updated 09.10.10

We know our website is old and a bit finicky, but rest assured, we are working on a new website! We will keep you updated on when to expect the new site to be unveiled, so stay tuned for CAC 2.0!

Click here for CAC statement on Citizens Energy deal for Indianapolis Water & Sewer: "shrouded in secrecy".

SUMMER 2010 NEWSLETTER:

Lots of updated information on our current campaigns, as well as info on new energy studies, biomass, and Kerwin's Korner on Duke's Edwardsport plant.
Click here to read.

OUR CURRENT CAMPAIGNS:

Gov. Daniels' Energy Plan means high rates and high risk:

The Governor’s energy plan is a high risk gamble for taxpayers and ratepayers. Allowing ratepayers to be used as captive investors for nuclear power and carbon waste capture and storage (CCS) will force excessive rate increases and expose thousands of property owners to potential losses through property damage and devaluation. Under the Governor’s energy plan, taxpayers and ratepayers carry the risks and costs while utility companies walk away with the profits.

For more information, click here.

Duke Energy Edwardsport Plant:

Duke Energy is building a new coal-gasification plant in Edwardsport, IN. The cost thus far has reached $2.9 billion and now Duke is asking for even more ratepayer dollars to fund their research and development into carbon waste capture and storage. Duke ratepayers are facing an enormous increase in rates to build this unnecessary plant.

To read more about this expensive and wasteful boondoggle, click here.

GAME CHANGING REPORT: BEYOND BUSINESS AS USUAL

What happens if Congress fails to pass a climate or energy bill in 2010? Even without a federal carbon policy, the United States could move from the "business as usual" status quo to a dramatically cleaner and healthier approach to meeting its electrical power needs, according to a major new report from the nonprofit and nonpartisan Civil Society Institute think tank, convener of theclean.org. The report was prepared by Synapse Energy Economics of Cambridge, MA.

To read more about the study click here, or click the links below to go directly to the study papers.

"Beyond Business as Usual" - Executive Summary (.pdf)

"Beyond Business as Usual" - Full Report (.pdf)

IMPORTANT ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE:

CHOICE Home Healthcare: Tell Governor Daniels that funding for CHOICE is good for people and good for taxpayers!

CHOICE is Community and Home Options to Institutional Care for the Elderly and Disabled. Part time care in the home through CHOICE is 1/5 the cost to taxpayers of low end nursing homes and allows our elderly and disabled the dignity of independence. Last year, we helped to get the State to maintain full funding for the CHOICE program. However, the Daniels administration has cut CHOICE expenditures by 15 percent. Calls to Governor Daniels are needed to remind him of both the economic and human costs of cutting this vital program! For more info, click here!

CLEAN Action Alert: Tell Washington we're not stupid! Clean energy doesn't mean taxpayer bailouts for coal & nukes!

Instead of investing in truly clean energy technologies like energy efficiency and renewables, Washington D.C. wants to take our money and hand it over to the very energy industry that has made a mess of our environment and our pocketbooks. It's time they hear us, loud and clear, and stop standing up for the dirty, dangerous and expensive status quo.

Protect and Strengthen Our Public Water - Support a Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund!

Our water and wastewater infrastructure is in desperate need of repair. The American Society of Civil Engineers has given both systems a D- grade. In order to protect our essential water resources, create tens of thousands of green jobs, and safeguard public health, join us in urging Congress to create a permanent and dedicated federal funding source! For more info, go here.

MULTIMEDIA:

On November 19, 2009 the EPA held two hearings to allow public testimony in regards to their proposed rule to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. To watch testimony from Grant Smith (CAC Executive Director) and Kerwin Olson (CAC Program Director), please visit our YouTube channel! Click here to watch!