For now, Corp Comm puts brakes on big changes for solar customers

By Rachel Leingang | Arizona Capitol Times The Arizona Corporation Commission today approved a small fee on solar customers in a much-watched rate case, shutting down a request from a utility for big changes to solar rate design and net metering. UniSource Energy Services wanted all of its residential customers to move onto three-part rates, which include a basic service fee, …

Rose Law Group hires former Arizona Corporation Commission executive consultant and attorney Eric Hill

Eric Hill Joins RLG’s Nationally Recognized Renewable Energy Law Department Rose Law Group pc is proud to announce the hiring of Eric Hill, an experienced former regulatory consultant and attorney, further expanding its energy and regulatory law practice department, which was recently named by Ranking Arizona as “Arizona’s #1 Renewable Energy Law Firm.”  Before joining Rose Law Group, Eric served …

Rose Law Group Senior Partner Court Rich weighs in on the Arizona net metering showdown

“The commission is not bound by laws and statutes. Only the constitution determines what it can and cannot do,” said Court Rich, a board member of the Arizona Solar Energy Industries Association (AriSEIA). “Because the corporation commission is created and governed by the constitution, an amendment is the only way to influence the process.” – Court Rich, Rose Law Group Senior Partner After …

Arizona halts hearing into new solar fees, opens value of solar docket; Rose Law Group Senior Partner Court Rich discusses

by Christian Roselund | pv magazine Issues of “dark money” in political campaigns, the influence of utilities on the regulatory process appears and a potentially shaky legal basis for certain charges appear to have temporarily stopped utility Arizona Public Service (APS) from imposing additional fees on customers who adopt rooftop solar in its service area. On Tuesday afternoon, the Arizona …

Rose Law Group Partner Court Rich responds to APS’s solar allegations in ‘The Arizona Republic’

Arizona Public Service Co. has filed a new study with energy regulators that concludes, according to the electric company’s math, that customers with solar panels pay 36 percent of the cost of supplying them with power. The so-called “cost of service” study is a requirement for utilities to submit to the Arizona Corporation Commission in rate cases and could indicate …

Should regulated utilities be allowed to own and rate-base residential solar? Rose Law Group Senior Partner Court Rich debates issue at the Solar Summit in Phoenix

The Solar Summit in Phoenix hosted a debate on the following motion: “Regulated utilities should be allowed to own and rate-base residential solar.” Lon Huber, a former advisor at Arizona’s ratepayer advocate and current director of Strategen Consulting’s government and utility program, argued in favor of the motion. Court Rich, a senior partner at the Rose Law Group, argued against …