For Star subscribers: Prop. 412 asks voters to self-impose a monthly fee for 25 years to pay for Tucson Electric Power to put upgraded power lines underground across a swath of midtown Tucson. Ballots have already been mailed to voters…
That's what it feels like to me looking at the ballot for this current city of Tucson election, over Prop. 412.
In my position, of course, I'm supposed to know these things already, having diligently followed all the local news for years. But the truth is I slacked off on this particular story about tall power lines, leaving coverage to colleagues, so I had to do what everyone else does when confronted with a ballot.
• They propose a line through central Tucson between a substation at Kino and 36th and another near Grant and I-10, connecting with a new substation near the U of A• Residents of neighborhoods near the route, especially adjacent to North Campbell Avenue, complain about the height of the poles, up to 110 feet
• The Council makes a few tweaks at a Jan. 24 meeting and puts it on the ballot for a May election, citing the need for TEP to get started on the years-long project Council Member Steve Kozachik is hoping to boost the appeal of the initiative in these weeks of voting by asking TEP to sign a new memorandum of understanding now. He wants them to commit to 50 percent of the amount raised by the new fee, $2 million or so per year, from the utility's own coffers into climate initiatives.
As my colleague David Wichner reported, there has been strong pushback against TEP's rate proposal. It's likely we won't end up with the full $14 per month average increase, but we won't know the outcome before our votes on Prop. 412 are due May 16.
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