Utility 'smart meters' raise health, expense concerns

Smart meters like this have been installed in TEP homes.

Utility 'smart meters' raise health, expense concerns

PHOENIX - Elizabeth Kelley isn't claiming those smart meters reading your electric usage are going to kill you.

Report: Warming threatens SW grid

TEP says it's already dealing with some impacts of extreme weather and trying to anticipate others. Above, apprentice lineman Florencio Ortega, left, worked with linemen John Hartnett, middle, and Danny Tellez as they moved a live wire to make way for a higher capacity line along Congress St…

Report: Warming threatens Southwest's power grid

The Southwest's power grid could become more vulnerable to climate change over the coming decades, says a new report led by University of Arizona researchers.

Tucson atwitter over loud boom tonight

Tucsonans flooded social media sites Wednesday night speculating on what caused a loud boom heard — and felt — over a chunk of the city.

4th quarter TEP profits dip, but revenues top estimates

Tucson-based UNS Energy Corp. on Tuesday reported lower fourth-quarter profits but beat analysts' estimates for income and revenues.

ACC sets public meeting on Tucson Electric rate pact

The Arizona Corporation Commission will hold a public-comment meeting next week on a pending settlement of Tucson Electric Power Co.’s pending rate case.

Southeast-side solar plant completed

The Prairie Fire Solar Plant is near East Valencia and East Old Vail roads. Its construction took just 10 weeks and created the equivalent of 75 full-time local jobs. The overall project cost is about $16 million.

Southeast-side solar plant completed

Tucson-based solar energy provider Solon Corp. has completed construction of a 5-megawatt solar plant on the southeast side for Tucson Electric Power Co.

Toxic ash from Arizona power plants called a potential groundwater hazard

The water table beneath three Arizona coal ash landfills lies 300 to 900 feet deep. The ground is tightly packed clay. The sites lie miles from populated areas.

Wildlife center increasing space to aid injured eagles

Tucson Electric Power employees work to install power poles for two new enclosures for golden eagles and other injured birds of prey at the Tucson Wildlife Center on the city's east side. TEP has been partnering with the center since the 1990s.

Wildlife center increasing space to aid injured eagles

The eagles are brought into the center with various injuries, but many times they have lead poisoning from eating carcasses shot with lead ammunition.

Wildlife center increasing space to aid injured eagles

This is the current enclosure, or flight cage, where injured birds of prey can exercise their wings to recover their strength.

Wildlife center increasing space to aid injured eagles

Golden eagles can have a wingspan of more than 7 feet, which makes it difficult for them to exercise in the current enclosure.

Wildlife center increasing space to aid injured eagles

Golden eagles and other injured birds of prey being rehabilitated are getting more space to spread their wings at the Tucson Wildlife Center.

Ina sewer plant to run on TEP power, not gas

The Pima County Board of Supervisors approved a new $1.4 million contract with Tucson Electric Power to run the Ina Road sewer plant.

OV to pay $2.1 million to bury utility lines

The views from Rancho Vistoso - at East Romero Canyon Drive, above - currently are unobstructed by above-ground electric lines and likely will remain that way under Oro Valley's approval of funds to keep utility lines buried on three future TEP projects.

OV to pay $2.1 million to bury utility lines

A stretch of landscaped path along La Cañada Drive shows Oro Valley's efforts to keep utility lines out of sight and underground.

OV to pay $2.1 million to bury utility lines

Oro Valley prides itself on its looks, and it's willing to pay top dollar to stay pretty.

ACC slashes TEP's home solar incentive, kills commercial plan

State regulators on Wednesday approved an annual renewable-energy plan for Tucson Electric Power Co. that further slashes incentives for residential rooftop solar installations and for now eliminates incentives for commercial renewable-energy installations.