Arizona regulators at odds over PURPA implementation

Utility Dive: Tobin's letter to Burns illustrates ongoing debate in Arizona over how to implement PURPA, a 1978 law that directs utilities to buy power from qualifying renewable energy facilities.

In December, the ACC regulators called for hearings on how to set contract terms for PURPA resources, which are left up to state commissions under the law. The next month, an administrative law judge set Nov. 13, 2019, as the first day for those hearings.

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