by Melissa | Sep 10, 2018 | Environment, Government
LA wants to turn Hoover Dam into giant battery; Pinal farms could suffer by Heather Smathers | Casa Grande Dispatch Anyone who has visited Hoover Dam and seen the strength of the water rushing over the concrete knows water is power. And that’s exactly what Southern...
by Melissa | Sep 7, 2018 | Environment, Organizations
SRP seeks proposals to meet future peak power needs Apache Junction Independent Salt River Project has issued an all-source request for proposals for up to 650 megawatts of capacity to meet future peak-hour demand requirements. SRP is asking for respondents to provide...
by Melissa | Sep 5, 2018 | Development, Environment
Coates: Pinal farmer and optimist plans a future without CAP water by Bill Coates | PinalCentral Clinton Anderson moved to Arizona in the 1920s. He farmed a rural stretch, then south of Phoenix. It was along Southern and 19th avenues. It’s no longer rural. It’s given...
by Melissa | Sep 5, 2018 | Environment, Government
Is the Drought Contingency Plan designed to avert a declaration of shortage? by Thomas Buschatzke, Arizona Department of Water Resources Director, and Ted Cooke, Central Arizona Project General Manager The State’s water stakeholders have been engaged for more than two...
by Melissa | Sep 3, 2018 | Environment, Government
Solar industry hopes regulations don’t hamper growth in Pinal by Jake Kincaid | Casa Grande Dispatch If there is one thing Pinal County has plenty of, it’s sunshine. The county has three solar projects waiting to be approved, and both local politicians and...
by Melissa | Aug 26, 2018 | Development, Environment
Big solar projects proposed in Pinal by Jake Kincaid | Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune Pinal County has several large solar projects in the works that are stuck in the slow process of getting major amendments to the comprehensive plan, as required by state law....