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Candidates and election results

We'll have results tonight at 9am AZ time (currently PDT) and if it's as tight as we think it will be, especially in Seats 4, 6, and 8, we may not have final results tonight. www.srpnet.com/about/govern...

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Find the official results from the SRP elections here.

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A tied board means no more rubber stamps on rollbacks of clean energy commitments, putting data center costs on families, or the anti-clean energy and climate action lobbying at the Legislature. It may mean structural reforms to how SRP conducts this election to improve participation. It's huge.

If we win in Seat 4 and Seat 6 while holding Seats 8, 12, and 14, we have a tied board. Even if Sandra Kennedy and Casey Clowes win President and Vice President, the board will likely remain tied. That's because they currently hold At-Large seats 11 & 13, which they would have to vacate.

The current balance of the board is 8-6 in favor of the anti-clean energy, rubber stamp majority. On the ballot today are the President, VP, and the 7 even-numbered Board seats. Affordability advocates are running for P/VP + 5 of those 7 seats. We currently hold Seat 8 and At-Large Seats 12 & 14.

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Understanding Unequal Voting Rights | Arizona SRP Election

Of course, this has also come with major money spent by Turning Point USA to smear clean energy and affordability advocates in order to elect their pro-data center, pro-expensive and polluting gas slate of candidates. www.lookoutnews.org/turning-poin...

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Eligibility for the upcoming election is tied to historic farmland ownership, and excludes large portions of the Valley. Far-right political groups are seizing on that.

This means that, historically, winning candidates just need to rack up the largest land owners' votes to protect SRP's rubber stamp majority. But this year, efforts from the candidates, orgs like Arizonans for a Clean Economy, Chispa AZ, Solar United Neighbors, and more are changing things.

In an Election Decided by Acreage, Data Centers Are Shifting the Balance of Power

"technically" because this race is, to my knowledge, the LAST election in the country where 1 voter ≠ 1 vote. There are four At-Large seats where each voter gets one vote, but for the President, Vice President, and other 10 Board seats, voting is acreage-based. heatmap.news/energy/salt-...

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With developers buying up large swathes of land in the Salt River Project service area, its governance is less certain than ever.

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SRP is one of AZ's big three electric utilities but unlike APS and TEP, it is not regulated by Arizona's PUC, the Corporation Commission. This is because it's structured as an agricultural district that elects its own board, making it technically a public utility.

Nick Arnold @nickarnoldaz.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

It's Salt River Project election day! Huge thanks to the Clean Energy Team running to put families over data center profits and clean air over fossil fuel executives. As @sierraclub.org Grand Canyon Chapter's Political Chair, we're proud to stand with these candidates!

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Just called Juan Ciscomani's office to thank him for supporting the #InflationReductionAct programs that just saved my $9000 on a new heat pump. Will be telling all my neighbors about it, hopefully from an angle of "here's how you can benefit too" instead of "too bad our Congressman gutted it".

Landscape photo on a white roof with Mt Lemmon in the distance. Roof shows workers removing a swamp cooler with a crane descending a new heat pump. Palm trees, mesquite trees around.

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Kinda wild that so many Very Serious People take the need to build data centers for AI as a given when the main use case for AI so far seems to be degrading people’s ability to read, write, think critically and connect to other human beings

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Nick Arnold @nickarnoldaz.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

On attempt #4, HB2679 finally made it past House Committee of the Whole -- unfortunately, with only a Republican amendment that fails to address clean energy and ratepayer advocates' core concerns. We'll try to amend or kill in the Senate, but we need @katiehobbs.bsky.social's veto pen ready.

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Arizona would benefit a lot from good securitization; we have aging coal and gas plants + unbelievable, insufficiently tapped solar potential. But our utilities have not acted in nearly good faith enough for the giveaway that HB2679 would be -- and Arizona families shouldn't have to foot the bill.

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3. We agree with the Arizona Corporation Commission (a rare opportunity these days!) that they need a role in determining how freed up capital is spent. That's a major concern with sellable securitized assets -- shareholders cannot be allowed extra revenues by loopholing the ratemaking process.

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We're asking for pretty direct changes to the bill: 1. Utilities cannot sell securitized assets. If a plant is deemed so overly expensive it's in the public interest to securitize it, it needs to be retired. 2. Unrecovered fuel costs need to be handled much more carefully, not basically unlimited.

Climate Cabinet Action @climatecabinet.org · 21/02/2025

Attempt #2 today of Arizona utilities trying to make Arizona ratepayers an experiment in what happens when you give monopoly utilities overly broad securitization authority. Clean energy advocates want securitization! We just want it to be responsible and good for ratepayers -- HB2679 isn't that.

