Arizona utility rate changes, solar incentives, and net metering explained in plain terms, from Phoenix Rise Energy.https://phoenixriseenergy.com/en-ushttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/aps-rate-increase-history/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/aps-rate-increase-history/Every APS general rate case since 2017: docket numbers, decision numbers, approved revenue changes, and what Arizona's average price actually did.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/aps-solar-buyback-rate-explained/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/aps-solar-buyback-rate-explained/APS pays 6.171 cents per exported kWh as of September 2025, down from 12.9 cents in 2017. The full rate history and what the 10-year lock covers.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/aps-time-of-use-rates-explained/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/aps-time-of-use-rates-explained/APS on-peak runs 4pm to 7pm weekdays, year round. Published prices for every period, the twelve off-peak holidays, and what shifting a load pays.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/arizona-electric-rates-aps-vs-srp/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/arizona-electric-rates-aps-vs-srp/APS and SRP price power differently and answer to different authorities. The published 2026 rates side by side, with the July bill arithmetic.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/arizona-net-metering-net-billing/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/arizona-net-metering-net-billing/Arizona ended retail net metering for new solar in 2017. APS now pays 6.171 cents per exported kWh, SRP still nets kilowatt-hours on two plans.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/arizona-solar-rebates/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/arizona-solar-rebates/Arizona has no statewide solar rebate. One rural cooperative pays cash per watt, one battery rebate pays $500, and three programs pay you over time.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/ev-charging-rate-plans-aps-vs-srp/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/ev-charging-rate-plans-aps-vs-srp/APS still sells a dedicated EV plan with 8.468 cent overnight power. SRP closed its EV plan to new customers in November 2025. Here is what that costs.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/federal-solar-tax-credit-ended/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/federal-solar-tax-credit-ended/Section 25D was repealed by Public Law 119-21 and ended after December 31, 2025. The trigger is when installation finished, not when you paid.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/how-to-comment-on-aps-rate-case/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/how-to-comment-on-aps-rate-case/The four ways to file a public comment on the APS rate case, what a comment must contain to be docketed, and how to look up Docket E-01345A-25-0105.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/irs-form-5695-filing-guide/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/irs-form-5695-filing-guide/The residential credit ended after December 31, 2025, so Form 5695 is now a prior-year form. Part I line by line, the deadlines, and carryforward.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/solar-payback-period-arizona/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/solar-payback-period-arizona/On 2026 numbers, simple payback in Arizona runs about 10 to 24 years. The spread comes from installed cost and self-consumption, not sunshine.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/srp-e27-rate-plan-explained/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/srp-e27-rate-plan-explained/E-27 sells SRP's cheapest energy, 6.13 to 8.23 cents a kWh in summer. It also charges up to $36.05 per kW of on-peak demand, and it ends in 2029.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/aps-rate-plans-explained/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/aps-rate-plans-explained/All four APS residential plans open in August 2026, with the real per-kWh rates, the 4pm to 7pm peak window, the demand charge math, and where each wins.Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/arizona-solar-incentives-tax-credits/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/arizona-solar-incentives-tax-credits/The 30% federal credit ended December 31, 2025. Arizona's 25% state credit, capped at $1,000, did not. Every incentive still there, and three that expired.Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/is-solar-worth-it-in-arizona/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/is-solar-worth-it-in-arizona/Arizona power runs 14.91 cents per kWh, under the national average, but homes use 25% more. With the federal credit gone, self-use decides payback.Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/are-data-centers-raising-arizona-electric-bills/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/are-data-centers-raising-arizona-electric-bills/Whether Arizona homeowners subsidize data centers is before the Corporation Commission now. The analysis, the utility rebuttals, the EIA numbers.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/arizona-grid-peak-demand-explained/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/arizona-grid-peak-demand-explained/Arizona peak demand lands after the sun drops, not at noon. The real hourly load shape on the APS record day, and why those hours cost the most.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/data-centers-vs-arizona-power/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/data-centers-vs-arizona-power/Arizona data center power and water use, with the real JLL capacity figures, the LBNL national data, and why no authoritative state water number exists.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/do-solar-panels-work-in-arizona-heat/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/do-solar-panels-work-in-arizona-heat/Yes. Heat costs a modern panel about 0.3% of output per degree C above 25C, and Phoenix still makes 1,767 kWh per kW-DC a year against 1,095 in Seattle.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/solar-plus-battery-arizona/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/solar-plus-battery-arizona/Whether a home battery pays in Arizona depends on your utility, not the hardware. The APS export gap, SRP's $36.05 per kW demand charge, and cost.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/why-your-arizona-electric-bill-keeps-going-up/https://phoenixriseenergy.com/blog/why-your-arizona-electric-bill-keeps-going-up/Arizona's electricity price is below the national average, yet the average bill is higher. What is driving your bill up, line by line, with EIA data.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT