AZ SCM1005

Urges the Arizona Corporation Commission to increase renewable energy requirements for affected utilities to 25% by 2025, 35% by 2030, and 50% by 2035.

Requests the Arizona Corporation Commission modernize the state's electricity distribution grid and conduct a capacity analysis for efficient placement of distributed generation and storage.

Cites that Arizona has warmed 2 degrees Fahrenheit in the last century with approximately 1,300 heat-related deaths from 2005-2015.

Notes that nearly two-thirds of Arizonans believe climate change is one of the most serious problems facing the world today.

References the 2015 Paris Agreement and encourages Arizona to join the "We Are Still In" Coalition to reduce carbon emissions despite federal withdrawal from the agreement.