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    Home»Editorials/Opinion»Letter to The Editor»Letter to The Editor: Camelback Inn, Scottsdale, Becomes Crime Scene as ACC Commissioners Violate Open Meeting Law
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    Letter to The Editor: Camelback Inn, Scottsdale,
    Becomes Crime Scene as ACC Commissioners Violate
    Open Meeting Law

    March 6, 20153 Comments
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    logo_lettereditorInformation & Perspective by Warren Woodward
    (March 6, 2015)

    The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) continues its wholesale violation of state statutes. This time it’s the Open Meeting Law.

    Yesterday I went to the Arizona Energy Conference organized by the Arizona Competitive Power Alliance and held at the Camelback Inn in Scottsdale. Attending and speaking at the Conference were ACC commissioners Bob Burns and Doug Little, as well as ACC chairperson Susan Smith.

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    At the ACC’s website, on the “Notice of Public Meetings” page, we find: “According to Open Meeting Law, when 3 or more Commissioners attend a meeting or event, the public must be notified.”(http://www.azcc.gov/Divisions/Administration/Meetings/)

    Yet public notification of the three commissioners’ attendance was never given. More→

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    3 Comments

    1. C. Hallam on March 7, 2015 6:12 pm

      Does anyone check Warren’s posts? Or do you just post whatever crap he sends? I followed his links to find:

      2015 Notice of Joint Appearances

      March 9-10, 2015
      Critical Consumer Issues Forum (CCIF)
      The Westin Phoenix Downtown
      Cobalt Room (12th Floor)
      333 North Central Avenue
      Phoenix, AZ 85004

      March 4, 2015
      Arizona Energy Conference
      Camelback Inn
      5402 East Lincoln Drive
      Scottsdale, AZ 85253

      And the notice:

      Page 1
      REVISED
      N O T I C E
      SPECIAL OPEN MEETING
      OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION
      Arizona Energy Conference
      DATE: Wednesday, March 4, 2015
      START TIME: 9:00 a.m.
      Camelback Inn
      5402 East Lincoln Drive
      Scottsdale, Arizona 85253
      This shall serve as notice of a special open meeting of the Arizona Corporation Commission at the
      above location in conjunction with a conference sponsored by the Arizona Competitive Power
      Alliance.
      The Arizona Corporation Commission does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission
      to its public meetings. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation, such as
      a sign language interpreter, as well as request this document in an alternative format, by contacting
      Shaylin A. Bernal, phone number (602) 542-3931, E-mail sabernal@azcc.gov. Requests should be
      made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodations.
      JODI JERICH
      Executive Director
      Agenda
      9:00 to 9:10
      Welcome: Greg Patterson
      9:10 to 9:30
      The Big Picture
      Marc Spitzer
      FERC Commissioner Emeritus
      9:30 to 10:45
      Panel Discussion: Western Markets
      Stacey Crowley: EIM CAISO
      Timothy Simon PUC Com. Emeritus
      Ryan Huelett Capital Power
      10:45 to 11:00:
      Break
      11:00 to 11:20:
      Hon. Doug Ducey
      Governor of Arizona
      11:30 to Noon
      Commission Update
      Hon. Doug Little
      Noon to 12:20
      Buffet Line
      12:20 to 1:00
      Keynote Speaker:
      Chairman Susan Bitter Smith
      Page 2
      Staff Open Meeting Agenda
      March 4, 2015
      Page 2
      1:10 to 2:10
      Resource Needs
      APS Jeff Burke,
      SPR SRP
      TEP Mike Sheehan
      2:10 to 3:20
      New Technology
      Ali Amirali – Starwood
      Scott Bordenkircher – APS
      Hon. Bob Burns
      3:20
      Closing Remarks
      3:30
      Adjorn
      NOTE: NO VOTES ON ANY MATTER WILL BE TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION AT THIS MEETING.

      • Warren on March 8, 2015 1:07 pm

        @ C Hallam – Time for a remedial reading course, C Hallam.

        As I wrote — and proved with screenshot — the notice of joint appearance was added to the ACC website the day AFTER the conference.

    2. N. Baer on March 9, 2015 9:34 am

      Regarding the ACC Whistleblower investigation . . . Brnovich recuses himself, assigns two staffers to Corp Comm investigation (access required)

      By: Rachel Leingang March 4, 2015 , 3:57 pm

      Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Wednesday he assigned two seasoned staffers to investigate allegations against the Corporation Commission raised in a whistleblower letter, he said he will recuse himself from investigating the claims himself.

      Read more: https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/03/04/brnovich-recuses-himself-assigns-two-staffers-to-corp-comm-investigation/#ixzz3TuIXprjp
      https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/03/04/brnovich-recuses-himself-assigns-two-staffers-to-corp-comm-investigation/

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