So Much Here, Don't Know Where to Start
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It is special to go in-depth with workers at all levels of the utility, to peel back the layers, and spend time getting to know them.
Fortnightly Magazine - May 2019
Visiting Arizona Public Service Company (APS)
Unique conversations
An inside look at the latest happenings in Arizona's largest electric utility.
Jeff Guldner, President of APS
Visiting APS
"Right now, 38% of our customers are on time-of-use rates, and another 21% are on residential demand rates that also have a time-of-use component."
Barbara Lockwood, APS Vice President of Regulation
Visiting APS
"One of our big messages is set the policies, set the goals, set the targets, and let us figure out how to get there with a range of options and keep costs low for customers."
Scott Bordenkircher, APS Director, Technology Innovation & Integration
Visiting APS
"Punkin Center was one of the first true distribution system rebuild deferral projects in the nation."
Jeff Burke, APS Director for Resource Planning
Visiting APS
"Palo Verde produces over thirty million megawatts of clean energy every year, the cleanest energy production of any plant in the entire U.S. operating over the past 27 years."
Sharon Connolly, APS Customer Experience Manager
Visiting APS
"The massive project we completed was the outreach, education, and migration of close to one million residential customers to new service plans in fewer than nine months."
Leland Snook, APS Director, Rates & Rate Strategy
Visiting APS
"We’ve increased the adoption of complex rates. Sixty percent of our customers are on complex rates now."
Commander Kirk Lippold, U.S. Navy, Retired
Visiting APS
Lippold was commanding officer of the USS Cole when it was attacked by al-Qaeda.
Utilities Spend and Workplace Diversity 2019
Annual Fortnightly Feature
Conversations with Ralph Izzo, Richard Mark, Charles Matthews, Christine Carmody, Doreen Nichols, Carmen Jandacek, Laron Evans and Michelle Word.