Letter to The Editor: ACC Approves APS “Smart” Meter Extortion Fee and Discrimination Against Solar & Commercial Customers

Information & Perspective by Warren Woodward
(September 14, 2017)

Yesterday, in a 4 to 1 vote, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) commissioners voted to give APS everything APS wanted regarding “smart” meters.

The decision was made without discussion and took about five minutes. The points I made in a filing last week against the administrative law judge’s Recommended Opinion & Order were completely ignored. Condoning accounting fraud, condoning APS & ACC Staff dishonesty, neglecting the requirements of a previous decision, multiple examples of obvious judicial bias — all were ignored. The only reason the decision took five minutes was because the administrative law judge took it upon herself to read her pro-APS, pro-“smart” meter propaganda, and because commissioner Bob Burns wanted to explain his lone No vote. Read More→