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Electric
EnerDel charged up over utility market
September 1, 2012
Dan HumanLocally based EnerDel, maker of fuel-efficient lithium-ion batteries, is steering away from the disappointing electric-vehicle
market. Its new strategy: batteries for utilities—especially in emerging markets where electric grids can be unreliable,
which increases the need for backup power supplies.
MoreUtilities to get bill for damaged grid-control room
August 27, 2012
IBJ StaffA Carmel not-for-profit that monitors the electric grid in 11 states and part of Canada plans to pass on to its member utilities
and transmission-line operators $5.4 million in costs resulting from damage to its local data center last September.
MoreToyota, Duke to test electric-vehicle technology in Indiana
August 22, 2012
Chris O'MalleyToyota Motor Corp. will test and refine electric-vehicle-charging technology in the Indianapolis area under a partnership
with Duke Energy Corp. announced Wednesday morning.
MoreTransmission line would bring more wind power to Indiana
August 17, 2012
Chris O'MalleyIndiana electric utilities choking on federal environmental rules that threaten their coal and oil-powered generating stations
might be able to tap wind power generated in the plains states starting in 2017.
MoreRegulators order Duke, Progress to disclose deals
August 15, 2012
Associated PressNorth Carolina utilities regulators have ordered Duke Energy and Progress Energy to detail some of the deals they cut with
major customers before their merger earlier this year.
MoreEntergy faces hurdle to joining transmission pact
August 13, 2012
Associated PressArkansas regulators want guarantees that their authority will be preserved if Entergy Corp.'s utilities join Carmel-based
regional transmission group MISO, raising questions about whether the deal will go through.
More$14M legal tab touches off new skirmish in Duke case
August 4, 2012
Chris O'MalleyCitizens Action Coalition, Sierra Club, Save the Valley and Valley Watch are hoping questions over legal fees the utility
agreed to pay attorneys for industrial customers scuttle a deal over cost overruns at the $3.3 billion Edwardsport coal gasification
plant.
MoreDuke Energy earnings creep up on higher rates
August 2, 2012
Associated PressDuke Energy Corp.’s earnings rose 2 percent in the second quarter on higher electric rates, but newly acquired subsidiary
Progress Energy saw earnings plummet as a result of planned nuclear plant outages.
MoreN.C. regulators hire law firm to probe Duke Energy
August 1, 2012
Associated PressNorth Carolina utilities regulators said Wednesday they have hired a former federal prosecutor with experience digging into
corporate affairs to reveal whether regulators were misled ahead of a takeover that created America's largest electric
company.
MoreJudge won't dismiss charge against ex-utility boss
July 31, 2012
Associated PressA judge has refused to dismiss an official misconduct charge against Indiana's former top utility regulator, David Lott
Hardy.
MoreLegal drama over Duke Energy merger lingers
July 30, 2012
Associated PressThe investigations into whether regulators and consumers were misled in the run-up to the merger of North Carolina's two
Fortune 500 energy companies could continue quietly for months after a deadline arrives next week.
MoreIPL agrees to buy solar power from Sunrise Energy Ventures
July 28, 2012
The Minnesota-based firm plans to generate the power at three, 10-megawatt sites in IPL's service territory.
MoreEx-Progress CEO says Duke tried to nix merger amid tensions
July 19, 2012
Bloomberg NewsBill Johnson, the man who was CEO of Duke Energy Corp. for eight hours after its $17.8 billion takeover of Progress Energy
Inc., began testifying Thursday to the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
MoreRegulators to quiz CEO ousted in utility takeover
July 18, 2012
Associated PressNorth Carolina regulators expect testimony Thursday from the CEO ousted by Duke Energy Corp. within hours of becoming the
top executive of the country's largest electric company.
MoreDuke Energy seeks delay in CEO-switch testimony
July 17, 2012
Associated PressDuke Energy Corp. asked state regulators Tuesday for a weekslong postponement of testimony by two top directors, including
local businessman Michael Browning, about the surprise CEO switch at the top of America's largest electric company.
MoreBrowning ordered to testify over Duke Energy CEO's ouster
July 17, 2012
Chris O'MalleyIndianapolis real estate developer and Duke Energy Corp. director Michael Browning has been ordered to appear Friday before
the North Carolina Utilities Commission, which is investigating the unexpected ouster of the utility’s new CEO just
hours after the company merged with Progress Energy Inc.
MoreSudden Duke Energy CEO shift puts Rogers in spotlight
July 9, 2012
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsThree former board members of Progress Energy Inc. said they would have voted against Duke's $17.8 billion takeover offer
had they known Rogers would remain in charge of the combined companies.
MoreRogers stays in charge at Duke Energy after CEO resigns
July 3, 2012
Bloomberg NewsDuke Energy Corp. on Tuesday unexpectedly announced the resignation of Bill Johnson, previously named to be the CEO after
its $17.8 billion takeover of Progress Energy Inc. James Rogers has been named CEO of the merged companies effective immediately.
MoreDuke foes skeptical about Edwardsport price tag
June 30, 2012
Chris O'MalleyUtility denies claim it is trying to sidestep $2.6 billion cap on costs that can be passed along to ratepayers.
MoreN.C. regulators clear hurdle to Duke-Progress merger
June 29, 2012
Associated PressNorth Carolina utility regulators have approved the merger of Duke Energy and Progress Energy, the last major hurdle to creating
the largest American electric company.
MoreState, utility plan cleanup of long-closed gas plant
May 29, 2012
Associated PressIndiana's environmental agency and Duke Energy Corp. are moving ahead with the cleanup of a long-closed manufactured-gas
plant in Shelbyville.
MoreSierra Club pressures utilities to find alternatives to coal
May 26, 2012
Chris O'MalleyDave Menzer, director of the Sierra Club’s new “Beyond Coal” campaign in Indiana, aims to spark discussion
about the health and environmental costs of the state’s bituminous bounty that for years has brought relatively cheap
electric rates.
MoreUtilities, public clash on tree-trimming policies
May 19, 2012
Indianapolis Power & Light, others say money is at stake if tighter controls are enforced.
MoreCompanies seek solar-panel lease contracts from city
May 14, 2012
Scott OlsonThe City-County Council is set to hear a proposal by two companies to lease space on city-owned rooftops and sell electricity
generated by solar panels installed in those spots.
MoreWork on central Indiana wind farm set for this summer
May 14, 2012
IBJ Staff and Associated PressA company planning to build a wind farm spread across four central Indiana counties north of Indianapolis says it has obtained
125 building permits for the project's first phase.
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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.