Utilities · 2025-03-31
Hobbs Blocked a Fight for Lower Utility Rates
SB 1119 would have forced Arizona’s utility consumer office to prioritize the lowest retail rates. Vetoed.
Your summer power bill shouldn’t be a second rent payment. Hobbs vetoed a bill that put the lowest rate in statute.
SB 1119 defined the Residential Utility Consumer Office’s job as advocating for the safest, most reliable utility service at the lowest retail rate possible. Hobbs called it unnecessary.
Unnecessary for whom? Not for families staring at APS and SRP statements.
Bills cited
SB 1119 (2025)
Residential utilities; consumer office; definition
azleg.gov overview