Power grab: Company that promises 100% renewable energy wants to challenge APS, Tucson Electric; Court Rich, co-founder of Rose Law Group, comments

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Green Mountain Energy Co.) By Ryan Randazzo | Arizona Republic An electric company that provides 100% renewable energy wants to compete head to head with Arizona Public Service Co. and Tucson Electric Power, giving customers a choice in whom they pay for electricity. Green Mountain Energy Co. is a subsidiary of Princeton, New Jersey-based NRG …

Salt River Project plans big increase in solar power over next 4 years; Rose Law Group Renewable Energy Department Director Court Rich discusses

The 45-megawatt Sandstone Solar Facility in Florence serves SRP and came online in 2015./Provided by SRP. By Ryan Randazzo | Arizona Republic Salt River Project, Arizona’s second-largest electric company, plans to double the amount of solar energy it gets from large power plants over the next four years. The company, which already had plans for lots more solar, said large …

Court Rich, Rose Law Group co-founder and renewable energy department director, weighs in on bill to strip AZ regulators of power to make clean-energy rules

By Ryan Randazzo | Arizona Republic Lawmakers moved Wednesday to strip the Arizona Corporation Commission of its power to make rules about clean energy in the state, following regulators’ move to require electric companies to get all of their energy from carbon-free sources by 2050. The House voted 31-28 on House Bill 2248 on Wednesday, with one member not voting. …

Could Pinal County be the electric vehicle capital of America? Jordan Rose, Rose Law Group founder and president, moderates discussion with Lucid, Nikola, Resolution Copper and Arizona Commerce Authority

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Resolution Copper.) By Madelaine Braggs | Rose Law Group Reporter Arizona’s economy is heating up and Pinal County is at the heart of the new development. Lucid Motors, Nikola Motor Company and Resolution Copper are just three companies who have invested in new facilities or expanded operations in the area. Could Pinal County be the …

Fossil fuel pollution causes one in five premature deaths globally; Rose Law Group Co-Founder Court Rich comments on the study.

By Matthew Green | Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Pollution from fossil fuels causes one in five premature deaths globally, suggesting the health impacts of burning coal, oil and natural gas may be far higher than previously thought, according to a study published on Tuesday. Parts of China, India, Europe and the northeastern United States are among the hardest-hit areas, suffering …

Rose Law Group Co-Founder, Court Rich, tells Utility Dive new legislation aimed at halting implementation of Arizona’s new clean energy rules will be bad for business.

By Herman Trabish | Utility Dive Controversial proposed Arizona legislation would impose limits on the authority of the state’s elected utility regulators and make their recent groundbreaking zero-emissions mandate unconstitutional. Senate Bill 1175 expresses longstanding concerns from some lawmakers regarding overreach by the elected Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC), stakeholders agreed. But those concerns were aggravated by the ACC’s November approval of …

Power grab? Twin bills look to strip ACC of some authority; Court Rich, Rose Law Group co-founder and renewable energy department director, talks to ABC15

Court Rich, Rose Law Group co-founder and renewable energy department director comments to ABC 15 about the effort to strip the Arizona Corporation Commission of some authority. By Madelaine Braggs | Rose Law Group Reporter Arizona lawmakers are proposing two bills to limit the authority of the Arizona Corporation Commission. Rich and attorneys at Rose Law Group have worked closely with the …

Is Solar Now The Cheapest Electricity Source Ever? Yes — And Rose Law Group Co-Founder, Renewable Energy Department Director Court Rich Knows Why

By Ronald Bailey | Reason In its annual World Energy Outlook report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) finds that, due to steeply declining costs, solar photovoltaic (PV) electric power generation “is consistently cheaper than new coal- or gas-fired power plants in most countries, and solar projects now offer some of the lowest-cost electricity ever seen.” Taking into account the declared …

Solar Projects Speeding Up In Arizona; Rose Law Group Co-Founder And Renewable Energy Dept. Director Court Rich Comments On The Development Burst

By Corina Vanek | Phoenix Business Journal Governments and businesses shifting to renewable energy has led to a series of massive land deals in Arizona for solar projects, with more in the works. Vermaland, one of the state’s largest private landowners, has leased 2,000 acres in Gila Bend to a solar developer in April, and soon after leased 1,600 acres …

Rose Law Group Co-Founder Court Rich Talks To Utility Dive About Recently Approved Arizona Program Aimed At Encouraging Home Use Of Rechargeable Batteries Paired With Rooftop Solar

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represented a party on this issue in front of the ACC.) By Emma Penrod | Utility Dive Dive Brief: The Arizona Corporation Commission last month approved the state’s first residential battery storage program — an incentive pilot proposed in August by the Arizona Public Service Company. Around the same time, Green Mountain Power (GMP) said its …