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10/16/25

CAC Urges Rejection of AES Indiana's Sweetheart Deal With City of Indianapolis, Large Electric Users

CAC calls on the IURC to reject an unbalanced proposed settlement agreement filed yesterday in AES Indiana’s rate case. The settlement would result in a 6.51% base rate increase for residential customers, while commercial and industrial customers only...

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9/22/25

Stop Mike's Hikes

CAC today launched “Stop Mike’s Hikes,” a new accountability campaign calling on Gov. Mike Braun to answer for skyrocketing electricity bills and change misguided energy decisions that are hurting Hoosier families and small businesses.

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9/9/25

IURC Must Consider Affordability in AES Rate Case

CAC filed testimony in the AES rate case urging the IURC to take strong action to protect residential ratepayers experiencing inexcusably poor service at increasingly unaffordable rates.

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7/22/25

Monopoly Electric Utilities Slam Hoosiers with Historic Bill Hikes

A damning new analysis by Citizens Action Coalition (CAC) exposes how Indiana’s monopoly utilities have imposed the most severe electric bill increases on residential customers in at least two decades — with some families paying nearly $50 more a...

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5/9/25

IURC Must Reject Expensive & Risky Duke Gas Plant

CAC and Vote Solar, with the assistance of Earthjustice, filed testimony recommending that the IURC approve the retirement of Duke's Cayuga coal units, reject the proposed natural gas units, and instruct Duke Energy to expand distributed energy...

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2/23/25

CAC Applauds Governor for Concern About Ratepayers

CAC urges Gov. Braun to use the power of his office to protect struggling Hoosier ratepayers and veto HB1007, SB423, & SB424, which force captive utility ratepayers to assume all the financial risk for pre-construction costs related to SMRs.

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2/7/25

CAC to IURC: Reject Unbalanced NIPSCO Settlement Agreement

An unbalanced settlement has been proposed in NIPSCO’s pending rate case that would target Hoosier families with larger rate increases so large and politically connected commercial and industrial customers can get smaller increases.

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12/20/24

CAC to IURC: Affordability Must Be Considered in NIPSCO Rate Case

CAC filed the testimony of Program Director, Ben Inskeep, asking the IURC to reject NIPSCO's radical $42/month rate hike and remind NIPSCO that utility affordability is a priority and a requirement under the law.

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10/15/24

CAC Calls for Data Center Moratorium

CAC calls on state legislators to enact a moratorium on new “hyperscaler” data centers used to power artificial intelligence, and to create a task force to study what policies should be adopted before lifting the moratorium.

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10/1/24

CAC Opposes Citizens Water Grab to Subsidize LEAP Boondoggle

Proposal would divert up to $700 million in federal and state funding earmarked for improving drinking water quality to provide LEAP up to 25 million gallons per day.

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