Overview
- SRP’s landowner-only election, which accepted ballots until 7 p.m. Tuesday at its Tempe voting center, also took drop-offs in Mesa and Tolleson.
- Interest surged this cycle with more than 22,000 early votes recorded five days before election day and about 35,000 ballot requests, far above prior years.
- The electorate is limited to property owners using an acreage-weighted system, which gives larger landholders more votes and excludes many SRP customers.
- Two rival slates competed for control, with environmental groups including the Sierra Club and Jane Fonda’s PAC backing a Clean Energy ticket and Turning Point and business allies supporting incumbents.
- The stakes are high as SRP plans to roughly double power capacity to serve data centers and growth, a choice that could affect bills, rooftop solar payments, and the utility’s reliance on natural gas.