Advertise with Googlier.com Wind | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Sat, 30 Mar 2024 01:14:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg Wind | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 Here’s how and why you should vote in the SRP board election https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2024/03/29/heres-how-and-why-you-should-vote-in-the-srp-board-election/ Sat, 30 Mar 2024 01:14:28 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2024/03/29/heres-how-and-why-you-should-vote-in-the-srp-board-election/ To meet the kinds of technological changes required by the Sierra Club candidates, SRP would have to make a rapid shift at great cost to the consumer. It is estimated that their proposed changes could triple their resource capacity needs. Because SRP is publicly owned, there are no investors to make up the cost of developing those new generation assets. It will come directly from the ratepayers via their monthly bill.  

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]]> As someone who has paid an electric bill every month of my adult life and lived every day of that life in the Valley of the Sun – I’m no...

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]]> 489133 Tax credits, incentives available to Arizona businesses  https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/04/07/tax-credits-incentives-available-to-arizona-businesses/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/04/07/tax-credits-incentives-available-to-arizona-businesses/#respond Fri, 07 Apr 2023 16:49:39 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=261642 The Office of the Governor has not said when the Office of Resiliency will open, but if established in time, it may help even more Arizonans receive tax credits under the IRA. 

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]]> Gov. Katie Hobbs during her State of the State Address announced she hopes to further increase the profitability and success of businesses and families by relaunching...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/04/07/tax-credits-incentives-available-to-arizona-businesses/feed/ 0 261642 Winter storms ravage US from California to northern plains https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/02/23/winter-storms-ravage-us-from-california-to-northern-plains/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/02/23/winter-storms-ravage-us-from-california-to-northern-plains/#respond Thu, 23 Feb 2023 16:54:25 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=260526 Dangerous winter weather trapped drivers on icy roads, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and grounded multiple flights from California through the northern Plains on Thursday.

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]]> Vehicles drive on the Rosa Parks overpass at Interstate-5 during a snowstorm on Feb. 22, 2023, in Portland, Ore. Dangerous winter weather trapped drivers on icy...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/02/23/winter-storms-ravage-us-from-california-to-northern-plains/feed/ 0 260526 The case for U.S. leadership on advanced coal technology https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020/02/17/the-case-for-u-s-leadership-on-advanced-coal-technology/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020/02/17/the-case-for-u-s-leadership-on-advanced-coal-technology/#comments Mon, 17 Feb 2020 21:45:19 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=133190 While it can feel like the world is in the midst of an energy transition—where one source of energy is replaced by another—that’s not what’s happening. Instead of transition, we’re in a period of addition. The growing use of wind and solar power is actually coming on top of increased consumption of coal, natural gas, and oil.

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]]> While it can feel like the world is in the midst of an energy transition—where one source of energy is replaced by another—that’s not what’s happening. Instead of transition, we’re...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020/02/17/the-case-for-u-s-leadership-on-advanced-coal-technology/feed/ 1 133190 Rising electricity prices to come as wind, solar mandates increase https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019/08/06/rising-electricity-prices-to-come-as-wind-solar-mandates-increase/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019/08/06/rising-electricity-prices-to-come-as-wind-solar-mandates-increase/#comments Tue, 06 Aug 2019 21:43:03 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=130483 Public utility commissioners and policymakers need to think very carefully about passing the costs of these mandates onto consumers. Trading reliable, affordable power for less reliable, more costly alternatives deserves serious scrutiny.

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]]> California continues to lead the nation in mandating the deployment of wind and solar power. Unfortunately, that translates into rising electricity costs that are now poised to climb higher. It’s...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019/08/06/rising-electricity-prices-to-come-as-wind-solar-mandates-increase/feed/ 4 130483 Arizona benefits from diverse energy mix – including coal, nuclear https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019/05/08/arizona-benefits-from-diverse-energy-mix-including-coal-nuclear/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019/05/08/arizona-benefits-from-diverse-energy-mix-including-coal-nuclear/#comments Wed, 08 May 2019 21:00:20 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=128914 Undoubtedly, natural gas and renewables are gaining prominence in Arizona and the nation. But it makes sense to keep all options on the table. In Arizona, coal and nuclear power have proven reliable for decades. They should continue to be part of an all-of-the-above energy mix alongside natural gas and solar for years to come.

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]]> Thanks to helpful geography, Arizona is enjoying something of an energy breakthrough. In 2017, Arizona’s electricity generation from solar power exceeded its hydroelectric output for the first time. And the state now...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019/05/08/arizona-benefits-from-diverse-energy-mix-including-coal-nuclear/feed/ 2 128914 Arizona reaps jobs, funds from decades-long boom in federal contracting https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/08/19/arizona-reaps-jobs-funds-from-decades-long-boom-in-federal-contracting/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/08/19/arizona-reaps-jobs-funds-from-decades-long-boom-in-federal-contracting/#comments Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:37:49 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=62278 Federal contract spending in Arizona grew more than three times faster than the national rate over the past 20 years, according to a Cronkite News Service analysis of government data.

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]]> Ronald Young fashions a pylon used to hold weapons on the AH64D attack helicopter that is built at Boeing’s Mesa plant. Mesa Mayor Scott Smith called...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/08/19/arizona-reaps-jobs-funds-from-decades-long-boom-in-federal-contracting/feed/ 1 62278 Q & A: Mark Schiavoni APS vice president for operations https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/08/13/q-a-mark-schiavoni-aps-vice-president-for-operations/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/08/13/q-a-mark-schiavoni-aps-vice-president-for-operations/#comments Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:25:51 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=62128 In this Aug. 2 interview, Mark Schiavoni, APS vice president for operations, argued that Arizona’s regulated model has worked for more than a century and there is no reason to plunge into the unfamiliar waters of competition. APS spokesman Jim McDonald also sat in for the chat with Arizona Capitol Times reporter Luige del Puerto.

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]]> Arizona Public Service thrives under a regulated system in which a handful of utilities are guaranteed profits in exchange for providing power to homes and industries. But that system could...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/08/13/q-a-mark-schiavoni-aps-vice-president-for-operations/feed/ 1 62128 Arizona utility eyeing power from tribal wind farm https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/07/29/arizona-utility-eyeing-power-from-tribal-wind-farm/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/07/29/arizona-utility-eyeing-power-from-tribal-wind-farm/#respond Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:59:43 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2011/07/29/arizona-utility-eyeing-power-from-tribal-wind-farm/ The state's second-largest utility provider says it's closing in on an agreement to buy power from a wind farm on land owned by the Navajo Nation.

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]]> The state’s second-largest utility provider says it’s closing in on an agreement to buy power from a wind farm on land owned by the Navajo Nation. The Navajo Tribal Utility...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/07/29/arizona-utility-eyeing-power-from-tribal-wind-farm/feed/ 0 38154 Proposal that could have led to wind farm is nixed https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/06/proposal-that-could-have-led-to-wind-farm-is-nixed/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/06/proposal-that-could-have-led-to-wind-farm-is-nixed/#respond Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:52:41 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2011/04/06/proposal-that-could-have-led-to-wind-farm-is-nixed/ Yavapai County supervisors rejected the proposed construction of a meteorological tower that could have served as a test for a possible wind farm on a ranch northwest of Prescott.

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]]> Yavapai County supervisors rejected the proposed construction of a meteorological tower that could have served as a test for a possible wind farm on a...

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