Commissioner Andy Tobin of the Arizona Corporation Commission released a statement proposing a series of reforms relating to the continued promotion of renewable energy in the state.

In urging the full commission to consider his plan, the commissioner said that he is striving to have Arizona’s economy run on 80% clean energy by 2050. In support of that ambitious goal, Commissioner Tobin pointed out that Arizona’s electric utilities are already transitioning away from coal and are expanding their use of renewables, energy efficiency, and storage.

In looking at a petition filed by a group of landholders seeking a preliminary injunction against the construction of a nearby interstate natural gas pipeline, a federal district court in Ohio reached the same conclusion as had a federal district court in Virginia in December, namely, that federal district courts are without jurisdiction to entertain appeals of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) certificate decisions with respect to pipeline projects.