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http://aps.com/newsroom
PHOENIX -- (Business Wire)
More APS
residential customers applied to connect new rooftop solar systems to
the APS grid in the first quarter of 2015 than in any other first
quarter on record, the company announced today. This year, APS received
more than 2,300 applications from January through March, more than
double the number of applications received during the same period last
year.
In 2014, nearly 7,800 customers installed rooftop solar on their homes,
a 10 percent increase over the 7,044 solar customers APS connected to
its grid in 2013. In the past 12 months, APS has received over 9,400
solar applications, the highest number for any 12 month period in the
company’s history.
“Solar clearly continues to be a popular energy choice for our customers
across Arizona,” said Marc Romito, APS Manager for Renewable Energy.
“Our job, on behalf of our customers, is to effectively integrate this
energy into our system and to foster an environment in which rooftop
solar can continue to flourish.”
In its U.S.
Solar Market Insight report for 2014 published last month, GTM
Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association, an industry trade
group, found that “Arizona’s residential market grew year-over-year by
more than 25% for the fourth consecutive quarter. This growth has come
in spite of a new monthly net metering fee of $0.70/kW/month, which took
effect for residential customers in Arizona Public Service (APS)
territory who submitted PV interconnection applications on or after
January 1, 2014.”
APS applications from third-party solar installers have also increased
in 2015. Combined applications for two companies in particular –
SolarCity and Sunrun – increased by 70 percent in the first quarter of
2015 over the first quarter of 2014.
“We respect the choices our customers are making each day about how they
want to use solar energy and other renewables,” Romito said. “The high
level of activity we are witnessing reinforces our commitment to
modernizing our grid and updating our pricing structures to give
customers the platforms they need to support the different types of
energy they want.”
APS, Arizona’s largest and longest-serving electricity utility, serves
nearly 1.2 million customers in 11 of the state’s 15 counties. With
headquarters in Phoenix, APS is the largest principal subsidiary of Pinnacle
West Capital Corp. (NYSE: PNW)
Contacts:
APS
Media:
Ray Brooks, 480-349-0715
Jim McDonald,
602-321-3738
aps.com/newsroom
Source: APS
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