IGCC Settlement a Heist for Duke Energy: Duke “Bail Out” should be rejected!

The settlement filed yesterday at the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission between Duke Energy, the Indiana Office of the Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC), Nucor Steel, and the Duke Energy Indiana Industrial Group falls well short of what the...

Survey shows "political divide" on energy issues is a myth. Americans can work together for cleaner energy future

“The Verdict is clear: Clean Energy Advocates Are the Majority, Not the ‘Fringe’; Survey Finds Across-the-Board Political Support for Shifting from Dirty Energy.”

Citizens Action Coalition applauds Rep. Suzanne Crouch for standing up for Hoosier Consumers

Today in the Indiana House Ways & Means committee hearing on SB344, Rep. Suzanne Crouch (R, Evansville) offered an amendment to remove language from the bill intended to further enable the Indiana Gasification Substitute Natural Gas (SNG) plant...

CAC Statement on MCPO Indictment of Former IURC Chairman David Lott Hardy

CAC remains firm in our belief that the failure to disclose the communications between Duke Energy executives and the former Chairman of the IURC at a very minimum were improper and represented a serious violation of the public trust.

IURC silence on Duke/Progress Merger Lack of Jurisdiction or Lack of Transparency?

Today, in a letter to Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Chairman James Atterholt, the Citizens Action Coalition raised concerns with respect to the Commission’s apparent lack of engagement to date, at least publicly, in the proposed merger between...

SB251: Indiana Legislature Votes to Raise Taxes through Utility Bills; House adds eminent domain to bill

April 2011

Once again, utility ratepayers, aka taxpayers, remain invisible to 104 of the 150 elected officials in the Indiana General Assembly. On Thursday, both Chambers of the General Assembly voted...

State Rep. Win Moses joins CAC in urging IURC to reject SNG Contract

Testimony filed yesterday by Citizens Action Coalition in the proposed Indiana Gasification, LLC substitute natural gas plant (SNG) proceeding currently before the IURC included a letter from State Representative Win Moses (D, Ft. Wayne)...

Public Hearings Set on $3 billion, Scandal-Ridden Coal Plant

Next week marks the second opportunity for the public to provide comment on Duke Energy’s problem-plagued Edwardsport coal gasification plant. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) will hold field hearings Feb. 28 at Columbus...

Consumer/Environmental Coalition: Senate Bill 251 Is a Utility Money Grab, Nothing More

Today, a coalition of consumer and environmental organizations blasted Senate Bill 251, contending that it is a utility wish-list inimical to consumer interests and economic stability. SB251 was approved on Tuesday, February 22 by a vote of...

COVERUP: Daniels Administration Stonewalls Public Access to Shady SNG Power Plant Deal

Today, the Citizens Action Coalition called on the Daniels Administration to release e- mails and documents that CAC requested months ago. The e-mails pertain to the recently signed contract between the Indiana Finance Authority and...