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TPA Targets Liberal Energy Agenda Through SRP Election Action

August 13, 2025 12:06 pmAugust 14, 2025 10:49 am

Turning Point Action (TPAction) is retooling its devastatingly effective “Chase the Vote” machine to focus on two of Arizona’s most overlooked but powerful elections—the Salt River Project (SRP) and Council races. With control over water policy, electricity rates, and energy...

AZ Dems Melt Down over APS Climate Goal Downsize

August 9, 2025 4:42 pmAugust 18, 2025 2:19 pm

Arizona Public Service (APS), the state’s largest utility, is recalibrating its 2020 pledge to deliver 100% zero-carbon electricity by 2050. Instead, the company is committing to carbon neutrality by that date and scrapping interim benchmarks like hitting 65% clean energy by 2030....

Kupper, Mayes Join Sides Against Massive Utility Rate Hike

June 19, 2025 8:20 amJune 25, 2025 4:37 pm

An unlikely duo emerged in the wake of Arizona Public Service’s (APS) proposal to raise electricity rates by 14%. Freshman Rep. Nick Kupper and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes are each calling foul on APS’s request to raise rates almost immediately...

ACC’s Kevin Thompson Denies Ever Stating ‘People Don’t Understand’

June 16, 2025 5:23 pmJune 23, 2025 4:29 pm

Kevin Thompson, Republican Chair of the Arizona Corporation Commission, privately messaged the Arizona Globe to dispute the suggestion that he and fellow Commissioner Nick Myers have ever said “people don’t understand,” as stated in the Globe story dated June 12, 2025....