Retirees re-energize legal battle against IPL, seek rehearing in Court of Appeals over post-retirement funding case that could cost utility $100 million.

Carolene Mays plans to leave the Indianapolis newspaper after being named to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.

Gov. Mitch Daniels has appointed former Democratic state Rep. Carolene Mays of Indianapolis to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.

Indiana Court of Appeals upholds utility commission ruling favorable to IPL. Although court does "not condone" IPL's action in the retirement benefits case, it gives deference to the commission.

The Indiana Utility Shareholders Association aims to be the “collective voice” of investors in four of the big utilities operating in Indiana.

The Hoosier Environmental Council and Citizens Action Coalition see an expansion of the state’s “net metering” policy as achievable during the short legislative session that starts Jan. 5.

The utility that asked state regulators permission to have customers pay $121 million for a geological study now seeks $42 million.

The 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.

Carbon dioxide produced by a proposed coal gasification plant near the southern Indiana town of Rockport would be used to help boost oil production in the Gulf of Mexico under a plan by the company leading the project.

Every neighborhood has its battles, but the 1,017-resident Centennial subdivision in Westfield is embroiled in one of the most unusual: a very public fight over the adequacy of its phone, Internet and video service.

The city too often relied on the Department of Waterworks’ board, on consultants and on the private operator, Veolia Water, rather than on the department’s own staff “to ensure safe and efficient operation, maintenance and management” of Indianapolis Water. That’s one of several critical findings of a consultant hired by the department and filed as part of a 35-percent rate-hike request pending before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.

The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor is seeking public input on a proposed rate hike by American Water Inc., which has 283,000 customers in the state, including in Noblesville and Greenwood.

The Indianapolis Department of Waterworks today unveiled a capital-improvements proposal that would raise water rates for the average residential customer by 35 percent, or $8 a month.

Already swamped with higher debt costs due to a bond refinancing fiasco, the city’s Department of Waterworks is asking the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to OK a rate hike to pay for capital projects.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cap and trade could lead us to a much cleaner, more prosperous future or it could devastate our economy.

In a move to delay construction of expensive new generating capacity, Indianapolis Power & Light wants to roll out "smart" electric meters to help customers conserve electricity.

Four Indiana public interest groups are complaining Gov. Mitch Daniels is ignoring a public records request they made Oct. 29 regarding Daniels' support of a Duke Energy coal gasification plant being built in Edwardsport.

Legislation filed in the Indiana General Assembly this year seeks renewable energy mandates, stricter building codes throughout Indiana.

Sugar Creek Utility Co. wants the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to grant it rate relief for the 84-lot manufactured housing community Riley Village.

An 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.