State leaders are betting big on small modular reactors, or SMRs, a new form or a form of nuclear technology they believe could power Indiana's energy future and bring investment and jobs to the state.... Read More
The announcement comes about a month after NiSource subsidiary NIPSCO received regulatory approval to establish a new spin-off company designed specifically to deal with large-load customers such as data centers.... Read More
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission on Wednesday approved a settlement between Duke Energy Indiana and large Indiana coal producers to possibly sell coal units that were expected to be replaced by natural gas units to a third party.... Read More
The plan calls for efforts to mitigate future cost impacts of necessary critical investments on customers with no potential rate adjustments anticipated until 2029 or later, CenterPoint said.... Read More
Columbus-based Toyota Material Handling North America has announced a strategic investment in Advanced Charging Technologies, a forklift battery and charging company headquartered in Fountain Valley, California.... Read More
The Starke County Parks Board said the funding, which will be dispersed over a 15-year period, will help fund electrical improvements, maintenance and future projects across the park system.... Read More
All but two of Indianapolis’ 25 city-county councilors have signed letters to state utility leaders opposing a proposed settlement that city officials announced with AES Indiana to reduce the utility’s requested electricity rate hike.... Read More
The Olive-Reynolds 345 kV Transmission Line Rebuild project is designed to improve the operational performance of the electric grid by replacing aging infrastructure, Fort Wayne-based Indiana Michigan Power said.... Read More
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Nominating Committee’s members met in executive session Monday and reviewed 47 applications for three open seats on the five-member commission. Twenty-two people will be interviewed.... Read More
Evansville native Michael Roeder was named president of the Houston-based company’s Indiana service area, a newly created role. CenterPoint Energy serves more than 775,000 gas customers and more than 150,000 electric customers in Indiana.... Read More
New details on a large data center in Morgan County show the $1 billion project could end up using 1,200 megawatts of power—about twice the annual usage of all of AES Indiana’s residential customers each year. ... Read More
The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, which acts on behalf of utility customers, on Thursday said it opposed a settlement plan disclosed hours earlier. ... Read More
The Ratts 1 and Heirloom Solar projects represent nearly $400 million in investment and will provide enough energy to power the equivalent of 28,000 homes annually.... Read More
The Financial Times reported this week that AES, the parent of utility provider AES Indiana, is in advanced discussions to sell to BlackRock Inc. subsidiary Global Infrastructure Partners in a deal potentially valued at around $38 billion.... Read More
The latest Clean Jobs America report — published by San Francisco-based business group Environmental Entrepreneurs, or E2 — indicated that clean energy occupations across the United States grew by 2.8% in 2024, adding nearly 100,000 jobs.... Read More
After more than a year of construction, Fort Wayne-based WaterFurnace International has cut the ribbon on its $14 million headquarters expansion. The 173,000-square-foot addition nearly triples the amount of space for the geothermal HVAC manufacturer.... Read More
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has given the green light for Merrillville-based Northern Indiana Public Service Co. to establish a new subsidiary, GenCo, designed to provide power to data centers.... Read More
Members of the General Assembly heard from consultants Wednesday about the potential benefits of setting utility rates over multiple years — rather than approving them annually.... Read More
Our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana report the Merrillville-based utility has filed its plan with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to build the 2,300-megawatt facility at the R.M. Schahfer Generating Station in Wheatfield.... Read More
On Tuesday, Braun issued an open call for candidates to join the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. Braun has recently called upon the state’s utility watchdogs to lower prices, saying the cost of electric bills is another “financial burden” for Hoosiers.... Read More
