---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000764622-24-000060"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000007286"
company_name: "ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO"
filed_at: "2024-06-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T03:46:01.788113+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pinnacle West elects three new directors to board, effective July 1, 2024

## Summary
- Board expanded from 9 to 12 directors; 11 are independent.
- New directors: Ronald Butler Jr., Carol S. Eicher, Susan T. Flanagan take seats July 1, 2024.
- Butler and Flanagan join Audit & Finance Committees; Eicher joins Audit & Nuclear & Operating.
- Directors receive prorated annual retainer and equity grant through May 2025 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000764622-24-000060
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000007286
- company_name: ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO
- filed_at: 2024-06-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7286/000076462224000060/0000764622-24-000060-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7286/000076462224000060/pnw-20240619.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000764622-24-000060
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000764622-24-000060.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000764622-24-000060.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Carol S. Eicher was elected as Director at ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 19, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company expanded the number of Directors on the Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (“Pinnacle West”) Board of Directors by three and elected Mses. Carol S. Eicher and Susan T. Flanagan and Mr. Ronald Butler, Jr. as Directors, effective July 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7286/000076462224000060/0000764622-24-000060-index.htm
- Executive change
  Susan T. Flanagan was elected as Director at ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 19, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company expanded the number of Directors on the Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (“Pinnacle West”) Board of Directors by three and elected Mses. Carol S. Eicher and Susan T. Flanagan and Mr. Ronald Butler, Jr. as Directors, effective July 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7286/000076462224000060/0000764622-24-000060-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ronald Butler, Jr. was elected as Director at ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 19, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company expanded the number of Directors on the Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (“Pinnacle West”) Board of Directors by three and elected Mses. Carol S. Eicher and Susan T. Flanagan and Mr. Ronald Butler, Jr. as Directors, effective July 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7286/000076462224000060/0000764622-24-000060-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.