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Arizona regulators approve plan to accelerate EV investment, require utility transportation plans by June

December 20, 2021

Arizona has trailed nearby states on EV infrastructure investment, so the state’s new transportation plan is “a big win,” said Kressig.

Investor-owned utilities Arizona Public Service (APS) and Tucson Electric Power (TEP) have run some limited EV programs but “certainly not comparable to the scale that we’re seeing in their peer utilities in Colorado, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico,” Kressig said. Clear direction from the ACC will change that, he said.

“It’s going to allow for significant investment,” he said. “And the plans are due by June 1. So it’s going to happen pretty quickly.”

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