Working in Arizona to foster breakthrough demand-side technologies while reducing barriers to transportation electrification access.
The Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP) in Arizona strives to build bipartisan consensus around common sense policy that reduces energy waste, lowers energy bills for households and businesses, and creates more grid capacity for economic growth. We are active at the Arizona Corporation Commission, the State Legislature, and local governments around the state. | ARIZONA FACT SHEET
*Savings and benefits data preliminary as of spring 2025.
Our work in Arizona
Policy
With collaboration from our allies, SWEEP has helped achieve significant wins in Arizona to expand the role that energy efficiency and transportation electrification play in the utility energy portfolios and to foster the local community’s adoption of more efficient building codes. Recent progress includes:
- The growth and diversification of utility investments in demand-side programs to conserve energy and reduce utility bills in homes and businesses.
- Robust implementation of utility, state, and local government transportation electrification and systematic charging infrastructure.
- Adoption of clean building codes in municipalities statewide to ensure new buildings are sustainable, comfortable, healthy, and wired to support electric space, water heating equipment, and EV charging.
Resources and publications
2026 priorities
In 2026, SWEEP’s Arizona team is working on essential policies to promote an energy efficient future and strengthen solutions to energy poverty statewide. Key priorities include:
- Introduce more guardrails to increase customer and regulator confidence in cost-effective energy efficiency.
- Grow utility energy efficiency programs that are proven to reduce system peaks.
- Introduce “cost shift proof energy efficiency” by allowing utilities to offer customer-friendly On Bill Repayment.
- Expand Virtual Power Plant solutions such as thermostat demand response.
- Help municipalities adopt the latest building energy codes that benefit customers and the grid.
- Make strides towards a more efficient transportation system, which includes building more walkable cities.
Support our work
Supporting SWEEP’s work in Arizona allows us to help communities harness the economic advantages of better energy efficiency and clean transportation programs for a state with cleaner and healthier air, lower energy costs, and protection for its most climate vulnerable citizens.
