I love how APS sounds like such the victim. I also am impressed how the "other" customers have to make up where solar takes from APS's bottom line. Always pass the loss to the customers instead of trying to make their system better!

I'm honestly amazed that the Corporation Commission listened to consumers and mostly ignored buffoons like Russell Pearce and the liars at APS. APS wants to charge you $50 - 100 per month for transporting electricity generated at your house to your neighbor's house. APS realizes that solar will reduce their needed capital investments and reduced capital investments will result in lower profits as regulators are required to set rates to give APS a return on their capital investments. The nonsense about the use of the grid is just that, nonsense.

As we all know, APS has lots of fixed costs, not to mention sky boxes and advertising at our major sports venues. Hey how about APS tv advertising. What? It turns out that they are now in the beginning stages of going the way of the horse and buggy. In the not too distant future, advances in solar will make each home singularly energy independent. At that point, APS can lock the doors and turn out THEIR lights.

Only in Arizona. The sunshine capital. Solar should be an obvious choice. But the aging greedy right wing arses that this state's feeble citizens vote to lead them make sure that Arizona's greatest natural resource comes off as evil subsidized socialism. What a shame. You go, Mississippi of the Southwest!

So people with solar panels can send there excess power back to the grid and get credit for it. How does this result in non-solar costumers 'subsidizing' solar customers. I don't even understand how this claim can be made with a straight face. BTW, I would not be surprised if charges of corruption leveled against some on the Commission over this vote.

Excuse me; we are not rich. We lease solar for slightly less than our original APS bill. We were only able to do this because there was no down payment or purchase of the panels. We still pay APS a bill every month, which is mainly all those fees that the utility says we're pushing onto non-solar customers. That is a LIE. And in winter, our solar bill will be double or triple your APS bill because we pay the solar company the same amount each month.

If it costs the non-solar customer $1.40 per month for power grid expenses why should the solar customers pay any more than that? This meeting sounded like the same old GOP taking care of their benefactors.

APS will be raising their rates in the very near future to offset the cost of ads, and the lack of a $50-$100 fee that they wanted. Screw you, APS.

Can we trust the APS to keep their word on this? They have already reneged on other commitments to rooftop solar owners.

So let me get this strait, a single mother working at Wal-Mart for $9.00 per hour and trying to feed her kids should pay more for her electricity so that rich liberals can feel good about having solar on their house. Put this in the category of things that make you go Hum!

This decision by the ACC was bought and paid for months ago. Just look at how Pierce voted against the settlement because it wasn't high enough! Greedy APS and greedy politicians, a match made in heaven.

Sounds like wealth redistribution to me. What a crock. The solar users are saving the utilities money by not needing upgrades to power lines because they generate their own power ! This is such a rip off. The corp. comm. calls themselves republicans, this is just another tax on the wealthy to pay for the poor. bull

Sounds like the Corporation Commission split the difference.

Don't forget for one moment that these commissioners were the same one's receiving campaign contributions from the utility companies and you expected any different outcome? Oh, so the GOP are so worried that that nonsolar folks are subsidizing the solar industry. Really, when we subsidize the oil industry, farmers, football stadium owners, etc. Didn't Gilbert city council vote to subsidize the new furniture store on Power with their minimum wage jobs? Didn't Glendale vote to subsidize all those stupid sports stadium deals, but now you're worried this one subsidy? Just another example of the rich companies buying the commissioners and the commissioners doing EXACTLY what they were paid to do. Approve all utility company rate hike requestz. In a place like AZ, the only problem is the utility companies CAN"T figure out HOW to charge people for the sun, but once they do, we'll hear all about the great advantage solar panels will have BECAUSE THEN THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE MONEY OF IT, BUT NOT BEFORE.

The article states that "solar saves customers an average of $5 to $10 a month..." I thought putting panels on your house saved a lot more money then that? Does anyone know if that is true, such a small savings?

I'd say its about time to sue aps for the cost of solar equipment that we paid for with OUR money, not theirs!