The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) is designated in the Arizona constitution as the regulatory governing entity responsible for setting rates of non-municipal (revenue generating) utility companies. The ACC scope includes rate setting of energy, gas, water, telecommunications backbone services and further includes registration of corporations, and railroad/pipeline safety.

In short, the ACC determines what rates your utility companies can charge you for water and power; thereby impacting your family’s budget.

The ACC has a history of branching out their scope of authority by edging ever closer into policy making. While this is allowed via their permissive authority, it is ultimately a secondary function to their primary, plenary, authority of rate setting. It is important to have Commissioners that understand this division and help to keep the ACC on track, focused on keeping rates low, and not spending valuable resources on additional policy that is outside their plenary authority. As promised, Kevin and I have been doing this since being sworn in January 2023.