PHOENIX (AZFamily) — This week, the Arizona Corporation Commission took the first step toward repealing a nearly 20-year-old mandate regarding renewable energy.

In 2006, ACC passed the Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff (REST) Rules, which required utility companies to generate a certain amount of their energy from renewable sources, reaching at least 15% by 2025.

“I don’t think it’s any longer necessary. I don’t think that there’s going to be any impact, or at least minimal impact, on solar. Solar or wind or any kind of renewable industry, they are self-sufficient enough as it is,” said Arizona Corporation Commission Vice Chair Nick Myers during a Thursday open meeting.

Some of the state’s biggest utility companies, like APS and TEP, have already met that requirement, but without

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