In celebration of National Clean Energy Week Sept. 25-29, APS is making progress on the path to powering homes and businesses with electricity that is 100% clean and carbon-free.

This summer, APS flipped the switch on its largest solar power plant. The Agave Solar Plant southwest of Phoenix is providing 150 megawatts of capacity to the APS electric system.

That’s enough power for 24,000 homes.

“With 400,000 panels tracking the sun across the sky, soaking it up and converting it into electricity for customers, Agave Solar Plant is a new resource in our energy mix,” APS President Ted Geisler shared in a Monday press release. “Combined with other renewables and Palo Verde Generating Station, the largest nuclear plant and clean energy resource in the country, APS is already more than 50% clean today.”

Palo Verde, a nuclear power plant about 50 miles west of Phoenix, generates 100% carbon-free electricity 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and powers 4 million homes and businesses in the Southwest, APS officials said.

APS serves approximately 1.4 million homes and businesses in 11 of Arizona’s 15 counties.