Arizona regulators asked to reconsider SRP gas plant expansion; Corporation Commission says ‘no’ again; a ‘terrible project,’ says Court Rich, Rose Law Group co-founder, and director Renewable Energy Department

By Ryan Randazzo |Arizona Republic Salt River Project’s bid to expand a Coolidge natural-gas plant was rejected again by state regulators Monday after the utility requested a special meeting for reconsideration of the April vote that went against the project. Commissioners initially rejected the expansion in a 4-1 vote in April. Commissioner Justin Olson was the lone regulator favoring the …

Your business & the law: Rose Law Group Co-founder Court Rich and firm Web3 attorney Omar Abdallah talk to InBusiness about environmental and cybersecurity issues

By RaeAnne Marsh | InBusiness Phoenix The upheaval of the past couple of years has required businesses to adapt and adopt a lot of change to survive. Some of this comes from social pressures as attitudes and habits change, and some comes from new regulatory guidelines and requirements. Attorneys bring businesses expertise to help them navigate the changing landscape and, …

Arizona solar trends: Court Rich, Rose Law Group co-founder, talks to YourValley about industry’s ‘tremendous potential’ for expansion

By Caroline Yu | Your Valley Visualizing Arizona’s desert landscape, the blazing hot sun rises to the front of the mind; and with government interest in creating more renewable energies, it begs the question of how much solar energy could be developed within the state. In an April 20 news release, the U.S. Department of the Interior discussed its updated …

Court Rich, Rose Law Group co-founder, visits Energy Markets Podcast to discuss how Arizona utilities worked to overturn state law promoting retail competition in electricity

By Brian Lee| Energy Markets Podcast Court Rich, an attorney representing solar developers and others before the Arizona Corporation Commission, recounts how the state’s 20-year-old law promoting retail competition in electricity was thwarted for years by the state’s utilities and then, recently, ultimately repealed after an army of more than a hundred lobbyists descended on the Legislature. The bill, through …

Arizona regulators reject huge gas plant expansion; ACC made the right move, says Rose Law Group Co-founder Court Rich

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Sierra Club.) By Ryan Randazzo | Arizona Republic Arizona utility regulators on Tuesday rejected a nearly $1 billion natural-gas plant expansion in Coolidge, saying Salt River Project did not consider the impact the project would have on nearby residents. People living in the historically Black community of Randolph, an unincorporated area adjacent to the Coolidge Generating Station, erupted in …

SRP faces backlash on proposed Arizona gas plant expansion; Rose Law Group Co-founder Court Rich quoted in Utility Dive

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents the Sierra Club.) By Robert Walton | Utility Drive Dive Insight: SRP’s Coolidge plant is located within the city of Coolidge, Arizona, but residents of the nearby historically black community of Randolph live closest to the facility and would be most impacted. And those residents say there has been scant contact from the utility and …

Rose Law Group Co-founder Court Rich talks to KJZZ about the broad coalition behind Arizona energy choice and competition

Rose Law Group Co-founder, Court Rich, spoke to Mark Brodie on KJZZ’s “The Show” about energy choice and competition and the broad coalition that has emerged to fight against monopoly utility attempts to rewrite the law to forever lock in their monopolies. Libertarians and conservatives have joined forces with environmentalists and clean energy advocates to protect Arizonan’s right to choose who they use for their electric provider. Hear Court talk about the merits of keeping the current laws in place while describing …

An electric company wants to compete for Arizona customers; lawmakers could make it illegal. Rose Law Group Co-founder Court Rich explains why the ‘bills stink.’

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Green Mountain Energy.)  By Ryan Randazzo | Arizona Republic A bill that would protect electric companies such as Arizona Public Service Co. and Salt River Project from competition is moving through Legislature. If it becomes law, the proposal would kill off a threat that has hung over the electric companies for more than 20 years. …