Attorney General Mayes Plans to Appeal ACC Decision on TEP's Energy Supply Agreement with Beale Infrastructure Group for Project Blue Data Center

PHOENIX — Attorney General Kris Mayes today issued the following statement in response to the Arizona Corporation Commission's denial of the applications submitted for a rehearing on Docket No. E-01933A-25-0187 (TEP Energy Supply Agreement Decision with Beale Infrastructure Group/Project Blue):

“The ACC did not respond to my office's very serious allegations that the energy supply contract they approved enables TEP and a data center developer to set their own rate. All they offered was this conclusory statement that the ESA is great. If that is the case, why is the agreement full of redactions? Why didn't they hold a full hearing or allow intervenors like the City of Tucson to cross-examine TEP, so the assumptions they are accepting without question can be examined and tested? What are they afraid of?

This Commission is not acting transparently or with accountability. They rushed through an unprecedented deal that violates the Arizona Constitutions' grant of exclusive ratemaking authority to the ACC—authority that cannot be delegated to private parties setting rates behind closed doors. My office is preparing an appeal to this decision and we will continue fighting to protect Arizona families from backroom deals that benefit Big Tech at their expense.”