AZ House of Representatives - in support of equal tax treatment for leased and owned solar installations
22 April 2014 Dear Representatives, I am an Arizona native, resident of Tempe, proud of our state sustaining its smart energy leadership on the national stage, and concerned about the broad implications of haphazardly altering a few words in very wisely crafted A.R.S. Sec. 12. of SB1301 , regarding A.R.S. Section 42-11054 C-2 and C-3(c) , is a poorly veiled attempt to eliminate 3rd-party solar installation leases from Arizona's renewable energy development. These leases (like car leases, mortgages and all other financing vehicles) have been the market-driven solution for the average Arizonan to be able to afford rooftop solar. Be aware: this proposed replacement of the term "on-site consumption" with "self-consumption" not only segregates rooftop solar customers by their choice in financing (read: income level), it sets a deleterious precedent of adjusting property values based on the property's (easily changed) owner, rather than any in...