I would like to respond to a recent guest column, “SRP needs to provide vision and advance energy efficiency,” which appeared in this newspaper (March 29). The author makes inaccurate assertions regarding the ability of customers and stakeholders to provide meaningful input to SRP’s resource plan and more generally questions our commitment to sustainable resources.

Diane Brown, executive director of the Arizona PIRG Education Fund (formerly New Jersey’s and Illinois’ PIRG executive director), fails to mention (“SRP needs to provide vision, advance energy efficiency,” AFN, March 29) that Salt River Project (SRP) meets and exceeds all FERC, NERC, and EPA (FED government agencies) regulations and SRP provides lower utility rates than “regulated utilities” in Arizona.

While spring has sprung, here in the Valley it is beginning to feel more like summer. And with 100-degree days around the corner, many of us are beginning to think about where we will take refuge from the heat and how high our electric bills will climb.

The new chairman of the Arizona Corporation Commission signaled Monday that the days of pushing solar and renewable energy over other sources are over.

The state may be getting an all-Republican Corporation Commission because of a last-minute move by the Arizona Association of Realtors to get a panel they think will be friendlier to their issues.

Students and faculty at Arizona State University are hoping to invent not only the technology of the future, but also the narrative that accompanies those advances.

The outcome of next month’s race for the Arizona Corporation Commission will determine how much more solar and other renewable energy electric utility consumers will have to buy.

Arizona’s State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) revision guiding wildlife conservation for 2012-2022 was recently approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Salt River Project (SRP) announced Monday it has reduced the proposed rate increase that its board of directors will vote on later this month.

The Tempe Union High School District partnered with Chevron two years ago to facilitate sustainability projects at the seven different high schools around Tempe and Ahwatukee Foothills.

Sunora Energy Solutions opened its new headquarters and solar modular assembly and fabrication facilities at 2342 E. University Drive in Phoenix. The 58,000-square-foot facility houses the corporation’s fabrication facilities, construction operations, support services and offices for the executive staff. Sunora Energy Solutions is expected to create approximately 75 jobs in Phoenix this year. In addition to solar design, engineering and construction services provided, Sunora Energy Solutions fabricates and pre-assembles propriety solar arrays at its facilities in Phoenix. The firm recently moved into its new facilities in May and began fabrication operations. Additional facilities are planned in the future at other strategic locations across the U.S. and North America.

A generator manufacturer broke ground Thursday on a warehouse in Tempe that’s expected to be the home of 225 new jobs when the facility opens in early 2013.

Two local start-up companies were among six companies that won the Arizona Commerce Authority’s Spring 2012 Arizona Innovation Challenge. Both companies were awarded a $250,000 grant to use toward furthering their mission of efficiency.

Two local start-up companies were among six companies that won the Arizona Commerce Authority’s Spring 2012 Arizona Innovation Challenge. Both companies were awarded a $250,000 grant to use toward furthering their mission of efficiency.

The two years of the 50th Arizona Legislature will go down in the history books as the years when the Legislature hit reboot on the Arizona economy and turned what was a basket case into a best case.

The two years of the 50th Arizona Legislature will go down in the history books as the years when the Legislature hit reboot on the Arizona economy and turned what was a basket case into a best case.

A California-based technology firm is building a data center in Chandler to meet the rapidly growing demand for computing, mobile applications and social networking sites.

When a $215 million film comes knocking on your door, it is probably best to answer.

Many of us may not realize that our bodies respond very seasonally to different factors throughout the year.

Many of us may not realize that our bodies respond very seasonally to different factors throughout the year.

Arizona State University (ASU) has been recognized for its cutting-edge work in promoting environmental sustainability by the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), an agreement between nearly 700 colleges and universities to promote sustainability through teaching and action.

Sitting in the heart of Discovery Triangle near Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, the Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation at GateWay Community College has officially opened its doors, and clients are being courted to bring their businesses to this new business incubator.

Chandler-Gilbert Community College was recently named as a finalist in the Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards, which recognizes innovation and excellence in climate leadership at signatory institutions of the American College and University presidents’ climate commitment.

Mirth, merriment, fantasy, mingling and interacting, mayhem, reveling in the atmosphere, bustling marketplace, continuous entertainment, delicacies to tempt the palate.