Autumn T. Johnson

We are resuming our internship program! We will take on two grad/law students per semester, including the summer, for 10-20 hours a week. This is a volunteer or for credit role. Apply by Nov 30th and please share widely to AZ students. drive.google.com/file/d/1iTnG... #energy #solar

It is the last week to register for the AriSEIA conference! Register today and come hear speakers from APS, TEP, SRP, Tesla, WoodMac, the ACC, the Governor's Office, SEIA, ACP, and more! Register here: ariseia.org/2025-confere... #energy #solar

'No Kings' day protests planned in Arizona: See where and when Nationwide protests are planned against President Donald Trump on June 14. Here's where and when demonstrators are planned to hit the streets.

“Protests in more than 1,500 cities are planned, according to organizers of the ‘No Kings’ events.” www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Legoland gets it. #energysky

Tell Governor Hobbs to Veto HB2679 -- protect ratepayers, hold monopoly utilities accountable

Please ask AZ Governor Hobbs to veto HB 2679. This will will keep coal plants online longer in favor of monopoly utility shareholders: act.sierraclub.org/actions/Ariz... #energysky #greensky

Tell me you work at a nonprofit without saying you work at a nonprofit.... I got a fiscal sponsor and am doing a happy dance! 💃🤩 #energytwitter #solar

King Trump is dismantling the American legal system with unprecedented executive orders against law firms, calling for impeachment of judges, and defying court orders. Nothing to see here. #endofdemocracy

Hey #energysky and #greensky, have you seen a utility be able to sell a coal plant AND securitize it? That is what is being considered in Arizona right now.

It is wild to me to have a utility make clean commitments around carbon but then also say they don't know if our water woes are related to climate change and that we won't know for another 30-40 years. That kind of attitude is what got us into this mess. #energysky #greensky

It’s Getting Harder to Build a Solar Farm In America’s Sunniest State A renewables fight in Arizona turns ugly.

"Everybody wants electricity but nobody wants the infrastructure that is necessary to facilitate their use of electricity," @autumntjohnson.bsky.social tells @jael.bsky.social.

On a renewables firestorm in northern Arizona, where a solar farm might as well be a "Hillary Clinton-branded mosque."

AZ AG Opposition Letter on HB2679 | Autumn T. Johnson Here is the full letter from Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes in opposition to HB 2679. It is unconstitutional and a bad deal for ratepayers. #energy #arizona #utilities

Arizona Attorney General sends letter to all Arizona Senators in opposition to HB 2679 arguing the bill is unconstitutional and a bad deal for ratepayers. Full letter here: www.linkedin.com/posts/autumn... #energysky

How do I know I can’t leave Twitter for Bluesky? Absolutely no penguin memes. Definitive proof. 🤦‍♀️

I’ve spent way too much time today pondering how politically toxic an EV/solar company can become with D policymakers in AZ. 🤯 #energysky

Do you work in clean energy or EVs in AZ? Come join AriSEIA, WRISE, and WEVs on May 7th from 5-7pm in downtown Phoenix. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/wrise-ariz... #energytwitter #solar #EVs

Someone just tried to sell me solar with the opener, “did you hear what APS did?” Why yes, I’m familiar. 🤣 And I have solar. 😉 #energysky #solar

My bill passed out of committee 7-0. 💃 #solar #energytwitter

@npr.org and @kjzz.org should be ashamed of your segment this morning on rounding up and killing “feral hogs.” Zero explanation of where they came from or why they can’t be relocated. Horrific. Do better. #animalrights #animalwelfare

Nothing says mission of the Environmental Protection Agency quite like keeping coal online longer. 🤨 #energysky #greensky

City Council

Chino Valley, Arizona just caved to a pitchfork NIMBY mob and is moving to ban all solar, storage, and wind projects in the city. #energysky #greensky

I absolutely hate when out of state folks parachute in to save the day and, inevitably, make it worse for the folks in the trenches. If we need your help, we’ll ask. Promise. #energysky #greensky

Is it just me or do the utilities prefer fake “stakeholder meetings”? Oh the ACC ordered this years ago? Let’s do a box check meeting before we file. 😒 #energysky

I get accused of not being “diplomatic enough” from time to time. But what you don’t see is all the internal screaming. This IS the diplomatic version. #energysky

The Arizona Corporation Commission, sends a letter opposing securitization (HB2679) because it is unconstitutional and overly broad: docket.images.azcc.gov/0000212848.pdf #energysky

The Arizona Corporation Commission has a letter opposing HB 2201, the bill that limits utility wildfire liability. They argue the bill is unconstitutional and that they do not have the expertise to review these plans to begin with. docket.images.azcc.gov/E000041958.pdf #energysky

Utility-authored securitization bill is horrible deal for ratepayers and state | Arizona Capitol Times HB2679 would allow every electric utility in Arizona to create bonds for the debt they have incurred and obligate customers to pay the bonds back.

Generally I support securitization as a means to closing old fossil infrastructure sooner, but HB 2679 has issues and I won't support it as written. #energysky #greensky azcapitoltimes.com/news/2025/02...

It’s honestly shocking how common it is to be directly threatened in this business. Do this or we’ll get you fired. Do this or we will tank this priority. Do this or it will cost you members. I can only imagine the stakes for the actual policymakers. #energysky

EPA moves to ditch finding that greenhouse gases cause harm The recommendation by Lee Zeldin, the agency's administrator, could upend existing and future regulations on climate change.

This is the craziest thing that I read today and that is saying a lot, "the Environmental Protection Agency will move to reverse its 2009 declaration that greenhouse gases endanger human health and welfare." www.politico.com/news/2025/02... #energysky #greensky

Costs from wildfire will be borne by someone. For profit monopolies makes more sense to me than the state or individual homeowners. If you’re negligent, you should be liable.

A bunch of dems just voted for a bill to limit utility liability in the event of a wildfire. The bill does not require the utilities to do more than they do now and the plans are reviewed by the ACC with zero relevant expertise. With friends like these... #energysky www.azleg.gov/legtext/57le...