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Docket Control
Arizona Corporation Commission
1200 w. Washington
Phoenix, Arizona 85007

RE:

Arizona Public Service Company's 2016 Rate Case Docket No. E-01345A-160036

Please find attached comments for the Commission's consideration in the abovereferenced matter.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (602)250-3341.

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Dear Chairman Little,
Arizona utility companies are an essential part of our state and our local
communities. They provide some of the critical infrastructure our citizens need to
thrive and for our communities to grow. In partnership with the Arizona Corporation
Commission, they have done it well.
Like the Commission, utilities also are established energy and energy policy experts.
Serious issues have been identified, like modernizing rates.
The Commission has always been above the fray providing serious consideration

to critical matters facing our State. Unfortunately, rhetoric-not facts-has begun
to cloud this complicated and important conversation.
We, the undersigned, respectfully request that the Arizona Corporation Commission
thoughtfully consider the proposals for change made by the utilities you regulate.
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State Representative, LD29

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Chairman Doug Little
Arizona Corporation Commission
Commissioners Wing
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Phoenix, Arizona 85007
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proposals for change made by the utilities'you regulate.

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April 21, 2016

In 1999, APS, while not a service provider of electricity in Mesa, engaged our west
Mesa neighborhood group in one of their community development exercises called
Focused Future".

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Their engagement with our small neighborhood group led to the formation of a nonprofit group and the strengthening of our neighborhood alliance. More importantly, it led
to a plan, which was methodically and thoughtfully executed over the following decade,
advancing the revitalization of our community.
Without APS's community development resources, we wouldn't have been nearly as
successful as we were. Please consider these social benefits to Arizona communities
as you evaluate cases related to APS before the Arizona Corporation Commission.

Sincerely,

Dave Rich ins
Councilmember, District 1
City of Mesa

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