May 4, 2012
Bloomberg NewsDuke Energy Corp. said first-quarter profit fell 42 percent after a regulatory settlement in Indiana increased costs and mild
weather reduced heating demand.
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April 30, 2012
Associated PressDuke Energy Corp. has agreed to cap the cost of its troubled coal-gasification plant in southwestern Indiana at $2.6 billion,
or about $700 million less than the expected cost of construction, as part of a proposed settlement announced Monday.
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February 28, 2012
IBJ StaffCitizens Energy Group says savings from combining the city’s water and sewer utilities will be 13 percent higher than
expected and come two years sooner than previously predicted.
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February 16, 2012
Scott OlsonIn a filing earlier this month, the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator Inc. told federal regulators that a mechanical
failure in September contaminated the data center.
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February 14, 2012
Associated PressA utility executive told a legislative committee Tuesday that a drop in natural gas prices as a result of the nation's
shale-gas boom have made a proposed southern Indiana coal-gasification plant a project "whose time has passed."
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December 8, 2011
The Carmel-based not-for-profit's long-term plan recommends 215 new transmission infrastructure projects to improve reliability
of its electric grid.
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September 20, 2011
Associated PressCharlotte-based Duke Energy and Raleigh-based Progress Energy want to combine into one company with more than 7 million customers
in the Carolinas, Florida, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.
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July 21, 2011
Associated PressMany states hit hardest by this week's searing heat wave have drastically cut or entirely eliminated programs that help
poor people pay their electric bills, forcing thousands to go without air conditioning when they need it most.
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July 8, 2011
Chris O'MalleyThe Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor has filed a blistering rebuke of Duke Energy Corp. for the high cost of its
Edwardsport coal-gasification plant and has asked regulators to deny Duke’s request to charge ratepayers $530 million
for cost overruns.
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May 2, 2011
Chris O'MalleyOpponents say the legislation shifts clean-energy risks to ratepayers and protects utility shareholders. Utilities say they
need the legislation to help them comply with federal pollution mandates.
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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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February 21, 2011
Associated PressIndiana utility regulators will hold two additional field hearings to take public comment on Duke Energy's request to
pass along to ratepayers the $2.9 billion cost of a coal-gasification plant being built near Edwardsport in southwestern Indiana.
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February 19, 2011
Chris O'MalleyIndiana’s utilities have energetically sought legislation this session that would allow them to quickly charge ratepayers
for the cost of new federal mandates to reduce pollution.
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February 10, 2011
Associated PressA bill that would allow Indiana's utilities to quickly pass onto their customers some of the costs of planning nuclear
power plants is advancing in the General Assembly.
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February 4, 2011
Chris O'MalleyProposals would mitigate rate spikes, says utility industry. Consumer groups call proposed legislation a rubber stamp for
utilities.
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February 2, 2011
IBJ Staff and Associated PressRegulators have approved a 26-percent rate increase for Indianapolis water customers, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
announced Wednesday, less than the 33.4-percent increase requested.
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February 1, 2011
Associated PressConsumer advocates are calling for Indiana regulators to appoint an independent investigator to look into whether Duke Energy
Corp. used undue influence to win state approval for a nearly $3 billion coal-gasification plant.
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November 16, 2010
Chris O'MalleyCost pressures could eat away at $2.9 billion Edwardsport project's contingency fund, leaving no room for unexpected costs
during startup and testing, Duke told the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.
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October 16, 2010
Chris O'MalleyA Duke Energy case handled by an Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission lawyer—while he jockeyed for a job with the utility—is
headed to the Indiana Court of Appeals.
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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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July 20, 2010
IBJ StaffSale of city's water and sewer utilities faces showdown on Monday with full council vote.
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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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April 20, 2010
Chris O'MalleyCity-County Building energy-efficiency upgrades are set to be unveiled Tuesday afternoon. The nearly 50-year old landmark
is the centerpiece of the city's greener-building initiative.
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Any "Domestic Partner Registry" is subject to significant fraud just like the recent media investigation showing huge problems with the Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry.
What prevents people from claiming benefits from more than one employer for more than one "partner"?
Don't see the HR department conducting sex & committed relationship audits with home visits?
Words cannot adequated express how riduculous this is. How can anyone go from 8.8 million to 29.2 million (thanks for the $4 gas prices by the way)??
As the city is increasing employee costs, lowering insurance coverages, and completely dropping city/county benefit coverage for employed spouses/kids employed elsewhere, they want to start covering homosexual partners, girl/boy friends, and unemployed room mates?
"At the heart of the change, said Speedway executives, is creating an event that is more friendly toward the track’s corporate partners." What about the fan? For the first time in my 15 years going to the track, I was confined to three small, cramped sections of turn 4 on Pole Day. Not enjoyable. Sponsors banners may generate revenue in the short term, but I don't see IMS/IndyCar doing anything to make the product they are selling more desirable. Sponsors only come where the fans are, so seems to me they have to do something to get more fans in the seats before selling advertising space on the walls. And 220 MPH ain't going to do it!
TV ratings anyone? Name a driver that is not Penske or Ganassi? Ads on the turns? "It's a business..." that is the problem. It's racing and they are ruining it. Tony H. is spinning.