Arizona utility regulators on Tuesday discussed whether to notify the Pinal County Superior Court that Johnson Utilities is violating a court order, which they warned could result in the utility managers facing “incarceration.” The five members of the Arizona Corporation Commission were frustrated to hear from the company running Johnson Utilities, EPCOR USA, that Johnson managers were not cooperating when …

A frustrated utility regulator is suggesting Arizona Public Service Co. could be sanctioned for giving bad advice to customers that encouraged them to switch to more expensive rate plans. “I am appalled with the repeated ‘problems’ that have arisen from a seemingly simple commission directive,” Commissioner Boyd Dunn wrote to the other four commissioners Wednesday. He said he wants the …

Arizona Corporation Commissioners Boyd Dunn and Justin Olson on Thursday requested a probe into how and when Arizona’s state-regulated utilities decide to cut power to their customers. The initial request from Dunn asked for a review of of disconnection rules and policies, and specifically those in the Arizona Administrative Code that spell out when a utility can and cannot cut …