By Jake Kincaid | Casa Grande Dispatch Administrative Law Judge Sarah Harping, who presided over the evidentiary hearing on Johnson Utilities’ operations, has recommended that the Arizona Corporation Commission appoint an interim manager for the company owned by George Johnson. The order and recommended opinion was released earlier than anticipated and orders staff to immediately begin efforts to obtain an …
Short-term costs for long term savings
Director of Rose Law Group renewable energy department, Court Rich, talks about whether California’s new solar requirement for new homes could work in Arizona — in the Capitol Times Yellow Sheet Report notices. Login to the Yellow Sheet Report to read on:
[OPINION] In defense of requiring solar on all new homes
By Court Rich | Senior Partner/Director Rose Law Group Renewable Energy Dept. Last Wednesday, the California Energy Commission implemented a requirement that all new homes constructed after January 1, 2020, include rooftop solar. This requirement builds upon previous state codes that, like many jurisdictions across the country, already required every new home to have a “solar-ready roof” to accommodate future …
Maricopa council OKs rezoning for 776 acres against staff’s recommendations
Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents the property owner By Bethany Blundell | Maricopa Monitor Despite recommendations from staff, the City Council has unanimously approved rezoning for 776 acres in the southern part of the city for a major development. The area is called the Anderson Russell Planned Area Development, which is located south of the intersection of Anderson Road and …
[EXCLUSIVE] City of Maricopa approves 776 acre development
Rose Law Group Reporter Last night the City Council in the City of Maricopa unanimously approved a rezoning for the 776 acre Anderson Russell Planned Area Development. Anderson Russell is the first Planned Area Development that the City has approved under the City’s new Zoning Ordinance and becomes the largest community to be rezoned in Maricopa since before the economic …
SRP threatens solar candidates over trademark
‘That is some brazen governmental hypocrisy on display,’ said Court Rich, Rose Law Group senior partner, and director of the Renewable Energy Department Five candidates who want Salt River Project to use more solar energy received four cease-and-desist letters from SRP attorneys, reports Ryan Randazzo of The Arizona Republic. Calling it “SRP Clean Energy,” the five created a website as …
Court Rich, Rose Law Group Senior Partner, talks renewable energy with Sentari & George on “Figure It Out”
Court Rich, Rose Law Group senior partner and director of Renewable Energy Department, was recently featured on the “Figure It Out” podcast with Sentari & George, talking renewable energy and the adoption of solar energy at the state level. Listen to the podcast here:
Medical Marijuana dispensaries to start paying personal property tax, assessor announces, Senior Partner Court Rich comments
By Ben Giles | Arizona Capitol Times Taxing personal property at medical marijuana dispensaries and growth operations may net Maricopa County schools more than $1 million, and likely more once the county assessor completes audits of taxes owed in previous years. Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen announced that the county’s 109 dispensaries, growth operations and medical marijuana card certification offices …
Net metering is dead. Long live net metering; Court Rich, Rose Law Group senior partner and director of Renewable Energy Department, calls Arizona the ‘Concord and Lexington’ of net metering conflicts
The must-see panel of Intersolar North America (if you could only see one) discussed the most pressing issue in distributed solar today: What’s happening with net metering – and where does the industry go from here? By Frank Andorka and Christian Roselund | PV Magazine At 9 am on Tuesday morning, one of the most important issues in the industry was …
No TEP-id response to proposed Arizona solar rate changes; Rose Law Group Senior Partner Court Rich speaks opposition to changes
By Frank Andorka | pv magazine A packed house at the Arizona Corporation Commission indicated intense public interest in proposed rate changes that critics say punish solar customers but which Tucson Electric Power says are necessary so they can invest more in solar. Arizona Corporation CommissionThe hearing room at the Arizona Corporation Commission’s meeting to discuss Tucson Electric Power’s latest …