The APS electric line extension issue will be featured on this evening’s Horizon program, on Channel 8, KAET-TV at 7:00 p.m.   

Guests are Sandy Barr of the Sierra Club, Grand Canyon Chapter, and Bobby Miller, a west side REALTOR® known as “Dr. Dirt” who has been active with the grassroots group Arizonans For Fair Power Policy. 

In the past, to encourage growth, landowners were not charged by APS for the first $25,000 of costs to extend power lines to their properties. The Arizona Corporation Commission has reversed that policy. Now, landowners must pay the complete cost of connecting their properties to a source of power. Critics say this has unfairly lowered property values and negatively impacted Arizona’s economy. Ted Simons will discuss the issue with Bobby Miller, a realtor representing Arizonans for Fair Power Policy and Sandy Bahr, Director of the Grand Canyon Chapter of the Sierra Club.