CAC Applauds Chairman; Atterholt urges outside investigation

The Citizens Action coalition applauds new IURC Chairman James D. Atterholt on his decision to audit cases overseen by former Chief Administrative Law Judge Scott Storms, who is now on administrative leave with Duke Energy.  The cases to be re-...

Unanswered Questions Remaining in IURC Ethics Controversy Preclude Pre-Judging Probe Outcome

Today the Citizens Action Coalition electronically delivered a letter to Governor Daniels outlining its concerns that the problems at the IURC go well beyond the "bad judgment" of two people.  CAC believes that important, unanswered questions...

Duke Energy seeks more customer money for Edwardsport despite Governor’s call to investigate regulators' recent Duke decisions

Duke Energy will be before State regulators once again on Thursday October, 7 seeking millions of dollars more from captive ratepayers to finance its unneeded, overly expensive, and problem plagued coal gasification plant currently under construction...

Old Questions Remain, New Questions Arise in Duke’s hiring of Judge Storms

New information from the Ethics Commission adds to an already lengthy list of questions yet to be addressed by either Duke Energy or Judge Storms himself pertaining to the utilities hiring of the now former State Regulator.

Duke Energy’s recent hirings raise ethics questions

The recent announcement by Duke Energy Indiana that it has hired Scott Storms, the current General Counsel and Chief Administrative Law Judge at the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, raises serious concerns about the relationship...

Settlement on Edwardsport IGCC BAD for Indiana

Today, a coalition of consumer and environmental watchdog groups announced their opposition to the recently filed settlement agreement pertaining to the Edwardsport IGGC power plant currently under construction in Knox County, IN.   

The...

EXPERT: SNG Plant raw deal for ratepayers

Testimony was filed with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission in opposition to a murky, risk shifting plan for a coal-gasification plant proposed by New York- based Leucadia Corp. for Rockport, IN. ...