CAC filed the testimony of Program Director, Ben Inskeep, asking the IURC to deny Duke Energy’s request to charge their Indiana ratepayers for coal ash compliance projects in Cause No. 45940. Duke’s Coal Ash Compliance Project is not only extraordinarily expensive, but it also fails to adequately clean up Duke’s toxic coal messes.
In September 2023, NIPSCO filed with the IURC to charge customers at least $641.2 MILLION to build a new dirty fossil gas peaker plant that will operate less than 20% of the year. The projected $641.2 million price tag is an estimate; NIPSCO indicates the cost of the plant could increase by as much as 30%.
These are the issues of immediate importance we are working on right now.
