Salt River Project
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Sep 19, 2026
Steven PachecoHOST
Finishing up at Mesa High, she moved on to Mesa Community College where she majored in business management.
Steven PachecoHOST
Around this time, she began working as a secretary at SRT, the Salt River Project, a local non-profit public utility that helps deliver water and electricity to central Arizona in and around the city of Mesa.
Steven PachecoHOST
Coworkers described Lisa as always positive, supportive, and smiling.
Steven PachecoHOST
In fact, she smiled so much that it actually became a running joke in the office that with such a constant lovely smile, it's a wonder her face could frown at all.
Kenny ColemanHOST
But they're releasing pretty much everything.
Kenny ColemanHOST
So it is the most highly limited release that you will see in the world of bourbon, and they basically have the SRPs here.
Kenny ColemanHOST
I'm gonna tell you what the SRPs are, and then you're gonna go to your little store, and you can point at them and call them a liar, but, you know-
Ryan CecilHOST
[laughs]
Kenny ColemanHOST
... you're gonna, you're gonna buy it anyway.
CornHOST
Not just inspecting from the air, actually getting dropped onto the tower tops, or dangling from a line while doing maintenance.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
Salt River Project in Arizona has 15 linemen who specialize in this.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
Their 500 kilovolt barehand crew can inspect 60 to 80 towers a day.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
Each lineman climbs 6 to 10 towers daily.
Tim DunnGUEST
We're farming out here on the tribes.
Tim DunnGUEST
The Salt River Project was formed.
Tim DunnGUEST
The water users were formed.
Tim DunnGUEST
So, you know, for the last 120 years, we've been able to to be efficient and everything we do is for that.
Taylor GriffithCORRESPONDENT
At an event hosted by the Arizona Data Center Alliance, companies touted improvements they're making to reduce water use and data center cooling.
Taylor GriffithCORRESPONDENT
An SRP official said the utility is looking to limit its water use and energy generation as well, while preparing to meet more demands.
Taylor GriffithCORRESPONDENT
Sarah Porter is the director of ASU's Kyle Center for Water Policy.
Sarah PorterSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
While we've heard of those disastrous examples in other states where a data center's moved in and when someone finally dug into it they found out that a data center was truly using much more water than anyone expected, I haven't seen instances of that in Arizona.
Cameron SanchezCORRESPONDENT
Cameron Sanchez, KJZZ News, Phoenix.
Phil LatzmanHOST
SRP is investing $3 million into research projects at Arizona's three public universities this fall.
Phil LatzmanHOST
From the Education Desk, Bridget Dowd reports.
Bridget DowdCORRESPONDENT
The 34 research and development projects span a variety of topics, including sustainability, power reliability, wildfire mitigation, and energy efficiency.
Bridget DowdCORRESPONDENT
Alejandra Mendez is a senior engineer at SRP.
Bridget DowdCORRESPONDENT
She says the grants are designed to find solutions to some of the challenges the company faces as it tries to maintain reliable power and water delivery for its customers.
Alejandra MendezSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We have a project with NAU where they are using soil moisture sensors across an area of the forest to help us identify the areas that are more susceptible to wildfire and that
Bridget DowdCORRESPONDENT
will help us address those risks.
Mike BroomheadHOST
He participated in crafting the foundational water rules and supporting the infrastructure and security of the Central Arizona project.
Mike BroomheadHOST
If you go back and look at how the Salt River Project was built and then you look to the Central Arizona Project, you look historically how Arizona has always been on the cutting edge of water rights and water security because we had to out of necessity as a desert.
Mike BroomheadHOST
But John Kyle in the 20th century was so, especially the late 20th century, was so responsible for how Arizona secured its water rights and what we were going to do moving forward for water security.
Mike BroomheadHOST
The Kyle Center for Water Policy established in 2014 at ASU, it builds, I'm just going to read what their mission, to build consensus, provide research-backed guidance, and promote informed long-term decision-making for Arizona water future.
Ursula SchryverGUEST
So we kick it off with the APPA legislative and regulatory team who are going to give us an update on federal policy and and regulatory issues.
Ursula SchryverGUEST
Then we've got representatives from Salt River Project and the Omaha Public Power District who are going to talk about tax, financing, and contracts.
Ursula SchryverGUEST
Then we've got the state regulatory perspective with Commissioner Courtney Holtman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Ursula SchryverGUEST
Judge Jamal Hudson of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Commissioner Kevin Thompson from the Arizona Corporation Commission.
Ursula SchryverGUEST
So really trying to get a good perspective from across the country.
Ursula SchryverGUEST
And then we wrap up with someone from Salt River Project who's going to talk about the environmental and siting considerations.
Ursula SchryverGUEST
And then on the last day, we're going to really dive into the practical next steps from planning rates, trust considerations.
Ursula SchryverGUEST
We've got Greg Mandelman from Electric Power Engineers, who's going to talk about forecasting and planning for hyperscale growth.
Wayne ShutskyCORRESPONDENT
That's kind of why she was, uh, had that speaking slot in the first place.
Wayne ShutskyCORRESPONDENT
Matt Whitmire, there's not as much more information about him, but he has posted quite a bit about doing work with Turning Point on various political campaigns, including, um, that kind of failed effort to take over the SRP board-
Lauren GilgerHOST
Mm-hmm
Wayne ShutskyCORRESPONDENT
... earlier this year.
Wayne ShutskyCORRESPONDENT
Yeah, thank you.
Lauren GilgerHOST
And this has been "The Stories You Don't Want to Miss" podcast.
Lauren GilgerHOST
It's made possible in part by the Catena Foundation, BASIS Charter Schools, Palo Verde Generating Station, SRP, and the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust.
Lauren GilgerHOST
Thank you for listening and for your generous support.
Dawn PenichGUEST
that maybe either the policy positions or the way they're explaining their policy positions to voters is not landing.
Dawn PenichGUEST
So I'm thinking of big losses in the SRP election recently, big losses in some municipal candidates that they've been backing, such as in the East Valley.
Dawn PenichGUEST
So it's kind of unclear to me at this time.
Dawn PenichGUEST
You see strength in Turning Point in, like I said, some fundraising numbers, but then you also see losses.
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