RESIDENTIAL UTILITY v. ARIZONA CORP. COM'N

No. CV 15-0281-PR.

377 P.3d 305 (2016)

RESIDENTIAL UTILITY CONSUMER OFFICE, an Agency of the State of Arizona, Appellant. v. The ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION, Appellee, Arizona Water Company, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed August 8, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Hirsch (argued), Rodney W. Ott , Quarles & Brady, LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Intervenor Arizona Water Company.

Wesley C. Van Cleve (argued), Janet Wagner , Maureen A. Scott , Arizona Corporation Commission, Phoenix, Attorneys for Arizona Corporation Commission.

Scott S. Wakefield , Hienton & Curry, P.L.L.C., Phoenix; and Daniel Pozefsky (argued), Residential Utility Consumer Office, Phoenix, Attorneys for Residential Utility Consumer Office.

Christina Estes-Werther , General Counsel, League of Arizona Cities and Towns, Phoenix, Attorney for Amicus Curiae the League of Arizona Cities and Towns.

John J. Egbert , Kenneth C. Sundlof, Jr. , Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C., Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Southwest Gas Corporation.

Thomas A. Loquvam , Arizona Public Service Company, Phoenix; and Matthew E. Price , William K. Dreher , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C., Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Public Service Company.

Thomas H. Campbell , Michael T. Hallam , Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae EPCOR Arizona, et al.

Timothy M. Hogan , Joy Herr-Cardillo , Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest.

Michael W. Patten , Timothy J. Sabo , Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Phoenix; and Bradley S. Carroll , Tucson Electric Power Company, Tucson, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Tucson Electric Power Company, et al.

Court S. Rich , Loren R. Ungar , Evan Bolick , Rose Law Group, PC, Scottsdale, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Energy Freedom Coalition of America.

Timothy Berg , Theresa Dwyer-Federhar , Fennemore Craig, P.C., Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Water Utilities Association of Arizona

Meghan H. Grabel , Osborn Maledon, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Investment Council.

Jennifer A. Cranston , Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A., Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Grand Canyon State Electric Cooperative Association Inc.

Timothy J. Sabo , Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Phoenix, Attorney for Amicus Curiae Global Water Resources, Inc.

Julie Nepveu , AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, DC; and Veronika Fabian , Choi & Fabian, PLC, Chandler, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae AARP.

JUSTICE BRUTINEL authored the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BALES, VICE CHIEF JUSTICE PELANDER, JUSTICE TIMMER, and JUDGE STARING joined.


¶ 1 The Arizona Corporation Commission ("Commission") determines the rates that a public service corporation (a "utility") may charge. The Arizona Constitution requires the Commission to determine the fair value of a utility's in-state property when setting rates, which historically has occurred in a...

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