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, Earthjustice, & Vote Solar Urge Duke Energy to Improve Public Input Opportunities & Pursue Cleaner, Affordable Alternative Path

According to comments and reports submitted by Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana (CAC), in partnership with Earthjustice and Vote Solar, Duke Energy Indiana (Duke) failed to comply with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission’s (IURC) rules governing Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs). Duke broke the rules by declining to properly provide opportunities for public engagement in their 2021 Integrated Resource Plan for electric utilities.

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Advocates Celebrate Indiana Court Decision

A broad coalition of solar companies, along with environmental and consumer advocates, has prevailed at the Indiana Court of Appeals in a case challenging approval of CenterPoint’s “excess distributed generation” (“EDG”) tariff for rooftop solar.

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CAC Asks IURC to Reject CenterPoint Electric Plan

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.

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