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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe Indiana Supreme Court has accepted transfer of another dispute over utility rates where the Northern Indiana Public Service Co. is a defendant.
The justices granted transfer to NIPSCO Industrial Group v. Northern Indiana Public Service Co., et al., 93A0-2-1711-2735. A unanimous Indiana Court of Appeals reversed the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission ’s decision to allow the electric and natural gas utility to hike rates on customers, finding the commission failed to comply with Indiana Code section 8-1-39-9(a)(1).
The decision to accept the NIPSCO case comes on the heels of a Supreme Court decision modified last month after a rehearing to allow the northern Indiana utility to recover cost overruns through rate increases.
Also, the Indiana Supreme Court accepted transfer State of Indiana v. Beth A. Neff, 18A02-1708-IF-01933. The court granted transfer after hearing oral arguments over whether the Yorktown clerk-treasurer could be removed from office for failing to reconcile town books for four years.
The justices denied transfer in 13 cases. All were unanimous expect for S.B. v. Seymour Community Schools, et al., 36A01-1710-PO-2252, and City of Washington, Indiana v. Daviess County Rural Water System, Inc., 14A01-1702-PL-316.
Chief Justice Loretta Rush voted to grant transfer in both cases while Justice Geoffrey Slaughter joined her in the former case. The list of transfer action for the week ending Sept. 28, 2018, can be found here.
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