April 18, 2013
Dan HumanA state investigation has turned up possible environmental-rule violations by a Fishers-based utility company related to the
sewage overflow last December.
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April 11, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinAs citizens of Zionsville, residents of the Royal Run subdivision have had little recourse against the Whitestown-owned water
utility that charges them 78 percent more than its customers to the north.
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February 21, 2013
Chris O'MalleyThe Indianapolis-based utility said the average residential water customer would see monthly water bills increase from $31
to $34.
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February 9, 2013
The biggest contributor to an $11.8 million loss in 2012 was the wastewater unit it bought from the city the year before.
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October 6, 2012
Chris O'MalleyThe $91 million water and sewer deal is expected to improve water distribution between northeast and northwest suburbs.
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September 22, 2012
Gas, water and sewer charges will be consolidated into one mailing to reap savings promised in merger of gas, water utilities.
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April 26, 2012
Associated PressWork is starting on an 8-mile-long tunnel under the south side of Indianapolis that is the first major part of a $1.6 billion
project aimed at reducing the release of raw sewage into the city's rivers.
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March 3, 2012
Cost-savings tied to the purchase of the city's water and sewer utilities are also expected to be realized sooner than predicted.
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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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November 15, 2011
Michael W. Hoskins, IBJ StaffThe Supreme Court of the United States agreed Monday to review a case that questions whether the city of Indianapolis violated
the U.S. Constitution in how it handled refunds for residents who paid assessments on local sewer projects.
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September 29, 2011
J.K. WallAecom, a global firm that also is one of the companies rebuilding the World Trade Center site in New York City, designed the
Deep Rock Tunnel Connector, the linchpin of a tunnel system the city will build to handle sewage overflows during rain storms.
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August 27, 2011
IBJ StaffStock-market swoon contributes to favorable terms on purchase of city's water, sewer systems.
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August 26, 2011
Indianapolis and Beech Grove wrapped up their decade-old dispute prior to the city's official transfer of its water and wastewater
utilities to Citizens Energy Group.
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August 6, 2011
Francesca JaroszA new state law that alters the public bidding process could add complication and possibly millions of dollars to a soon-to-be-bid
segment of a massive Indianapolis sewer project.
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May 9, 2011
Cory SchoutenCity officials are seeking bidders for the first phase of Indianapolis' largest-ever public works project, an underground
tunnel system equipped to store millions of gallons of raw sewage and prevent the excrement from flowing into local waterways.
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April 29, 2011
IBJ StaffThe price to get big industrial firms like Eli Lilly and Co., National Starch and Rolls-Royce Corp. to support the sale of
the city’s water and sewer utilities to Citizens Energy Group is at least $1.5 million.
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April 23, 2011
Chris O'MalleyRatepayers would pay no more than $14 million to cover charges associated with Citizens' purchase of Indianapolis water and
sewer utilities. Some say the capped amount is too much.
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April 13, 2011
Associated PressA not-for-profit public trust that wants to buy Indianapolis' water and sewer utilities has agreed to document all of
the savings it says the $1.9 billion deal would create. State regulators still must approve the transaction.
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December 4, 2010
Chris O'MalleyCitizens Energy previously said not using the bonds would add about $100 million to the cost of the deal over 30 years.
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November 8, 2010
Associated PressThe new plan includes an accelerated construction schedule for the city's efforts to reduce sewage overflows from systems
that carry both storm runoff and sanitary waste.
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August 21, 2010
Chris O'MalleyIf Citizens Energy can successfully manage and mitigate over the next two years the city's lingering legal and contractual
obligations involving the water and sewer utilities Citizens is negotiating to buy, the city can hang onto an extra $25 million
in the deal.
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August 19, 2010
Chris O'MalleyThe city's AAA bond rating boosts proceeds to $153.8 million. It originally expected $140 million for street, bridge and
sidewalk projects.
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July 27, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressCity-County Council members voted 19-10 Monday night to approve Republican Mayor Greg Ballard’s $1.9 billion plan to
transfer Indianapolis’ water and sewer utilities to Citizens Energy Group.
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July 26, 2010
IBJ StaffA plan to transfer the city's water and sewer utilities to Citizens Energy Group faces a key vote Monday night at a meeting
of the City-County Council.
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May 22, 2010
IBJ StaffGreater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis support sale of water, sewer utilities.
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Three Magi
Cats out of the bag. The object of the game is to get acquired. That means the company has no idea how to grow beyond a certain point. Email is a 1990s technology. I have laughed at this company since day one. Such a small bit player. If it was anywhere but here, it wouldn't be newsworthy.
Esther, Indy has passed Chicago in the local government corruption arena. Don't downgrade us. We're No. 1 in the Midwest.
Does the buyer get to keep the recent Accu-Chek J.D. Power award? Be careful, those Swiss cannot be trusted. Last June they pimped Mayor Ballard and former Governor Daniels at a media op, announcing plans to invest "$300 million at its Indianapolis headquarters, creating up to 100 new jobs by 2017," only to turn around and close the Roche Nutley, NJ facility and eliminate 1000 jobs there later the same week. It seems that healthcare can be innovated only as long as money is to be made. Right now Roche seems to have big eyes for China: there are many Chinese in China and potential billions in Swiss francs! Since Roche is having difficulty with US insurance companies swallowing the bill for overpriced cancer drugs (with debatable efficacy) why not sell insurance to the Chinese and market the drugs to them there? There is a name for these sort of business practices however proper decorum precludes it use in this forum.
Same kind of Luddites who oppose I-69. Guessing their 501(c)(4) application probably sailed right through the IRS.