Tell Your AZ Representatives to Vote No on HB2331 and to Say No to Dirty and Expensive Coal and Gas!

HB2331 electric service providers; energy reliability (Marshall: Heap) with its amendment requires that 85% of generation for utility retail customers be from "reliable" sources. The bill creates its own definition of reliable and defines it as a generation resource that is dispatchable. Battery storage would be excluded, even though it is dispatchable as it is not a generation resource. The definition would exclude most forms of renewable energy and effectively requires that 85% of generation capacity for utilities has to be from fossil fuels such as coal and gas.

As the bill is written, it is a mandate for fossil fuels. Utilities are already building massive amounts of gas generation, with recent announcements to convert the coal units at Coronado and Springerville to gas. In addition, Arizona Public Service (APS) has announced plans to add 2000 MW of new gas generation. Utilities clearly do not need a mandate to invest more in gas.

This bill creates a mandate that could result in even higher utility rates. Fossil fuels are heavily subsidized and still are more expensive than clean renewable energy, especially as renewable energy does not have ongoing fuel costs. This bill, if enacted and if found constitutional, would virtually ensure that customers would pay higher utility rates.

Ask your two state representatives to vote no on HB2331 and add a personal comment about why you care!

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HB2331 (electric service providers; energy reliability) as amended requires that 85% of generation for utility retail customers be from "reliable" sources. The bill creates its own definition of reliable and defines it as a generation resource that is dispatchable. Battery storage would be excluded, even though it is dispatchable as it is not a generation resource. The definition would exclude most forms of renewable energy and effectively requires that 85% of generation capacity for utilities has to be from fossil fuels such as coal and gas.

This bill creates a mandate that could result in even higher utility rates.  Fossil fuels are heavily subsidized and still are more expensive than clean renewable energy, especially as renewable energy does not have ongoing fuel costs. HB2331, if enacted and if found constitutional, would virtually ensure that customers would pay higher utility rates.

Please vote no on HB2331.

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