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Dry cleaners' solvents taint Martinsville's water
November 3, 2012
Chris O'MalleyThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed placing the city of Martinsville on its Superfund priority list,
citing groundwater contamination traced to several former dry cleaning shops in the heart of town.
MoreBackers of 30-year gas-purchase deal to press on
October 30, 2012
Associated PressThe Indiana Finance Authority and Indiana Gasification LLC plan to amend a 30-year contract that obligates the state to buy
the company's synthetic natural gas. The move is in reaction to an appeals court ruling that reversed regulators'
approval of the deal.
MoreCommunications firm Metronet plants flag in Indy area
October 13, 2012
IBJ StaffThe Evansville company plans to install more than 200 miles of fiber-optic lines in Franklin.
MoreCitizens' Westfield utility acquisition will help with broader system needs
October 6, 2012
Chris O'MalleyThe $91 million water and sewer deal is expected to improve water distribution between northeast and northwest suburbs.
MoreChrysler drives off with $2.5M refund from Duke Energy
October 5, 2012
Chris O'MalleyThe automaker had claimed in a complaint to the state that Duke acted in "draconian" fashion by holding onto the
seven-figure deposit for service at its Kokomo plant since 2009.
MoreVectren agrees to settlement in Indiana gas explosion
September 25, 2012
Associated PressVectren Corp. has agreed to pay $75,000 in penalties and take other steps in response to a natural gas explosion that destroyed
a southern Indiana home and injured five people.
MoreCitizens agrees to buy Westfield utilities for $91M
September 24, 2012
The proposed sale to Citizens Energy Group would include Westfield's water and wastewater utilities. Citizens bought water
utilities from the city of Indianapolis last year for $1.9 billion.
MoreCitizens Energy to roll out combined bills
September 22, 2012
Gas, water and sewer charges will be consolidated into one mailing to reap savings promised in merger of gas, water utilities.
MoreIndiana's wind power industry faces unclear future
September 17, 2012
Associated PressIndiana's once-promising wind-power industry is facing an uncertain future as Congress debates whether to renew a tax
credit that's set to expire by the end of the year.
MoreMayor lifts city’s water-use restrictions
September 4, 2012
Beginning Wednesday, city residents can water their lawns, wash their cars and fill swimming pools without facing fines. Fishers
also lifted its conservation order, effective Saturday.
MoreWater utility eyes rate hikes to promote conservation
August 31, 2012
Chris O'MalleyCitizens Water is considering changes in the way it bills customers to conserve water during future droughts. Among the changes
could be periodic rate hikes to discourage heavy usage on peak days.
MoreUtilities to get bill for damaged grid-control room
August 27, 2012
IBJ StaffA Carmel not-for-profit that monitors the electric grid in 11 states and part of Canada plans to pass on to its member utilities
and transmission-line operators $5.4 million in costs resulting from damage to its local data center last September.
MoreToyota, Duke to test electric-vehicle technology in Indiana
August 22, 2012
Chris O'MalleyToyota Motor Corp. will test and refine electric-vehicle-charging technology in the Indianapolis area under a partnership
with Duke Energy Corp. announced Wednesday morning.
MoreTransmission line would bring more wind power to Indiana
August 17, 2012
Chris O'MalleyIndiana electric utilities choking on federal environmental rules that threaten their coal and oil-powered generating stations
might be able to tap wind power generated in the plains states starting in 2017.
MoreRegulators order Duke, Progress to disclose deals
August 15, 2012
Associated PressNorth Carolina utilities regulators have ordered Duke Energy and Progress Energy to detail some of the deals they cut with
major customers before their merger earlier this year.
MoreEntergy faces hurdle to joining transmission pact
August 13, 2012
Associated PressArkansas regulators want guarantees that their authority will be preserved if Entergy Corp.'s utilities join Carmel-based
regional transmission group MISO, raising questions about whether the deal will go through.
MoreIndianapolis airport power contract up for bid
August 11, 2012
Proposals from firms seeking to manage and operate Indianapolis International Airport’s central energy plant must be
received by 2 p.m. Sept. 5.
More$14M legal tab touches off new skirmish in Duke case
August 4, 2012
Chris O'MalleyCitizens Action Coalition, Sierra Club, Save the Valley and Valley Watch are hoping questions over legal fees the utility
agreed to pay attorneys for industrial customers scuttle a deal over cost overruns at the $3.3 billion Edwardsport coal gasification
plant.
MoreDuke Energy earnings creep up on higher rates
August 2, 2012
Associated PressDuke Energy Corp.’s earnings rose 2 percent in the second quarter on higher electric rates, but newly acquired subsidiary
Progress Energy saw earnings plummet as a result of planned nuclear plant outages.
MoreN.C. regulators hire law firm to probe Duke Energy
August 1, 2012
Associated PressNorth Carolina utilities regulators said Wednesday they have hired a former federal prosecutor with experience digging into
corporate affairs to reveal whether regulators were misled ahead of a takeover that created America's largest electric
company.
MoreJudge won't dismiss charge against ex-utility boss
July 31, 2012
Associated PressA judge has refused to dismiss an official misconduct charge against Indiana's former top utility regulator, David Lott
Hardy.
MoreLegal drama over Duke Energy merger lingers
July 30, 2012
Associated PressThe investigations into whether regulators and consumers were misled in the run-up to the merger of North Carolina's two
Fortune 500 energy companies could continue quietly for months after a deadline arrives next week.
MoreWater utility exploring drastic options to satisfy long-term demand
July 28, 2012
Chris O'MalleyCitizens Water engineers are considering various methods, both short-term and long-term, to meet increasing demand on the
water supply of Indiana’s largest metro area, which might need 50 million gallons more water per day as early as five
years from now.
MoreIPL agrees to buy solar power from Sunrise Energy Ventures
July 28, 2012
The Minnesota-based firm plans to generate the power at three, 10-megawatt sites in IPL's service territory.
MoreEx-Progress CEO says Duke tried to nix merger amid tensions
July 19, 2012
Bloomberg NewsBill Johnson, the man who was CEO of Duke Energy Corp. for eight hours after its $17.8 billion takeover of Progress Energy
Inc., began testifying Thursday to the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
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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.