Recently I spoke out in support of a critical effort underway in Arizona: keeping the state’s rooftop solar industry alive. Like school choice and healthcare choice, solar choice should be a core part of the Arizona agenda, and my party’s message.

I’d like to respond to the discussion of SRP purchasing Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s (LADWP) share of the Navajo Generating Station.

Many Americans have embraced outdoor decorating, filling their yards with fluffy sofas, gleaming end tables and even outdoor rugs.

WASHINGTON — Uncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided Congress Tuesday night to embrace his plans to use government money to create jobs and strengthen the nation's middle class. He declared Republican ideas for reducing the deficit "even worse" than the unpalatable deals Washington had to stomach during his first term.

More than 192,000 acres of land in Arizona is being dedicated to utility-scale renewable energy projects.

With more than 300 days of sunshine a year, Arizona is an ideal place to utilize solar electricity. But the decision to invest in a solar installation on your home can be complicated.

Solar panel maker First Solar has purchased Chilean solar development company Solar Chile as energy demand continues to rise in the region.

Arizona’s largest electric company approved a $1 million donation to help support the 2015 Super Bowl in Glendale.

The new chairman of the Arizona Corporation Commission signaled Monday that the days of pushing solar and renewable energy over other sources are over.

With temperatures finally falling and the holidays near, it’s easy to forget we live in the desert. Reliable water and electricity supplies are the foundations for our thriving metropolitan area.

The state may be getting an all-Republican Corporation Commission because of a last-minute move by the Arizona Association of Realtors to get a panel they think will be friendlier to their issues.

More plans are in place for Mesa’s Eastmark after Scottsdale-based DMB Associates sold 527 acres of the site to home builders this week.

Shea Homes, in partnership with Sunrun, will offer solar options on several of its homes in the East Valley.

The list of workshop topics and vendors for this weekend’s Self-Reliance Expo reads like a walking encyclopedia of preparedness and resourcefulness, everything from alternative energy to self-defense, sprouting and water purification.

SAN FRANCISCO — Federal officials on Friday approved a plan that sets aside 445 square miles of public land for the development of large-scale solar power plants, cementing a new government approach to renewable energy development in the West after years of delays and false starts.

Ending their set with the 2001 No. 1 hit “The Middle,” rock band Jimmy Eat World – a group that got its own start nearby in Mesa – was charged with opening a political rally late Wednesday night in the open air of Arizona State University’s Tempe campus.

Salt River Project went live on a 19 megawatt solar plant in Queen Creek last week, raising the company’s retail electrical needs from renewable sources to 10 percent.

The outcome of next month’s race for the Arizona Corporation Commission will determine how much more solar and other renewable energy electric utility consumers will have to buy.

The outcome of next month's race for the Arizona Corporation Commission will determine how much more solar and other renewable energy electric utility consumers will have to buy.

A flasher has been spotted repeatedly along a popular jogging trail in Chandler.

Crescent Crown Distributing recently completed the building of an “eco-friendly” 335,000-square-foot facility, according to a release.

Sunshine Acres, a children’s home being run entirely off of donations, is one step closer to achieving its goal of being entirely solar, even as it continues to grow.

The Tempe Union High School District partnered with Chevron two years ago to facilitate sustainability projects at the seven different high schools around Tempe and Ahwatukee Foothills.

Higley Unified School District’s governing board is opposing a planned 4.8 percent increase in electric rates by SRP, and is hoping other school districts take similar action.