NIPSCO, industrial customers split on inflation cost recovery before Indiana Supreme Court
The state’s highest court heard arguments Thursday from the Northern Indiana Public Service Co. and six customers known as the NIPSCO Industrial Group.
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Attorneys inundated with questions from businesses, nonprofits about Trump’s policy moves
The topics of the inquiries range from grant funding to tariffs to immigration to diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Swimming upstream? SCOTUS decision, Indiana legislation reignite wetlands debate
A ruling that was 15 years in the making has now sparked passionate discourse in the Indiana Statehouse as changes to wetlands occur.
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Rates ruling: Solar power takes center stage in legal dispute over southern Indiana utilities
A utility lawsuit dealing with rates for solar customers traveled all the way up to the Indiana Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of a major Indiana utility.
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Bill would require de novo judicial review of environmental agency decisions
A bill proposed in the 2022 Indiana legislative session would have required trial courts to try disputed issues of fact de novo in a judicial review of certain agency actions. Republican Rep. Chris Jeter, R-Fishers, said he authored House Bill 1063 in an attempt to even the playing field between decision-making agencies and Hoosiers, and in response to an Indiana Supreme Court decision.
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Supreme Court hands win to oil and gas companies fighting environmental lawsuits
Backed by the Trump administration, the companies argued the case belongs in federal court because the work started as an effort to quickly increase the supply of aviation gasoline for the U.S. government during World War II. The high court agreed.
Bioprocessing company sues Wabash County Board of Commissioners over carbon sequestration ordinance
A North Manchester-based company is suing the Wabash County Board of Commissioners, arguing that an ordinance passed last summer regarding is preempted by the state’s carbon capture and sequestration statute.
Bill to address electric service affordability moves to Indiana House floor
House Bill 1002 requires the state’s investor-owned utilities to start low-income-customer assistance programs, bans service shutoffs in the summer and moves all customers to “levelized” billing plans.
Indiana lawmakers’ nuclear energy push pays off earlier than expected
Energy startup First American Nuclear plans to spend $4 billion and create 5,000 jobs in Indiana in the coming decade as it pursues building a nuclear plant powered by small modular reactors.
Nuclear energy startup to establish HQ, manufacturing operations in Indiana
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said in a news release that the move will bring 5,000 high-paying jobs to Indiana, “cementing our state as a leader in clean, reliable nuclear power.” The state doesn’t currently have any nuclear generators.
Indiana energy secretary blasts local moratoriums, calls energy development ‘patriotic’ task
Local bans on wind, solar and other energy projects are giving Indiana a bad reputation, Energy and Natural Resources Secretary Suzanne Jaworowski said Tuesday. She plans to reward those open for business.
Congress, state lawmakers move to juice aviation biofuel production
Congress’ passage of President Donald Trump’s spending and tax cuts bill this month could help grow the market for sustainable aviation fuel.
Tennessee utility becomes first to seek US permit for small reactor
The nation’s largest public power company, the Tennessee Valley Authority, in May submitted a construction permit application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
EPA plans to weaken rule curbing forever chemicals in drinking water
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the changes will “protect Americans from PFOA and PFOS in their drinking water” while providing “common-sense flexibility in the form of additional time for compliance.”
Trump signs executive orders to help dying coal industry
The president directed federal agencies to loosen various restrictions on coal mining, leasing and exports.
Opposition brings likely end to Indiana utility siting bill, but the issue isn’t going away
A key lawmaker called the bill a response to ongoing resistance of local governments to greenlight solar, wind and other renewables projects that are necessary to support the state’s growing energy demands.
Colin Connor: Keep an eye on these Indiana environmental bills
One measure would recognize natural gas as “clean energy” or “green energy” for state or federal funding or incentive purposes.
Judge blocks ‘right of first refusal’ law on electric transmission projects as MISO readies to OK bids
U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt ruled that an act signed into law by Gov. Eric Holcomb in 2023 that gives local utilities the right of first refusal on electric transmission projects discriminates against interstate commerce.
Report finds that Hoosier electricity, energy costs continue to grow
In one year’s time, the state’s biggest utility companies disconnected 174,015 Hoosier households, turning off the lights and heat at a time when energy costs are growing faster than Hoosier paychecks.
Controversial carbon sequestration fertilizer project to receive $1.559 billion from feds
The U.S. Department of Energy announced Monday that it has made a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee of up to $1.559 billion to Wabash Valley Resources, LLC for a West Terre Haute fertilizer development.
A potential Trump VP pick backs a controversial CO2 pipeline favored by the Biden White House
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is one of Donald Trump’s most visible and vocal backers, sprinting around the country to drum up support for the former president’s comeback bid while auditioning to be his running mate. Far from the glare of the campaign trail, however, Burgum is wrestling with a mammoth carbon dioxide pipeline project in his home state.
In suit co-led by Indiana, red states challenge Biden’s coal-plant pollution curbs
More than two dozen states, including Indiana, are challenging a new Biden administration rule that forces U.S. power plants to stifle greenhouse gas pollution, calling it an unlawful bid to remake the nation’s electricity system.
Supreme Court seems skeptical of EPA’s ‘good neighbor’ rule on power plant pollution
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed skeptical Wednesday as the Environmental Protection Agency sought to continue enforcing an anti-air-pollution rule in 11 states while separate legal challenges proceed around the country.
Hamer: Commercial property environmental due diligence
Many new property owners and lessors also aren’t aware of — and don’t budget for — the duty to perform ongoing obligations in order to keep whatever legal defenses they may have from their environmental site assessment.