OPINION: 'At the same time, Proposition 412 provides a foundation for greater collaboration between TEP and the City and a new funding source to address the very real problems of climate change,' write John Schwarz, Colleen Nichols, and Bill Craig,…
Proposition 412, calling for renewal of the City’s contract with TEP, will be decided by voters in the upcoming special election on May 16. The proposed contract will retain both the current 2.25% franchise fee and create an additional 0.75% Community Resilience Fee as part of the franchise fee going before voters. This new fee will cost the average TEP customer a little less than $1 per month.
If Proposition 412 does not pass, leaving TEP with no other sure way to finance the undergrounding of lines acceptable to the Arizona Corporation Commission, it will make constructing a long series of 85-to-110-foot industrial-sized pylons carrying overhead transmission lines, stretching for miles straight through the heart of town, far more likely to happen. The project would constitute an exceptionally unsightly blemish on our community.
In our view, any of these outcomes would be extremely unfortunate. They would all be avoided if Proposition 412 is approved by voters.
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