Solar Southwest > Arizona

Resources Market Infrastructure Policy

Resources: A measure of total energy production and consumption per capita

Market: The cost of consumption, measured in electricity prices and gasoline taxes

Infrastructure: Capacity to generate and refine energy sources; miles of pipelines

35th Resources
25th Market
33rd Infrastructure

Arizona's economy is not energy-intensive. The state government is Arizona's largest employer, and the largest private employers are in the retail, service and finance sectors.

The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in western Arizona is the largest nuclear power plant in the nation. Because of its desert location, Palo Verde is the only nuclear plant in the U.S. that is not adjacent to a large body of water. To meet its cooling needs, the facility uses treated effluent from the cities of Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, Glendale and Tolleson.

state-arizona

Production trillion btu

0
Oil
0
Gas
161
Coal
2
Wind
32.87
Solar
23
Hydro
6
Biofuel
335
Nuclear

net energy Production trillion btu

-1,152
+560 Produced
1,712 Consumed

Consumption trillion btu

489
Oil
339
Gas
421
Coal
128
Renewable
335
Nuclear

Gasoline Tax total state + federal, 2014

AZ
$0.37
USA
$0.46

Key Policies

  • Requires 15% of the state’s electricity consumed in 2025 to come from renewable energy resources.

  • Requires the use of an oxygenated motor gasoline blend called Arizona Clean Burning Gasoline in Maricopa County, including Phoenix, year-round, and in the Tucson area during the winter.

  • Requires permits and compliance bonds for oil and gas well drilling. Permit fees are $25, and compliance bonds begin at $10,000 a well and increase for deeper wells.

Electricity net production, trillion btu

+305
8.51¢
AZ
8.81¢
USA