May 13, 2013
Associated PressA Chicago-based company is seeking permission from Delaware County officials to build about 30 turbines across 15,000 acres
of agricultural areas northeast of Muncie.
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May 1, 2013
Mason KingPlans for the plant, officially announced Wednesday, call for an environmentally friendly facility outside of Martinsville
that could produce 650 megawatts of power. Construction could employ 660 workers.
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April 27, 2013
Associated PressIndiana Gasification LLC project manager Mark Lubbers said developers wouldn't have tried to build the plant at Rockport
if the law passed early Saturday morning had been in place.
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April 11, 2013
Mason KingHoosier Energy will invest about $27 million in 83,000-square-foot facility. The city of Bloomington has approved a 10-year
tax abatement for the project.
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April 5, 2013
Associated PressThe state's largest power company says it's revamping its Indiana economic development program to improve opportunities
for communities to attract jobs and capital investment.
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April 2, 2013
Dan HumanA Minnesota firm with a 15-year contract with IPL wants to install solar panels and power stations on two different sites
as part of a $50 million-plus project.
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March 27, 2013
Associated PressAn Indiana lawmaker who opposes a 30-year contract with the developers of a proposed $2.8 billion coal-gasification plant
told a House committee Wednesday that the surge in U.S. shale gas production has driven down natural gas prices, leaving synthetic
gas projects unfeasible.
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March 13, 2013
Associated PressIndiana manufacturers and consumer groups opposed to a bill that would make it easier for power companies to raise their rates
won concessions Wednesday from House lawmakers.
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March 9, 2013
Farm planned for northeast of Indianapolis Motor Speedway will add to sun/wind capabilities.
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February 16, 2013
Chris O'MalleyUnusual merger of Hancock Telecom and Central Indiana Power is paving the way for network deployment in rural areas.
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February 11, 2013
Chris O'MalleyThe Indiana Department of Labor alleges lack of proper safeguards in an August blast that injured two workers at IPL's Harding
Street generating station on the southwest side.
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January 24, 2013
Associated PressA top Indiana senator is calling for a review of Indiana's plans to subsidize a proposed coal-gasification plant.
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January 22, 2013
Associated PressIndianapolis Power & Light said ratepayers could expect a 2-percent to 3-percent annual increase for a "number of years,"
but said he did not know how long the increases would be in effect.
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January 3, 2013
Associated PressOfficials with Indiana's wind energy industry say they are relieved by Congress' one-year extension of a tax credit
but contend it will take a longer-term approach to grow the industry and create jobs in the state.
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December 28, 2012
Associated PressThe Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld state regulators' rejection of Duke Energy's bid to pass $11 million in costs it incurred
during a 2009 ice storm onto its customers.
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December 27, 2012
Chris O'MalleyOpponents call the deal too generous to Duke Energy and say it doesn't protect ratepayers from rising financing costs.
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December 14, 2012
Associated PressHattiesburg-based SMEPA, which generates and wholesales power to 11 electric cooperatives serving 410,000 Mississippi customers,
says it will join Carmel-based Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator in December 2013.
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December 11, 2012
Associated PressThe head of Duke Energy said he regrets that officials with the nation's largest electric company went too far in their
criticism of North Carolina regulators responsible for setting rates in its top power market, according to a letter released
Tuesday.
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December 10, 2012
Associated PressAn attorney for Duke Energy Corp. urged the Indiana Court of Appeals on Monday to reverse a state regulatory panel's decision
blocking the company's attempt to pass onto its customers the cost of damages it incurred during a 2009 ice storm.
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December 3, 2012
Associated PressDuke Energy formalized deals Monday that ended separate investigations by North Carolina regulators and the attorney general
into whether the utility misled officials before a merger that made it the country's largest electric company.
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December 2, 2012
Associated PressIndiana has a wind resource of 148,228 megawatts, the 15th biggest in the country, according to industry trade group the American
Wind Energy Association. And its growing.
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December 1, 2012
Chris O'MalleyThe Wabash Valley Power Association has been reducing its dependence on energy produced from coal—from 95 percent five
years ago to 54 percent today. The utility is leaning more on natural gas and even renewable-energy sources like methane from
landfills and animal waste.
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November 8, 2012
Associated PressDuke Energy Corp., the nation's largest electric utility by market value, reported stronger-than-expected earnings for
the third quarter, but company executives said the outlook for strong economic growth in the U.S. is dim.
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October 30, 2012
Associated PressThe Indiana Finance Authority and Indiana Gasification LLC plan to amend a 30-year contract that obligates the state to buy
the company's synthetic natural gas. The move is in reaction to an appeals court ruling that reversed regulators'
approval of the deal.
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October 5, 2012
Chris O'MalleyThe automaker had claimed in a complaint to the state that Duke acted in "draconian" fashion by holding onto the
seven-figure deposit for service at its Kokomo plant since 2009.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.