Today, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) approved Attorney General Kris Mayes’ request to intervene in Tucson Electric Power’s (TEP) pending rate case, which seeks to raise average residential bills by nearly 14%.

“This is blatant corporate greed. TEP’s parent company reported $1.6 billion in net earnings last year. This is a billion-dollar company that wants to increase the average Tucson consumer’s monthly bill by 14% following back-to-back rate hikes over the past five years. It’s time to say ‘enough.’ We’re watching a monopoly utility try to abuse the system. Tucson consumers cannot choose a different electric service provider unless they sell their house and move. We cannot keep letting our monopoly utilities take advantage of ratepayers, who are already facing spiraling electricity bills and a cost-of-living crisis."