PHOENIX — Back in 2014, the state's largest electric company put $10.7 million into successful efforts to elect Republicans Tom Forese and Doug Little to the panel that has life-or-death control of how much it can charge its customers.
Three years later, the Arizona Corporation Commission approved a 4.5% rate hike for Arizona Public Service.
Only thing is, the company didn't disclose the funding until 2019. And it was able to do that because state laws allow donations to be funneled through other entities to run independent expenditure campaigns for or against candidates, with no requirement for disclosure.
