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Community groups press regulators on AES rate increase as data-center growth fuels local opposition
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Kelly Hammond, with Citizens Action Coalition, told a neighborhood gathering that AES Indiana has proposed a large rate increase and that the regulatory process remains open until regulators issue a final decision in the spring.
Kelly Hammond, with Citizens Action Coalition, told a neighborhood gathering that AES Indiana has proposed a large rate increase and that the regulatory process remains open until regulators issue a final decision in the spring.
"AES wants a big old rate increase," Hammond said, describing a sequence of public field hearings and subsequent filings by intervening parties and regulators.
Hammond said roughly 89 people testified in opposition across four field hearings and that the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) reported an unusually large public record for this case. She also said the state Office of Utility Consumer Counselor recommended against granting AES a rate increase and, in its filing, recommended a decrease.
The local turnout, Hammond said, prompted community…
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