CenterPoint is currently before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (“IURC”) seeking permission to charge electric ratepayers at least $23 a month to pay for two new fossil gas-fired power plants, which would produce a combined 460 megawatts of electricity, and a new fossil gas pipeline to be built under the Ohio River from Kentucky to SW Indiana. On Friday November 19th, Citizens Action Coalition (“CAC”), with the assistance and support of the legal team at Earth Justice, filed testimony asking the IURC to reject CenterPoint’s request.
As a result of slow electric load growth due to many factors (including economic downturns, increased energy efficiency, and decreased costs of distributed generation, most notably rooftop solar), Indiana’s electric utilities are seeking to increase fixed monthly charges on customer bills.
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