Transmission, Distribution, and Storage Improvement Charge (TDSIC) Tracker

The TDSIC tracker was created for Indiana's monopoly electric and gas utilities by the Indiana General Assembly in 2013. It was ostensibly created...

Utility agenda: Construction Work in Progress (CWIP)

Construction Work In Progress (CWIP) lets utilities charge ratepayers for the cost of financing new power plants during construction, before they are completed and providing electricity. 

Under former law, utilities could not collect...

Vectren Rate Hike (2017)

On September 20, 2017, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) approved a settlement reached between Vectren, the Office of Indiana Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC) and the Vectren Industrial Group. This approved settlement provides Vectren...

Vectren's costly coal deal is a profit for company, pain for ratepayers (Star Watch Investigation)

The Indianapolis Star's Tony Cook shed some light on Vectren's questionable tactic of buying high-priced coal from its own subsidiary.  

"Residents of southwest Indiana long have grumbled about high electricity bills, and for good reason...

VICTORY in the BlueIndy electric car share program!

On February 11, 2015, The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) significantly modified a settlement agreement made by Indianapolis Power & Light (IPL), the City of Indianapolis, and the Indiana Office of...

White Paper: An overview of smart grid technology

Executive Summary: 

This research paper focuses on “smart grid” technology and related issues in an effort to gain a clear working understanding of the term and how it is being used by various stakeholders. 

White Paper: Cap and Trade versus a Carbon Tax

Executive Summary:

This research paper focuses on the arguments between cap and trade versus a carbon tax. A literature survey of over fifty news and web articles, and opinion pieces were used. This issue is fast changing in...

White Paper: Making the Case for Single Payer Health Reform: It is Time for Medicare for All

Executive Summary:

The health care system in the United States is better described as a non-system of expensive illness intervention that covers too few and costs too much. The United States is the only industrialized nation...

Who’s behind the effort to kill Indiana’s efficiency law?

Midwest Energy News:

Who’s behind the effort to kill Indiana’s efficiency law?