Family wants answers after Sun City woman died when her power was shut off

The Brief

  • Kate Korman, 82, died last May after power was shut off to her Sun City home.
  • Arizona Corporation Commission Vice Chair Nick Myers got into a heated exhange with Korman’s sons on social media regarding her death.
  • APS says Korman was months behind on her electric bill and tried to contact her before shutting off her power.

SUN CITY, Ariz. A Sun City woman’s death set off a social media storm. An Arizona Corporation Commissioner got into a heated exchange with the family of an elderly woman who died after her power was shut off last year.

What they’re saying:

“What he said was callous and cruel,” Jonathan Korman said. “He blamed me and my brother and my mother for her death. He said that not only did he defend APS, the people who he supposedly providing regulatory oversight over, he defended APS.”

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