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12/16/14

Citizen Groups Seek Relief for Duke Edwardsport Rip-Off

Captive Hoosier ratepayers doled out nearly $400 million before Duke Energy’s Edwardsport coal gasification power plant delivered any net energy to the grid, according to testimony filed late Monday night by a coalition of citizen groups before the...

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8/19/14

Legislature Receives Report Detailing Success of Energizing Indiana

On August 15th, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) submitted the Demand Side Management (DSM) Report to the Indiana General Assembly. The report, completed by The Energy Center of Wisconsin, was filed pursuant to the highly...

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6/10/14

CAC Submits Energy Efficiency Policy Comments and over 2,500 signatures

In response to the IURC’s call for written comments regarding energy efficiency and demand side management policy recommendations, CAC submitted written comments to the IURC, along with over 2,500 signatures and/or comments from the public.

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2/24/14

OPEN LETTER TO GOV. MIKE PENCE: STOP THE ASSAULT ON HOOSIER CONSUMERS AND JOBS, OPPOSE SB340

Citizens Action Coalition Executive Director Kerwin Olson asks Governor Pence to do the right thing for ALL Hoosier ratepayers.

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8/30/13

Duke Energy to Retire Wabash River Coal Units in Settlement

A coalition of Indiana environmental and citizens groups including the Sierra Club, Citizens Action Coalition, Valley Watch, and Save the Valley announced a legal settlement today that requires Duke Energy Indiana to stop burning coal at most of its...

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8/14/13

Groups Move for Recusal of Indiana Supreme Court Justice Mark Massa From Leucadia Coal Gasification Case

Citing Justice Mark Massa’s long and close relationship with the project director for the proposed Rockport coal gasification plant and his work as Gov. Mitch Daniels’ general counsel when the governor pushed enabling legislation for the project, the...

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7/1/13

CAC CALLS ON INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE INCREASED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PRAIRIE STATE ENERGY CAMPUS

Citizens Action Coalition is calling on Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller to investigate any potential misrepresentation that led to communities extending their contracts to purchase power from the Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA), a utility...

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4/9/13

Sierra Club and Citizens Action Coalition Launch Aggressive Ad Campaign to Stop the Leucadia Tax

The Sierra Club and Citizens Action Coalition today announced an advertising campaign to urge state lawmakers to support Senate Bill 510 and to prevent the Leucadia tax on natural gas bills.

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3/28/13

OPEN LETTER TO GOV. MIKE PENCE: VETO SB560

The Honorable Mike Pence, Governor of the State of Indiana:

Senate Bill 560 (Utility Transmission) will likely be headed to your desk in the near future. As a representative of over 40,000 residential ratepayers in our great State, Citizens...

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2/25/13

American Electric Power Agrees to Retire Three Coal-Fired Power Plants in Major Clean Air and Climate Victory

Today a coalition of citizen groups, states and U.S. EPA announced a landmark settlement agreement with American Electric Power (AEP) requiring AEP to stop burning coal by 2015 at three power plants in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky.

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