CAC declares its opposition to the proposed CenterPoint electric rate case settlement filed on Monday before the IURC. If the settlement is approved as filed, the average CenterPoint residential customer using 799 kWh would see their bill increase from $154.02, to $189.05, or an increase of $35.03 (22.74%).

CAC's program director, Ben Inskeep, recommends that the IURC find that the utility unaffordability crisis is harming CenterPoint ratepayers and that CenterPoint’s current and proposed rates are not just or reasonable.