2024-05-15T15:11:21-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 923664411 Arizonans for a Clean Economy ARIZ 6025254889 1108 E Georgia Ave Phoenix AZ 85014 Charles Fisher Executive Director 6025254889 2024-05-15 Charles Fisher 999009999 1 0 11 0 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X www.azce.org X X 97520 X 97520 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97520 0 0 0 22425 0 19662 1895 43982 53538 0 0 53538 0 53538 0 0 0 0 0 53538 0 0 0 53538 Our mission is to educate Arizonans about the generational economic opportunity presented by the energy transition as well as the public health benefits associated with reducing pollution and water use from fossil energy sources. Salt River Project (SRP) is one of the largest public power utilities in the country and the second largest utility in Arizona, serving over one million ratepayers. SRP is a political subdivison of the state, so they are not regulated by the Arizona Corporation Commission like other investor-owned utilities. Instead, they are regulated by an elected board that sets rates and approves major infrastructure investments. SRP is unique in that only landowners are eligible to vote for the board and 10 of the 14 board positions are elected on an acreage basis. These factors have contributed to less than 1% turnout among eligible voters in an election that has an enormous impact on the Arizona economy and the public health of our residents. Arizonans for a Clean Economy (AZCE) sought to raise awareness about the SRP election in order to increase participation and ensure the SRP board reflects the priorities of all ratepayers, not just large landowners. We did research, built a webpage with key facts and information, collaborated with other organizations, and ran ads urging eligible voters to sign up to vote by mail. While there is still plenty of education needed in the future, we are proud of the fact that we set a new record for voter turnout, increased the salience of SRP elections, and added over 3,700 new voters to the vote-by-mail list. 0 10000 The Arizona Corporation Commission is the state public utility regulator. Unfortunately, while the federal government and the majority of states are setting ambitious clean energy, energy efficiency, and electrification targets, the ACC is moving the opposite direction. In October, the ACC proposed dramatically reducing the value of excess energy generated by rooftop solar systems across the state. While overstating the supposed "cost shift" to non-solar customers, the ACC completely ignored the many benefits of having distributed energy resources on the grid. In addition, this arbitrary proposal was a direct undermining of the contracts signed by over 250,000 Arizonans who have invested their own money in rooftop solar systems. AZCE sought to raise awareness about the issue and asked the public to submit comments, attend the public meeting, and urge the Commissioners not to undermine the value of rooftop solar and reject the proposal. In collaboration with other stakeholders, we helped fill the meeting with supporters and hundreds of public comments were submitted to commissioners. 0 5498 Many of the decisions about clean energy projects being developed are made by County Boards of Supervisors (BOS). In October, the Mohave County BOS voted on a proposed moratorium that completely banned all energy projects from consideration. Mohave County, in Northwest Arizona, states in the vision statement of its own economic development plan that it strives to be recognized as the, "most desirable and business-friendly place in rural Arizona in which to locate and conduct business." The moratorium, which was ultimately approved, directly contradicts that vision statement in addition to being a legally dubious stripping of residents' private property rights. AZCE again sought to raise awareness about the issue, distill down the key facts, and reduce the barriers for the public to contact their elected officials and urge them to reject the moratorium. We created a webpage, ran ads on social media, and mobilized local supporters. 0 2526 18024 Charlie Fisher Executive Director 40 0 0 0 Valentin Berechet Governing Board Chair 1 0 0 0 Miguel Medrano Board Secretary/Treasurer 1 0 0 0 Bob Burns Governing Board Member 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nancy Fisher 2944 N 44th St Suite 100 Phoenix AZ 85018 6029552707 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Venue rental for a policy discussion event, registration fees for clean energy conferences, web hosting and text messaging tool.