Attorney General Kris Mayes (D-AZ) is fighting a December decision by the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) that approved a private electricity deal between Tucson Electric Power (TEP) and Project Blue, a massive data center project.
Mayes says the deal lacks sufficient public oversight. She’s concerned about language in the contract that could let the power company and the data center set their own electricity prices without anyone checking their work.
She believes this violates the state constitution, which says only the Commission can set electricity rates…