Arizona New-Build Gas Moratorium to Continue

GreenTech Media:  Last week Arizona regulators voted to extend a ban on new-build gas plants in the state through August 1 of this year. The ban applies to all new gas capacity of 150 megawatts or more.

The Arizona Corporation Commission voted in March of last year to put a stop on any new gas plant approvals, while it considered a plan from Commissioner Andy Tobin that calls for 80 percent clean energy by mid-century. Though the original gas moratorium expired January 1, Tobin argued in a November letter to the commission chair that the moratorium should be extended because regulators had not made significant progress on considering the plan.

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