Energy & Environment

Nucor Steel struggling to strike new power deal with Duke Energy

September 12, 2009
Chris O'Malley
After 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.
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Poll shows IBJ Daily readers keenly interested in the environment

September 12, 2009
Marc D. Allan
A solid majority of subscribers to IBJ Daily believes climate change is a serious problem, thinks carbon emissions should be regulated, and wants Indianapolis to pursue mass transit on a broad scale, according to a poll conducted in July by IBJ.
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Local truck dealer strikes deal for big daddy of hybrids

September 9, 2009
Chris O'Malley
Indianapolis truck dealer Utility-Peterbilt leased its first hybrid medium-duty truck this summer after enduring months of tire-kicking but no action from fleet buyers and plenty of interest from television-news types.
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Region's expertise in hybrid cars goes beyond high-profile players

September 5, 2009
Chris O'Malley
Bright Automotive and EnerDel are well known for their development of components for hybrid cars, but the region has several other players poised to be big players in the sector. In fact, few realize that North America’s largest producer of electric motors for hybrid vehicles is based northeast of Indianapolis, in Pendleton.
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Local panel to discuss climate bill's possible business impact

September 2, 2009
 IBJ Staff and Associated Press
A panel of energy and legal experts will gather tomorrow evening to discuss what the climate change bill now before Congress could mean for Indiana businesses.
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Indiana's $132M energy-conservation plan OK'd

August 28, 2009
 IBJ Staff
Indiana will use nearly $132 million in federal stimulus funding to help more than 30,000 low-income households weatherize their homes and obtain more efficient appliances.
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Indianapolis utility could buy Lake Monroe water

August 26, 2009
 IBJ Staff and Associated Press, Associated Press
Indianapolis Power & Light Co. has agreed to a 20-year contract with a state agency to potentially draw millions of gallons of water from southern Indiana's Lake Monroe.
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EPA proposes $1.1M settlement with Vertellus

August 25, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlin
Chemical-maker Vertellus Specialties Inc. will spend up to $1.1 million and change air-emission monitoring practices at its plant on the southwest side of Indianapolis under a proposed settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Vote against 'cap and trade'Restricted Content

August 24, 2009
I urge Sen. Evan Bayh to vote against the “cap and trade” legislation pending in the Senate.
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Veolia appeals regulators' rate-hike decision

August 10, 2009
Chris O'Malley
Veolia Water Indianapolis, which manages the city’s water utility, has appealed an order issued by state utility regulators that limited a major rate increase sought by the city.
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Contractors, manufacturers hope clean-energy incentives, mandates lead to more businessRestricted Content

August 10, 2009
Chris O'Malley
Federal stimulus funds and greenhouse-gas legislation have the potential to spark a green version of the Gold Rush. Many Indiana firms are retooling to sell products or services that are or might soon be in demand.
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EnerDel lands $118 million stimulus grant

August 5, 2009
Scott Olson
EnerDel, an Indianapolis-based producer of automotive lithium-ion batteries, will receive $118.5 million in a matching grant from the federal government.
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Calumet Specialty suffers loss on falling sales

August 5, 2009
Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. this morning reported a loss of $26 million in the second quarter due to high crude oil prices and flagging product demand.
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Carbon Motors chooses Connersville

July 29, 2009
 IBJ Staff
Carbon Motors this morning officially selected Connersville for its proposed headquarters and manufacturing operations.
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Dow Agrosciences introduces genetically modified corn seedRestricted Content

July 27, 2009
 IBJ Staff
Even after a string of acquisitions, Dow AgroSciences is a bit player in the seed business. But the new genetically modified corn it developed with St. Louis-based giant Monsanto Co. finally provides the breakthrough product that could grow its seed sales substantially.
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City files complaint against Bright House Networks over unpaid feesRestricted Content

July 27, 2009
Chris O'Malley
A municipality has filed the first formal complaint against a cable television operator since state telecommunications reform three years ago unplugged local government oversight of operators.
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Duke considers taking carbon dioxide undergroundRestricted Content

July 13, 2009
 IBJ Staff
Duke Energy has proposed spending $121 million to study the feasibility of injecting carbon dioxide deep underground, adding 1 percent to the average ratepayer’s bill between 2010 and 2013.
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Natural-gas car proposal could boost Greensburg Honda plant

July 9, 2009
 IBJ Staff and Associated Press
Hoping to spur alternative vehicles, lawmakers want to double the size of tax breaks on cars that run on natural gas. That could be good news for Indiana, where Honda Motor Corp. produces the natural-gas-powered Civic GX in Greensburg.
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Utilities favor federal carbon dioxide permit-trading plan

July 6, 2009
Chris O'Malley
Resigned to inevitable government curbs on their carbon dioxide emissions, about all Indiana utilities could do was say which poison they'd prefer to swallow. They're closer to getting their favorite poison, with the U.S. House passage June 26 of a bill that would create a market for trading carbon dioxide permits.
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Local companies position to bolster solar biz in IndianaRestricted Content

June 15, 2009
 IBJ Staff
A Michigan company that supplies solar energy systems to Fortune 500 companies and educational and government buildings has tapped two local entrepreneurs to establish a beachhead in Indianapolis.
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Let there be LED lightRestricted Content

May 25, 2009
Westfield-based Green Illuminating Systems sees a bright future in LED lighting as a way to reduce electricity consumption.
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A cap on cap and trade?Restricted Content

May 25, 2009

On May 15, the Wall Street Journal published a letter from Gov. Mitch Daniels laying out his sharp opposition to the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act, which would set limits on carbon emissions to combat global warming.

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EPA policies cannot force economic choicesRestricted Content

May 11, 2009
Mike Hicks
We are at a critical moment in environmental policy. We suffer a dearth of frankness on the matter that imperils the quality of our decision-making.
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Telcos eye possible competition from electric utilitiesRestricted Content

May 11, 2009
Chris O'Malley
A 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.
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Local company out to turn algae into fuel of futureRestricted Content

March 16, 2009
Chris O'Malley
Stellarwind is believed to be the first algae-oil company in Indiana and among dozens of others around the country at the forefront of what's being called the third wave of biofuels production.
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