UES, a subsidiary of Fortis Inc. (NYSE: FTS), provides safe, reliable electric service to more than 90,000 customers in Mohave and Santa Cruz counties. The company’s renewable energy resources are secured in part through utility-owned solar projects, as well as through power purchase agreements (PPAs) with 3rd-party developers. UES currently has approximately 60 MW of solar throughout the State of Arizona.

These resources help UES comply with Arizona’s Renewable Energy Standard, which requires electric utilities to increase their use of renewable energy each year until it represents 15 percent of their power by 2025. An increasing share of that power – at least 30 percent after 2011 – must come from rooftop PV arrays and other distributed systems. These systems and other spects of UES’ renewable energy programs are funded by customers through the Renewable Energy Standard Tariff (REST), a surcharge set each year by the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC).

For more information on UES’ renewable energy resources, visit http://uesaz.com/renewable.