Tucson voters will decide this November whether to approve or deny a new 25-year agreement between the City of Tucson and Tucson Electric Power.
Proposition 421 asks voters to allow the city to enter into a franchise agreement with TEP, a privately owned utility whose parent company is Canada-based Fortis Inc. TEP holds a monopoly on electricity service in the Tucson metro area and has operated under a 25-year franchise agreement with the City of Tucson since 2000…