The rooftop-solar industry and lawmakers negotiated a cease-fire of sorts on Thursday, dropping their competing ballot efforts to change the state laws on solar subsidies.  

They also agreed to work on a compromise between utilities and solar-leasing companies.

Solar-leasing companies were seeking to change the state Constitution to benefit their business model, and in response, lawmakers were seeking changes that would have harmed the solar companies.

Both efforts would have taken away the authority of the Arizona Corporation Commission to decide on such matters. The five elected commissioners regulate utility rates and policies such as rooftop solar.

"It would have been a pretty ugly dispute between the ballot measures over the summer," Commission Chairman Doug Little said, adding he was relieved to hear of a deal.