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"Arizona is also a hub for electric vehicle manufacturing… and the elimination of IRA incentives could jeopardize around 64,000 jobs throughout the state." Climate Cabinet Education’s AZ state director @nickarnold.info laying out how cutting clean energy funding will hurt Arizona families.

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Dahl & other Tucson leaders rally against Trump's push to repeal electric vehicle tax credits

Tucson City Councilmember Kevin Dahl, joined by public health and climate advocates, urged Arizona's representatives to fight President Donald Trump’s potential repeal of electric vehicle tax credits ...

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It's 50-to-1 against Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs. But she's got this | Opinion

And if you want my slightly more realistic and cynical take on how this session is going to go, I think E.J. Montini, as usual, laid it out well here www.azcentral.com/story/opinio...

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It might seem like a lopsided fight when Arizona's 50 Republican lawmakers take on one Democratic governor with a veto pen. It's not.

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If you want to catch Opening Day Ceremony at 12pm MT (11am PT) and Gov. Hobbs' State of the State at 2pm MT (1pm PT), you can watch live at www.azleg.gov/liveproceedi...

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With @climateaf.bsky.social champs Senator Priya Sundareshan and Rep. Oscar De Los Santos as leaders of their respective caucuses, I am confident that Democrats will stand strong against rollbacks on climate action and support for expensive fossil fuels.

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With anti-climate majorities in charge, pro-climate leadership is going to be an uphill battle. I'm hoping to hear in Governor Hobbs' speech a discussion on how water and affordability crises ARE the climate crisis that we can solve through cleaner, less water-conscious, affordable energy.

Ali Nahdee @alinahdee.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Happy Opening Day of the 2025 Arizona Legislative Session! @azhousedems.bsky.social & @azsenatedems.bsky.social just laid out water and affordability as part of their top priorities. In a few hours we'll hear from Governor @katiehobbs.bsky.social for her third State of the State.

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Hey @bsky.app can we do something about these really racist images that come up when you type "Native American" into GIF search? because uh.... some of these are serious bullshit.

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Nicky Indicavitch @nickyin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Yet another district being forced to discuss school closures because our AZ legislature would rather serve their grifting, privatizer donors than our communities and kids. This will keep happening and it can happen anywhere. Vouchers hurt kids and communities.

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Jerry Iannelli @jerryiannelli.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Wrote about how four years of “Fund the Police!” did zero for the Democrats except legitimize GOP talking points, depress Dem voter turnout, hand Trump a well-funded police state, and make the world a crueler, more violent place. An abject failure. theappeal.org/fund-the-pol...

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‘Fund the Police’ Backfired—and Gave Trump More Power Than Ever

Democrats spent the last four years running away from police reform and instead chanted "fund the police." They lost.

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Arizona is so lucky to have Stephanie back at the Capitol and I'm proud @climateaf.bsky.social made her one of our first 2024 endorsements last December!

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@climateaf.bsky.social has been so proud to support Sundareshan, De Los Santos, and Travers in competitive primaries and I am personally proud of my district, LD18, having both Senator Sundareshan and Representative Gutierrez in leadership! Tucson is a powerhouse for climate leaders.

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Congratulations to House Leader Oscar De Los Santos, Asst. Leader Nancy Gutierrez, and Co-Whips Stacey Travers & Quantá Crews!

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Some incredible climate news out of Arizona: Senate & House Dems just elected a bunch of @climateaf.bsky.social champs to lead their caucuses next year! Congratulations to Senate Leader Priya Sundareshan, Asst. Leader Flavio Bravo, Whip Rosanna Gabaldón, and Caucus Chair Lela Alston!

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THEN, register an account at efiling.azcc.gov/online-servi... Go to "Make a Utilities Public Comment" Enter Docket No. E-00000J-14-0023 Let them know to NOT reopen the Value of Solar docket, to protect distributed solar jobs, and to leave grandfathered customers alone!

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2024 is a critical opportunity to elect a pro-climate, rate-payer accountable majority to the Corporation Commission. I'm so grateful part of my job is strategically advising and trying to get money to AZ to make that possible. But in the mean time, we need to take action:

I was an engineering undergrad petitioning to protect #NetMetering with UAZ Students for Sustainability & I saw first-hand how good policy mattered less than utility stakeholder profits. Spent the last decade (unsuccessfully) begging AZ Dems to invest in this race even as Enviro Council Co-Chair.

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