I know the Pinnacle corporation which is the parent company of Arizona Public Service APS made contributions to the utilities commission candidates and then hid the contributions.
APS has enacted a special fee for new solar users, complaining that the infrastructure is not supported by solar users. I do find it a bit hard to believe as any excess gets immediately sold to my neighbors for up to $0.254 a kWh. Hmmm big lose there, no generation, transportation and almost no infrastructure in use.
I am fortunate in that our generation is grandfathered in under the old rules on a now closed rate plan. APS has been try to get the corporate commission to go on peak demand charges. That completely changes the game to a fully automated house that controls loads to keep the peak at a minimum. The big problem in AZ with peak demand is the run cycles on the AC units.
APS has enacted a special fee for new solar users, complaining that the infrastructure is not supported by solar users. I do find it a bit hard to believe as any excess gets immediately sold to my neighbors for up to $0.254 a kWh. Hmmm big lose there, no generation, transportation and almost no infrastructure in use.
I am fortunate in that our generation is grandfathered in under the old rules on a now closed rate plan. APS has been try to get the corporate commission to go on peak demand charges. That completely changes the game to a fully automated house that controls loads to keep the peak at a minimum. The big problem in AZ with peak demand is the run cycles on the AC units.
