This Arizona school district wants $20M from APS as utility moves away from coal. Here's why
The ASU JET Center was interviewed for an article in the Arizona Republic about the APS rate case and Joseph City Unified School District's effort to get $20 million in Coal Community Transition Funding.
"But Amanda Ormond, executive director of Arizona State University's Just Energy Transition Center, which has been advising Joseph City Unified, said the enrollment increase is not enough to offset financial damage the district will face in the coming years.
Ormond said she worked with the district to find alternative funding sources but eventually learned that property tax overrides and the grants currently available could not help. Overrides are unlikely to be approved by the community and an unincorporated community like Joseph City is ineligible for most grants, she said."