APS wants electric energy efficiency to cost more
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010As an update to my article Arizona Corporation Commission May Ration Electricity, we find, according to a story in the Arizona Republic, that APS is petitioning to raise electric rates. It seems all that efficiency is cutting into their profits. The Arizona Corporation Commission voted last week to require all regulated utilities to reduce energy sales 22 percent by 2020. If APS has their way, we will pay more for less. “We will see a significant increase in the cost of those (efficiency) programs, and obviously, we will have to see customer acceptance,” APS President Don Robinson said. “Crucial to getting any of it to happen is getting a decoupling mechanism in place in the next rate case.”
