In September 2023, NIPSCO filed with the IURC to charge customers at least $641.2 MILLION to build a new dirty fossil gas peaker plant that will operate less than 20% of the year. The projected $641.2 million price tag is an estimate; NIPSCO indicates the cost of the plant could increase by as much as 30%.
Ben Inskeep, CAC Program Director, asked the IURC to reject AES Indiana’s proposed rate increase, and lower the residential monthly fixed charge and the profit margin included in the rates that customers pay to AES Indiana. Mr. Inskeep concluded that AES Indiana’s proposed rate increase would impose an extraordinary additional financial burden on Indianapolis families who are already struggling to cope with an acute unaffordability crisis. The case is docketed before the IURC as Cause No. 45911.
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