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In January, the Arizona Corporation Commission will become bipartisan as Democrats Clara Pratte and Jonathon Hill join Republican commissioners Lea Márquez Peterson, Rachel Walden and René Lopez. The commission is currently reviewing proposed rate hikes for Arizona Public Service and Tucson Electric Power, as well as rules that could let the utilities raise rates annually with limited stakeholder input. It is also beginning to evaluate the utilities’ long‑term resource plans. A recent Sierra Club report notes the ACC’s significant influence on Arizona’s energy future, public health and utility bills amid a fossil‑gas surge for data‑center power and APS’s plan to keep the Four Corners coal plant operating for another decade.

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