After an election campaign marked by the surreptitious dark money bankrolling by Arizona’s largest utility – Arizona Public Service (“APS”), you might be surprised to see Gov.-Elect Doug Ducey name one of APS’ dark money managers as his incoming Chief of Staff. Or, you might not.
Ducey today named former Arizona House Speaker Kirk Adams to be his first Chief of Staff when he takes over the 9th floor next month. Since an unsuccessful run for Congress in 2012, Adams has been tightly connected with political consultant Sean Noble AND has helped APS semi-secretly oppose net metering when the Arizona Corporation Commission was wrestling with it last year.