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CenterPoint Urged Federal Government Not to Reissue Emergency Order on Costly Coal Plant, Letter Shows

April 15, 2026

The U.S. Department of Energy ignored CenterPoint’s pleas not to force its coal plant to continue operating despite the utility warning that long outages and expensive upgrades would be needed that were “neither practical nor financially responsible.”

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CAC Urges Rejection of I&M's More Than $7 Billion Generation Plan for Amazon and Google AI Data Centers

November 10, 2025

I&M’s plan does not follow the 80% cost assignment to data centers as promised by the legislator and administration.

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CAC Urges Rejection of AES Indiana's Sweetheart Deal With City of Indianapolis, Large Electric Users

October 16, 2025

CAC calls on the IURC to reject an unbalanced proposed settlement agreement filed yesterday in AES Indiana’s rate case. The settlement would result in a 6.51% base rate increase for residential customers, while commercial and industrial customers only pay a 3.19% and 4.12% increase, respectively.

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Stop Mike's Hikes

September 22, 2025

CAC today launched “Stop Mike’s Hikes,” a new accountability campaign calling on Gov. Mike Braun to answer for skyrocketing electricity bills and change misguided energy decisions that are hurting Hoosier families and small businesses.

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IURC Must Consider Affordability in AES Rate Case

September 9, 2025

CAC filed testimony in the AES rate case urging the IURC to take strong action to protect residential ratepayers experiencing inexcusably poor service at increasingly unaffordable rates.

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Monopoly Electric Utilities Slam Hoosiers with Historic Bill Hikes

July 22, 2025

A damning new analysis by Citizens Action Coalition (CAC) exposes how Indiana’s monopoly utilities have imposed the most severe electric bill increases on residential customers in at least two decades — with some families paying nearly $50 more a month than just one year ago.

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CenterPoint Urged Federal Government Not to Reissue Emergency Order on Costly Coal Plant, Letter Shows

CAC Urges Rejection of I&M's More Than $7 Billion Generation Plan for Amazon and Google AI Data Centers

CAC Urges Rejection of AES Indiana's Sweetheart Deal With City of Indianapolis, Large Electric Users

Stop Mike's Hikes

IURC Must Consider Affordability in AES Rate Case

Monopoly Electric Utilities Slam Hoosiers with Historic Bill Hikes

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