LEADING QUESTIONS: IPL chief takes charge
Ann Murtlow describes taking control of the troubled utility and how she handles the demands of serving on a dozen different boards.
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IPL mulling hydroelectric power on Ohio River
Expecting to be burned by greenhouse gas legislation that will make electricity generated from coal costly, Indianapolis Power
& Light is studying whether to buy power from two hydroelectric projects proposed for the Ohio River, near Evansville.
IPL settles $190M dispute, resumes wind farm project
Indianapolis 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.
IPL retirees, union continue fight over plan funding
Retirees re-energize legal battle against IPL, seek rehearing in Court of Appeals over post-retirement funding case that could
cost utility $100 million.
IPL sues engineering consultant over Eagle Valley discharge
Indianapolis Power and Light Co. is suing its engineering consultant over an industrial accident that spilled 30 million
gallons of polluted water into White River.
IPL retirees lose appeal over retirement benefits
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.
IPL: Changing tree-trimming policy could cost utility $100M
Indianapolis Power & Light Co. made the claim in testimony submitted to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission as part
of a hearing investigating complaints that the utility’s tree-trimming policies are too aggressive.
EPA: IPL electric plant upgrades were deficient
Indianapolis Power & Light faces potential fines and capital expenditures after allegedly updating three generating
plants over 23 years without adding the most modern pollution controls.
Horizon Wind Energy opens its first Indiana wind farm
At full tilt, the units of Meadow Lake I Wind Farm in Brookston can generate about 200 megawatts, enough
to power 60,000 average size homes in a year.
Denison light-replacement project shows expanding base of green vendors in region
Indianapolis parking garage operator Denison shuns sexy LED lighting for Fishers supplier’s induction lights.
Indiana lands $39.4M in power-grid stimulus grants
IPL will receive $20 million to help pay for a $48.8 million project to install more than 28,000 smart meters; Midwest ISO
will get $17.3 million toward a $34.5 million project to install 150 phasor measurement units.
Indianapolis utility could buy Lake Monroe water
Indianapolis Power & Light Co. has agreed to a 20-year contract with a state agency to potentially draw millions of gallons
of water from southern Indiana’s Lake Monroe.
Utilities favor federal carbon dioxide permit-trading plan
Resigned to inevitable government curbs on their carbon dioxide emissions, about
all Indiana utilities could do was say which poison they’d prefer to swallow. They’re closer to
getting their favorite poison, with the U.S. House passage June 26 of a bill that would create a market
for trading carbon dioxide permits.
IPL wins retiree benefit dispute
Indianapolis Power & Light could have been on the hook for more than $100 million in retirement benefits, but a ruling this month by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission allows IPL to keep the money.
Union says utility owes $115M
In a case with huge financial implications for Indianapolis Power & Light and Virginia parent AES Corp., a labor union and
16 IPL retirees have asked regulators to force the utility to pay up to $115 million to back-fund a retirement plan it spun
off in 2001.
Utilities seek new sources of renewable electric power
The glacial-but-steady move to renewable-energy sources by Indiana’s coal-dominated electric utilities is picking up speed
and could spur demand for locally manufactured power-plant components.
IPL cites project overruns as reason for rate hike
The cost of a pollution-control project at Indianapolis Power & Light’s Harding Street generating station has soared over
budget by $60 million, or 38 percent, and the utility wants its 465,000 customers in Marion County and nine others to help
foot the bill.
IPL plan secrecy brings rebuke from watchdog group
The state’s public access counselor says Indiana’s utility regulators failed to make a legal case for keeping information
about Indianapolis Power & Light’s controversial “Elect Plan” out of public view.
IPL seeks to expand green plans
Electric customers would gain new payment options and more access to “green power,” and Indianapolis Power & Light would have more opportunities to profit, under a plan the utility filed Aug. 23 with state regulators.