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"Pay-to-play": How a nonprofit run by county officials recruited Big Wind & Solar to Arizona ranch country

Did a European energy company just happen to find Casey Murph? Or were they invited?

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Keely Covello
Jun 06, 2026
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Casey Murph is a fifth-generation cattle rancher. Photo: Curren Murph

Weeks after fifth-generation Arizona rancher Casey Murph raised the alarm about a foreign solar company trying to access his family’s grazing allotment, he met with representatives from the Arizona State Land Department.

He had first heard from Orsted, the European company interested i…

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