Utility Rates and Regulation

When everything from food to healthcare is becoming more expensive, the cost of essential human services as simple as heating your home and turning on your lights must remain affordable for Hoosiers.

Citizens Action Coalition aggressively advocates for affordable utility rates.
 

CAC Statement on Settlement Reached in I&M Rate Case

As a result of the settlement, I&M residential ratepayers will realize a far lower increase to monthly bills than what I&M wanted. Other numerous and significant terms were secured that bring great benefits to residential customers, including terms obtained specifically for low-income customers and vulnerable households.

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CAC REPORT: LEAP Threatens Hoosier Water & Wallets

CAC's new report on the proposed LEAP District adjacent to Lebanon in Boone County finds that the project reveals severe deficiencies in Indiana's water and economic development policy. The lack of transparency of the IEDC regarding their plan to withdraw massive amounts of water from the Wabash Valley aquifer has garnered significant public outcry in recent months.

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CAC to IURC: Protect Ratepayers, Reject Duke’s Coal Ash Plan

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.

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CAC Statement on Settlement Reached in AES Rate Case

CAC has joined the settlement reached in the current AES Indiana rate case. We believe the proposed settlement reflects a positive outcome for customers that may not have been achieved through litigation. If approved by the IURC, the settlement will reduce AES Indiana’s rate of return on equity, or profit, and will allow a much smaller increase to the monthly fixed customer charge than what was proposed.

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IURC Must Consider Affordability in AES Rate Case

Ben Inskeep, CAC Program Director, asked the IURC to reject AES Indiana’s proposed rate increase, and lower the residential monthly fixed charge and the profit margin included in the rates that customers pay to AES Indiana. Mr. Inskeep concluded that AES Indiana’s proposed rate increase would impose an extraordinary additional financial burden on Indianapolis families who are already struggling to cope with an acute unaffordability crisis. The case is docketed before the IURC as Cause No. 45911.

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