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Pima County board backs attorney general’s 4% alternative, opposes TEP’s 14% rate request in 2-1 vote
Summary
The Pima County Board of Supervisors approved an amended resolution opposing Tucson Electric Power’s proposed 14% rate increase and annual adjustment mechanism, endorsing the Arizona attorney general’s roughly 4% recommendation, a percentage-based low-income discount and Rider 23 for mobile home meter conversions. The measure passed 2-1.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors on a 2-1 vote on a special-meeting resolution opposed Tucson Electric Power’s proposed 14% rate increase and a utility-requested annual rate-adjustment mechanism, and signaled support for the Arizona attorney general’s roughly 4% recommendation and other consumer protections.
The board passed the amended resolution, listed in the record as resolution number 2026-25, after debating components that include opposing the ARAM (annual rate adjustment mechanism), endorsing a percentage-based low-income assistance program for those at about 200% of the federal poverty level, and supporting Rider 23 to allow individual metering for mobile home park tenants.
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