Citizens has filed over 40 eminent domain cases related to the project since August, according to court records.
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Several environmental and customer advocacy nonprofits are trying to prevent the Trump administration from extending the life of two coal plants in Indiana that had been slated for retirement at the end of 2025.
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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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Hoosier lawmakers, utilities and water policy lawyers in recent years have begun to look more closely at supply and demand. Legislation passed by the General Assembly in 2019, for example, ties certain funding sources to evidence of effective water study and communication. Meanwhile, some of the state’s biggest utilities have begun efforts to increase collaboration so that water resources might be shared.
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Justices sketched out on Thursday a “middle ground” in a power plant dispute that could upend legal precedent allowing groups to sue on behalf of their members.
The commission, also known as the IURC, oversees hundreds of utilities that operate in Indiana.
Margaret Shragal says a power failure that started last week caused unnecessary pain and suffering by delaying her surgery for a fractured hip.
The lawsuit accuses the Governor’s Office of engaging in prohibited conversations with Andy Zay about a case in which AES Indiana is seeking a rate increase.
The lawsuit arose after Dupont Water Co. accused Jefferson County of seeking water from the City of Madison — holding that Dupont alone should have been the lawfully exclusive seller for the area.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s move comes following an executive order earlier this week from Gov. Mike Braun that directs state officials to reexamine environmental consent decrees that required coal plants to shut down.
Three transformers on the man’s property exploded when power was restarted, starting the fire and destroying his home, court documents state.
The state’s highest court heard arguments Thursday from the Northern Indiana Public Service Co. and six customers known as the NIPSCO Industrial Group.
Environment groups have filed a lawsuit to shut the coal units down.
Although state utility officials started investigating last fall, Sen. Mike Bohacek requested Rokita weigh in after several constituents raised concerns about increases in their energy bills.
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.
The governor also celebrated data center development, but he said tech companies should pay for 100% of their power needs.
Indiana officials on Thursday named nine finalists for three open seats on the powerful Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, which oversees electric, gas, water and telecommunications rates across the state.
Indiana lawmakers on Wednesday revisited an increasingly visible problem hanging over — and sometimes buried beneath — Hoosier communities: dormant, abandoned and low-hanging utility lines left behind by telecommunications companies.
The state agency tasked with protecting utility consumers has asked regulators to reject Duke Energy Indiana’s “ill-advised” plan to retire two coal-powered units — and replace them with new natural gas units — at the Cayuga Generating Station in west-central Indiana.
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.
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.
If state regulators approve the settlement, it also will apply to new industrial customers with large electric loads.
The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule Tuesday requiring water utilities to replace all lead pipes in the United States within 10 years, a move aimed at eliminating a toxic threat that continues to affect tens of thousands of American children each year.
AES Indiana has reached a settlement agreement that would raise monthly rates next year by approximately 7.3% for the average residential customer but would clamp down on the utility’s disconnection practice and offer other consumer protections.