Author

Abhay Padgaonkar

Abhay Padgaonkar

Abhay Padgaonkar is a management consultant based in Phoenix and consumer advocate who has served as an expert witness on behalf of ratepayers.

COMMENTARY
climate change

Shame on APS for squandered opportunities and poor planning

By: - August 20, 2020

Granted, Arizona is experiencing the hottest summer on record, but given the many opportunities Arizona Public Service has purposely blown over the years to help customers, it is inexcusable for APS to now shift responsibility and ask customers to cut power use to prevent blackouts.

COMMENTARY
Corporation Commission

Despite changes in leadership, APS’s influence remains strong at the Corporation Commission

By: - August 29, 2019

Unelected staffers at the commission have brazenly continued to advocate anti-consumer positions favorable to APS on issue after issue. In doing so, APS’s interests have been protected at the expense of ratepayers.