Arizona Renewable Standard on the Chopping Block
APS Backing off Renewable Targets
Arizona regulators are moving toward the repeal of the renewable energy standard for utilities, saying the mandate has cost ratepayers billions of dollars since it was adopted in 2006.
Steven Zylstra, president and CEO of the Arizona Technology Council, said the REST rules have created a predictable framework for private investment in the state’s clean energy economy.
“With federal renewable and clean energy tax credits already eliminated, now is the worst possible time to undermine an industry that has delivered so much progress for our state,” Zylstra said in comments filed with the commission opposing the repeal.