in the West, Arizona is caught in a tug-of-war between advocates who want a rapid decarbonization of the electricity system and utilities that want to take their own sweet time, but that are being pulled in that direction.​
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Recycle PV Solar, COSEIA and AriSEIA agree to promote recycling of solar panels

Jan. 28, 2019
Recycle PV Solar (RPVS) and the solar industry associations of Colorado (COSEIA) and Arizona (AriSEIA) have agreed to work together to promote solar panel recycling.​
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Arizona’s solar leaders form Distributed Energy Resources Alliance

March 29, 2018
Leaders from Arizona’s solar power industry have come together to form the Distributed Energy Resources Alliance (DERA), a non-profit trade organization dedicated to the development of distributed energy resources (DER).
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Tucson Electric Power proposes higher charges, fewer credits for future solar customers

May 15, 2017
Tucson Electric Power Co. has proposed a new rate structure for future customers with rooftop solar that would cut credits for excess solar production and mandate time-of-use rates with new monthly charges.
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Arizona’s TEP proposes new punitive rate structure for rooftop solar customers

May 15, 2017
Arizonan utility Tucson Electric Power (TEP) has proposed a new rates structure for rooftop solar customers that would cut solar credits and instate time-of-use (ToU) rates.
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Solar Farming Brings Benefits—and Concerns—to the Land

March 20, 2017
Last year marked U.S. solar’s biggest boom, and the trend will only increase as renewable energy, especially solar power, is more thoroughly incorporated into America’s 900-million-acre agricultural economy.​
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Arizona Public Service, solar industry reach critical rate case settlement

March 1, 2017
Arizona Public Service Co. and a group of solar interests filed a settlement on rate design and rooftop solar compensation with the Arizona Corporation Commission, following years of contentious debate. 
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Study: Solar customers are causing electricity cost increase

Feb. 3, 2017
Solar customers can indeed cause the price of electricity to increase for people without solar, but only in places where many people install solar and electric utilities compensate people generously for their excess generation, a new study concluded.​
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Do solar customers increase power costs?

Jan. 26, 2017
Solar customers can indeed cause the price of electricity to increase for people without solar, but only in places where many people install solar and utilities compensate people generously for their excess generation, a new study concluded.
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Rooftop Solar Threatened as Arizona’s Biggest Public Utility Takes Over the Commission That Regulates It

Nov. 26, 2016
On November 8, an already endangered rooftop solar industry took a big hit in Arizona. Three Republican candidates for the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) — backed by millions of dollars from the state’s biggest public utility — won their races, increasing the likelihood that new anti-solar policies will soon follow. ​
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Arizona's utility-owned solar programs: The new business models utilities are looking for?

Jan. 7, 2015
Two innovative utility-owned solar programs were finalized by Arizona regulators at the close of 2014, programs that could change the net energy metering controversy. More importantly, they could change the utility business model and the solar business.​
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