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Electric
Boone County shoots down $35M rezoning plan
December 8, 2009
IBJ StaffCarmel-based Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator said it would continue to scout for sites in the Indianapolis
area.
MoreDuke Energy wants ratepayers to fund carbon dioxide storage site study
December 5, 2009
Chris O'MalleyThe state’s utility consumer agency is opposing Duke Energy’s request to have customers pay $121 million to
study where to inject underground the carbon dioxide to be produced by its Edwardsport plant.
MoreEPA: IPL electric plant upgrades were deficient
November 28, 2009
Chris O'MalleyIndianapolis Power & Light faces potential fines and capital expenditures after allegedly updating three generating
plants over 23 years without adding the most modern pollution controls.
MoreDenison light-replacement project shows expanding base of green vendors in region
November 21, 2009
Chris O'MalleyIndianapolis parking garage operator Denison shuns sexy LED lighting for Fishers supplier’s induction lights.
MoreHorizon Wind Energy opens its first Indiana wind farm
November 21, 2009
IBJ StaffAt full tilt, the units of Meadow Lake I Wind Farm in Brookston can generate about 200 megawatts, enough
to power 60,000 average size homes in a year.
MoreCarmel electric marketer planning expansion
November 16, 2009
IBJ StaffCarmel’s ACES Power Marketing LLC plans to invest $6.6 million to expand its West 99th Street headquarters—a move
that could allow it to add 40 jobs, the Indiana Economic Development Corp. said early Monday.
MoreIndiana lands $39.4M in power-grid stimulus grants
October 27, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressIPL will receive $20 million to help pay for a $48.8 million project to install more than 28,000 smart meters; Midwest ISO
will get $17.3 million toward a $34.5 million project to install 150 phasor measurement units.
MoreTour highlights alternative energy in central Indiana
September 26, 2009
IBJ StaffAn event stretching from Noblesville to Bargersville might be the best opportunity ever to check out wind- and solar-energy
projects in one afternoon.
MoreNucor Steel struggling to strike new power deal with Duke Energy
September 12, 2009
Chris O'MalleyAfter two years of fruitless negotiations, the Crawfordsville steel mill has asked the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
to intervene. More than 700 jobs depend on Nucor and Duke striking a deal.
MoreLet there be LED light
May 25, 2009
Westfield-based Green Illuminating Systems sees a bright future in LED lighting as a way to reduce electricity consumption.
MoreTelcos eye possible competition from electric utilities
May 11, 2009
Chris O'MalleyA trade group for the state's telephone companies is wringing its hands over budding efforts of electric companies to offer
so-called smart grids to better monitor and manage electric distribution.
MoreCap and trade could be double-edged sword
April 20, 2009
Mike HicksCap and trade could lead us to a much cleaner, more prosperous future or it could devastate our economy.
MoreProject aims to make electric plug-in cars a reality
April 6, 2009
Chris O'MalleyA partnership of electric utilities and technology companies is intent on making Indianapolis the first city in the nation
to test plug-in electrics on a mass scale, perhaps starting later this year.
MoreHoosier Energy hit with $120M claim from John Hancock
November 10, 2008
Chris O'MalleyAn electric co-op supplying power to customers in 48 central and southern Indiana counties could face a perilous spike in
its financial load following a $120 million claim against it by insurance giant John Hancock Life Insurance Co.
MoreIndiana Municipal Power Agency buys wind power from Iowa
November 10, 2008
The Indiana Municipal Power Agency said it has agreed to buy up to 50 megawatts a year from Crystal Lake Wind Energy Center
in Hancock County, Iowa.
MoreReducing carbon emissions could send state power prices soaring
June 16, 2008
Chris O'MalleyA report from Purdue University suggests industrial customers in
Indiana could see disproportional rate increases in the years ahead as the state's coal-intensive electric utilities are forced
to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
MoreBill would let utilities pass on more costs without rate hearings
February 26, 2007
Chris O'MalleyUtility ratepayer groups say House Bill 1496, which is stuck in committee, is typical of what they see as a disturbing trend:
allowing utilities to pass the cost of mandates directly to consumers. HB 1496 would require Indiana's coal-reliant electric
utilities to generate at least 10 percent of their power from renewable energy sources like wind and landfill gas.
MoreCalendar publisher wants to power his factory with wind
February 12, 2007
Chris O'MalleyThe Time Factory founder and CEO Jim Purcell wants to erect a 150-foot-tall wind turbine above his calendar factory near 62nd
Street and Georgetown Road. Purcell figures the $200,000 contraption could power 60 percent--if he's lucky, maybe 80 percent--of
his 22,000-square-foot facility.
MoreGenerator-maker finding new ways to get energy
January 29, 2007
Chris O'MalleyI Power Energy Systems, which makes natural-gas-powered electric generators that are the primary power source of corporate
and college campuses, is a novelty in Indiana. After all, coal is still a cheaper source of electricity than is natural gas.
But I Power is developing applications for electric generators that burn biogas from sources ranging from garbage to ground-up
corn.
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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.