Any time that the Arizona Legislature is in session, renewable energy is bound to be in the news.
But not because the Republican majority and governor support it. Despite representing one of the sunniest, windiest states in the nation, the GOP does its best to ignore the advice of economists and voter opinion by passing bills that downplay renewables any chance it gets.
Most likely that’s because the state’s major utilities have yet to go all in for renewables, and they deploy their lobbyists and campaign cash during the legislative session in a full-court press to maintain the status quo...