Panelists: Carter Livingston, Stakeholder Relations Specialist, AES Dr. Greg Barron-Gafford, Professor and Director of Food, Energy, and Water Resilience Solutions; Biosphere 2 Andy Rhea, Supervisor of Key Accounts, Southwest Gas Richard Rosales, Public Affairs Manager, APS Bill McClellan, Director of Resource Planning, Acquisition & Development, SRP Moderator: Court Rich, Director of Energy and Utility Infrastructure, Rose Law Group By Hannah …
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Pinal Partnership.) By Jodie Newell | Pinal Central Pinal County’s rapidly growing energy demand was the focus of a sold-out Pinal Partnership breakfast forum held at the Radisson Hotel on Friday, where utility representatives warned that demand is continuing to climb across Arizona. The energy forum moderated by Court Rich of the Rose Law Group included: Bill McClellan, …
By David A. Deptula | Washington Post Debates over data center construction have generally targeted the issue as a local zoning nuisance or a threat to the environment and affordable electricity. But this overlooks a crucial fact: The rapid construction of data centers and advanced energy infrastructure required to power them are foundational to American military power and must be …
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Resolution Copper.) By Madelaine Braggs | Rose Law Group Reporter At the Phoenix Global Forum, Arizona mining leaders discussed why copper has become one of the most important resources tied to artificial intelligence, electrification, energy infrastructure and national security. The panel, moderated by Jordan Rose, Rose Law Group founder and president, featured insights from Superior Mayor Mila …
Photo via Strata Clean Energy (Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Strata Clean Energy.) By Chamber Business News As Arizona’s energy landscape undergoes rapid transformation—driven by surging data center investment, record summer peak demand, and an accelerating shift toward renewable generation—few companies are better positioned to speak to what that transition requires than Strata Clean Energy. A family-owned, fully integrated energy infrastructure firm, Strata …
Arizona’s Copper Crossroads: Inside the High-Stakes Debate Over Mining, Permitting and the Future of the U.S. Supply Chain (Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Resolution Copper.) By Madelaine Braggs | Rose Law Group Reporter At the Phoenix Global Forum, a panel of Arizona leaders, mining executives and academic experts framed copper not simply as a commodity, but as a …
By AZ Big Media At the 2026 AZRE Forum at The Camby in Phoenix, Anita Verma-Lallian, founder and CEO of Arizona Land Consulting, delivered a clear message to the state’s real estate leaders: the rules of development in Arizona have fundamentally changed. For decades, success in land development was driven by location, price and timing. Today, Verma-Lallian says, those factors …
By Justin Mathews | Pinal Post The 3,385-acre La Osa Energy and Data Center project faces a rezoning hearing on April 16, 2026, before the Pinal County Planning and Zoning Commission. The Pinal County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a comprehensive plan amendment for the project in November 2025. That vote updated the county’s long-range vision for how the land …
Photo via Pinal County By Justin Mathews | Pinal Post The Pinal County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7-2 on April 16 to recommend approval of the rezoning for the La Osa Energy Center, a combined data center and power generation project spanning 3,385 acres south of Eloy. The recommendation now moves to the Board of Supervisors. The recommendation covers …
By Jeff Gifford | Phoenix Business Journal A new study has found that Arizona has built up the nation’s third-highest amount of utility-scale energy storage as of 2025 and handily led the nation for its annual rate of growth in that energy storage capacity. The findings come from the Q1 2026 US Energy Storage Market Outlook recently published by the …
