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Utilities
Customer-service jobs likely casualty in utility merger
October 4, 2010
Chris O'MalleyConsultant finds 23 or so customer-service jobs may be unneeded after Citizens Energy acquires city water and sewer utilities.
Administrative jobs may also be on bubble, though most savings are from capital-related expenses.
MoreConsumer groups call for Duke to cancel Edwardsport project
September 25, 2010
Chris O'MalleyA proposed settlement between the utility and industrial customers would temporarily cap the cost of the plant, which is $1
billion more than initial estimates.
MoreIPL identifies locations for electric car charging stations
September 18, 2010
Chris O'MalleyThe utility plans an aggressive rollout of charging stations with the imminent arrival of electric cars, such as the Nissan
Leaf, due in showrooms this December.
MoreIndiana panel's proposal would expand net metering
September 7, 2010
Associated PressThe draft net metering rule would boost the state's power cap for renewable power units and expand it to all customer classes
served by electric utilities.
MoreLEADING QUESTIONS: IPL chief takes charge
September 1, 2010
Mason King
Ann Murtlow describes taking
control of the troubled utility and how she handles the demands of serving on a dozen different boards.
Smooth utility deal carries potential bonus for city
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.
MoreCity lands $13.8M more than expected from water deal
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.
MoreBattery-maker EnerDel eyes utility power-storage market
August 14, 2010
Chris O'MalleyLocally based EnerDel Inc. has been riding high on prospects its lithium-ion batteries will be in hot demand to power plug-in
electric vehicles, but another market might be larger. A Piper Jaffray report estimates the global market for batteries used
to store electricity on utility power grids could be $600 billion over 10 years.
MoreIndiana counselor 'deeply concerned' about Duke plant
August 9, 2010
Associated PressIndiana Utility Consumer Counselor David Stippler's comments came four months after Duke Energy revealed the cost of its southwestern
Indiana plant had grown to nearly $2.9 billion, or about twice the project's original 2007 estimate.
MoreEDITORIAL: City needs to keep momentum from utilities deal
July 31, 2010
We’re happy to see that partisanship didn’t sink Mayor Greg Ballard’s plan to sell Indianapolis’
water and sewer utilities to Citizens Energy Group. Now city leaders need to make sure they spend the money wisely.
MoreCouncil advances utilities transfer proposal
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.
MoreKey vote ahead for utilities transfer
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.
MoreWater, sewer utility sale passes another hurdle
July 20, 2010
IBJ StaffSale of city's water and sewer utilities faces showdown on Monday with full council vote.
MoreProposed air pollution rule could cost utilities
July 17, 2010
Chris O'MalleyIndiana’s utilities are scrambling to assess the cost of tighter air pollution limits proposed this month by the Environmental
Protection Agency that could drive up electric rates.
MoreWind energy transmission raises equity questions
July 10, 2010
Associated PressTransmission lines costing about $16 billion are needed to move wind energy into the electric grid. But the cost has sparked
a debate over who should pay for getting the power from where it is made to where it is consumed.
MoreLEADING QUESTIONS: Telamon CEO adopts unorthodox style
July 7, 2010
Mason King
Albert Chen, founder of Telamon Corp., revels in a messy desk, espouses
the benefits of humility, and admires Warren Buffett.
Utility user fees to be diverted
July 3, 2010
A [wrong] is being perpetrated on the citizens
of Indianapolis by our city-county councilors, Mayor Greg Ballard and the board of Citizens Energy, by negotiating a “sale”
of the water company to Citizens.
MoreWater, sewer sale clears another hurdle
June 11, 2010
IBJ StaffThe $1.9 billion deal still needs the OK of the City-County Council and state regulators.
MoreLocal firm to manage city's infrastructure initiative
May 26, 2010
IBJ StaffAmerican Structurepoint has been tapped by the Department of Public Works as program manager for the city’s “RebuildIndy”
infrastructure-improvement initiative.
MoreBusiness groups bless Mayor Ballard's utility sale plan
May 22, 2010
IBJ StaffGreater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis support sale of water, sewer utilities.
MoreWind energy jobs sought at Dallas trade show
May 19, 2010
IBJ StaffAn economic development squad is heading to Dallas to woo wind-energy firms. Indiana ranked second in the nation last year
in
adding wind-generating capacity.
MoreState cites Veolia Water over safety concerns
May 17, 2010
Chris O'MalleyVeolia Water is contesting three "serious" safety penalties involving a gas line strike. IOSHA alleges utility failed
to instruct employees and properly determine location of lines.
MoreIPL settles $190M dispute, resumes wind farm project
May 17, 2010
Chris O'MalleyIndianapolis Power & Light tilted at wind farm developer by terminating its contract. Now a new agreement avoids the potential
$190 million in damages enXco sought against the local utility.
MoreDUNN: Let's utilize Indiana's energy resources
May 15, 2010
Peter DunnRecent events in the Gulf of Mexico have placed considerable focus
on the everyday contributions the men and women in the oil and natural gas industry make to help fuel and power our way of
life.
MoreDuke Energy downsizes smart-grid plans
May 15, 2010
Chris O'MalleyDuke Energy has dramatically scaled back its proposed "smart" electric grid rollout, five months after regulators rejected
an initial, $445 million plan.
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First, the Athenaeum is going to have to get past the hurdle with the Lockerbie residents and the agreement that the parcel would be residential. Second, and in my opinion, this prime piece of property should include parking, PLUS, a black box theater(s), some market rate and affordable artist housing and a plan to renovate and reconfigure the second story theater. I would negotiate to add the DeHaan property surface parking lot into the development mix, place a one story surface parking garage on the DeHaan lot on the street level (for the Dehaan tenants use during the daytime) and add a second story to the garage that would become an addition to the current second story theater and then change the direction of the theater by moving the stage across the alley and on top of the DeHaan lot parking. You can add all the stage elements that are currently missing from the Athenaeum stage to make it more attractive for use by Ballet, Opera and traveling productions. Plus, the theater changes would probably help solve some of the soundproofing issues. Alas,it does not seem to be a part of the strategic plan to conduct a study to determine best use of the property. Seems like the current plan is a quick and easy move that ignores the property best use/potential and any strategic property planning for the effect on future generations.
I recall that MSA's pilings are still in the ground and hard to remove. It’s not likely any proposal will include significant underground construction/parking because of this. Start adding 2 floors of retail, 8 floors of parking and 5-10 floors of possible hotel, and/or 10-20 floors of residential, and you are at 30 floors already with possible expansion of all the uses. But then again I could be wrong.
Accoriding to their website there is no deadline to the Do Not Call list. What is this article referring to??
On what planet are they entitled to this largesse from the stockholders? These people make multi-million dollar salaries: Pay for your own personal travel.
It matters because they're already paid enormously fat salaries: Pay for your own personal travel. Being "taxed on it" isn't a valid excuse--so what? They're still being gifted a raft of luxury perks from somebody else's money on top of an enormous, lavish salary.