INDIANAPOLIS – Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana (CAC), Sierra Club, Indiana Coalition for Human Services (ICHS), and Indiana Community Action Association (INCAA) filed testimony yesterday in the I&M rate case pending before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) asking the IURC to reject I&M’s request to increase the monthly fixed charge from $7.30 to $18.00. Additionally, the groups provide evidence that the low-income customers of I&M are experiencing difficulties in paying their bills, and urge the IURC to order I&M to create a low-income assistance program to help vulnerable Hoosiers who are struggling to make ends meet.

Attorneys for the LaPorte County Commissioners and the state's largest consumer advocacy group, Citizens Action Coalition (CAC), yesterday filed a Request for Reconsideration with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) asking the agency to reconsider that portion of its recent NIPSCO rate case order dealing with customer service issues.