May 4, 2012
Bloomberg NewsDuke Energy Corp. said first-quarter profit fell 42 percent after a regulatory settlement in Indiana increased costs and mild
weather reduced heating demand.
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April 30, 2012
Associated PressDuke Energy Corp. has agreed to cap the cost of its troubled coal-gasification plant in southwestern Indiana at $2.6 billion,
or about $700 million less than the expected cost of construction, as part of a proposed settlement announced Monday.
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March 2, 2012
Associated PressCharlottesville, Va.-based Apex plans to install the wind turbines in southern Wells County, about 100 miles northeast of
Indianapolis.
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February 16, 2012
Scott OlsonIn a filing earlier this month, the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator Inc. told federal regulators that a mechanical
failure in September contaminated the data center.
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December 13, 2011
IBJ StaffAtlanta firm says IPL underground system "well designed and regularly maintained" but may need upgrades to avoid
more explosions.
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December 12, 2011
Chris O'MalleyDavid Lott Hardy, who was fired from his job as chairman of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission in 2010, is accused
of official misconduct.
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December 9, 2011
Associated PressUtility crews are installing about 100 new manhole covers in downtown Indianapolis that are designed to reduce the extent
of damage from underground explosions and fires.
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December 8, 2011
The Carmel-based not-for-profit's long-term plan recommends 215 new transmission infrastructure projects to improve reliability
of its electric grid.
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November 22, 2011
Associated PressIndiana regulators have approved plans for a $2.65 billion coal gasification plant at the Ohio River city of Rockport and
a state agency's 30-year contract to buy its synthetic natural gas.
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November 21, 2011
Associated PressIndiana utility regulators are expanding a third-party review of Indianapolis manhole explosions to include the latest two
blasts.
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November 3, 2011
Associated PressDuke Energy Corp.'s third-quarter earnings tumbled 30 percent, the company said Thursday, with energy consumption falling
at the same time that costs rose unexpectedly for a new plant in Indiana.
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October 19, 2011
Chris O'MalleyA 2010 ethics scandal involving the former chief legal counsel for the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has come back
to bite the state's biggest electric utility.
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September 26, 2011
Associated PressDuke Energy Corp. is preparing to demolish a coal-fired power plant that's Indiana's oldest electricity-generating
plant of its kind.
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September 20, 2011
Associated PressCharlotte-based Duke Energy and Raleigh-based Progress Energy want to combine into one company with more than 7 million customers
in the Carolinas, Florida, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.
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September 16, 2011
Associated PressDuke Energy expects to close much of a coal-powered generating plant in western Indiana within the next few years.
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August 25, 2011
Francesca JaroszThe city has put out a request seeking companies or teams of firms qualified to install solar photovoltaic systems at three
of its public works buildings and garages.
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August 2, 2011
Bloomberg NewsDuke Energy Corp., which is buying Progress Energy Inc. to become the largest U.S. utility owner, on Tuesday reported a second-quarter
profit after a year-ago loss.
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July 29, 2011
Chris O'MalleyUtility officials waited seven months to act on hazardous water concerns during construction of its costly Edwardsport plant
and banked on winning an exemption, which the EPA later denied.
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July 21, 2011
Associated PressMany states hit hardest by this week's searing heat wave have drastically cut or entirely eliminated programs that help
poor people pay their electric bills, forcing thousands to go without air conditioning when they need it most.
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July 15, 2011
Chris O'Malley"Gross mismanagement" and improper communications with ex-regulatory chairman are among evidence in testimony to make Duke,
rather than ratepayers, swallow major cost overruns at Edwardsport power plant.
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July 8, 2011
Chris O'MalleyThe Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor has filed a blistering rebuke of Duke Energy Corp. for the high cost of its
Edwardsport coal-gasification plant and has asked regulators to deny Duke’s request to charge ratepayers $530 million
for cost overruns.
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June 6, 2011
Associated PressOfficials at Duke Energy don't know how soon they will be able to shut down two coal-burning units at a southern Indiana
power plant after deciding to drop a multimillion-dollar project to convert them to natural gas.
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June 4, 2011
Chris O'MalleyIndianapolis has one of the highest concentrations of plug-in electric vehicle drivers in the nation, an industry official
says.
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May 31, 2011
IBJ StaffA Chicago-based wind-farm developer is planning a $175 million farm about 45 miles north of Indianapolis that will span parts
of Madison, Tipton, Grant and Howard counties.
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May 11, 2011
IBJ StaffAfter about a month as interim CEO, Indianapolis Power & Light Co. executive Ken Zagzebski has won the job for good.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.