A new docket number has been opened by the Arizona Corporation Commission, expressly for the Formal Complaint that was filed on February 5, 2023 by the Tohono O’odham Nation, the San Carlos Apache Tribe, Archaeology Southwest, Center for Biological Diversity, and citizen-plaintiff Peter Else, regarding SunZia’s initiation of construction prior to completing the requirements of two cultural resource conditions in their state permit.

The docket number is L-00000YY-24-0042. The docket administrator sent a letter (included in the new docket) to SunZia today, notifying them that they have 20 days to file an Answer pursuant to AAC R14-3-106(H), which provides:

“Answers to complaints are required and must be filed within 20 days after the date on which the complaint is served by the Commission, unless otherwise ordered by the Commission. All answers shall be full and complete and shall admit or deny specifically and in detail each allegation of the complaint to which such answer is directed. The answer shall include a motion to dismiss if a party desires to challenge the sufficiency of the complaint.”