Key Arizona Senator: Deregulation Has "Long Record of Power Shortages, Rolling Blackouts, and Price Manipulation"

A key Arizona Senator has written a letter to Arizona Corporation Commissioner Bob Burns urging the ACC to, "shy away from experimenting with the option of deregulation."

"Recently, there has been talk of moving Arizona to a deregulated market; however, the basic necessity of power will be subject to volatile prices in a driven marketplace," said state Senator Stephen Pierce, Republican, a former president of the Senate and a key swing vote on controversial issues.

Pierce continued, "This transition is expensive to implement; in addition, deregulation has a long record of power shortages, rolling blackouts, and price manipulation."

"This is a serious issue for the state of Arizona, and I implore the Arizona Corporation Commission to shy away from experimenting with the option of deregulation," Pierce said.