2012 Indiana General Assembly Bill Watch List

Legislation CAC is watching in the 2012 Indiana General Assembly.

Duke's Edwardsport Plant Debacle

The now $3 billion Edwardsport Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) coal-fired power plant currently under construction by Duke Energy has been shrouded in controversy since Duke Energy first filed for approval before the IURC in 2006. The...

Enough is Enough! I&M Wants You to Pay 22% More on Your Electric Bills (and the rate hikes won’t stop there).

Indiana Michigan Power wants the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) to let them raise your base rates by an unwarranted $147.8 million! TELL THE IURC TO SAY NO!!!

2012 Indiana General Assembly Final Report

The following is a synopsis of the happenings at the 2012 Indiana General Assembly. We did not compile any voting records from the 2012 session of the Indiana General Assembly as no floor votes were taken on bills of significance regarding utility...

Indiana's energy plan endangers the well-being of Hoosiers

Anti-consumer energy laws passed in Indiana over the last two decades need to be repealed.

June 2012

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...

Leucadia Coal-to-Gas Plant: Indiana's Enron

Leucadia Corporation wants to build and own a coal-to-gas plant in Spencer County, just outside of Rockport, IN. The problem is how much risk is being placed on natural gas customers statewide and how Leucadia is gaming the system to get what they...

The Utility Agenda

Indiana’s major utility companies (Duke, AEP, IPL, Vectren, NIPSCO) provide retail electric service essential to the health and vitality of Indiana, its economy, and its citizens. It is a business that has public interest mandates, and they have been...

Pro-consumer Indiana energy policies need to be enacted!

Legislators are ignoring policies that can benefit taxpayers, ratepayers, and the economy as a whole.  Instead, they work to protect the monopoly utilities at taxpayer and ratepayer expense.  We need policies and programs that accelerate the market...

Energy efficiency: Why is it so important?

Energy efficiency is simply using off the shelf technology to use energy more efficiently.  This includes upgrading to more efficient furnaces, air conditioners, water heaters, and other appliances.  It also includes insulating homes better,...