As everything from food to healthcare becomes more expensive, costs of essential human services like heating your home and turning on your lights must remain affordable for Hoosiers. Citizens Action Coalition aggressively advocates for affordable utility rates. Find out what's happening with your utility company.
Indiana's electric and gas utilities have the unique privilege of being monopolies, which means they are shielded from competition. In exchange for this privilege, investor-owned utilities are regulated by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC).
Indiana has more toxic coal ash ponds and landfills than any other state. Most of them threaten important bodies of water, such as Lake Michigan and the Ohio, Wabash, and White Rivers.
If approved by the IURC, the average NIPSCO residential customer electric bill will increase by $6.14 per month beginning in February of 2023 and continuing through April of 2023, according to NIPSCO’s filing.
August 2023 UPDATE: The IURC approved the settlement agreement between NIPSCO, NIPSCO Industrial Group, and the OUCC. NIPSCO's requested $20/month bill hike was cut to a bill hike of $12.37/month.