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May 5, 2021 / 09:19 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Utilities went four months without cutting off service to a single customer during the coronavirus pandemic. When a government-mandated moratorium ended, service disconnections skyrocketed and, in some cases, more than doubled compared to same time a year earlier.  When utility companies started to cut off service, many of had already came to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission asking for rate increases. According to numbers obtained by News 8 from the state government, AES Indiana, the former Indianapolis Power & Light Co., cut off s...

Republican States Block Natural Gas Bans As initiatives to ban natural gas ramp up in some U.S. cities, especially Democrat-led cities, a growing number of Republican-introduced bills are seeking to preemptively quash any such bans on a statewide level. Berkeley, California, was one of the first cities to implement a natural gas ban. Some cities in Washington, New York, and Massachusetts have followed suit. Most bans prohibit natural gas hookups in new construction only, but some have goals to gradually implement the bans in existing homes. Iowa and Kansas passed state laws this month to proh...

Efforts to send a message that Indiana is open for business to renewables came to an abrupt stop on Tuesday night. A bill that would have established some statewide standards for wind and solar projects — but was amended to grandfather in counties' more restrictive ordinances — died on the Senate floor.  Despite significant amendments that had House Bill 1381 doing a '180 degree turn' and handing more authority back to local governments, local control concerns still lingered, according to the bill's senate sponsor Sen. Mark Messmer, R-Jasper.  On the Senate floor Tuesday night, after...

Carbon Market Bill Now Tied to Legal Protections for Unproven Carbon Capture Project Senate Bill 373 originally set the foundation for a carbon market clearinghouse in Indiana, but could now protect a state-authorized carbon capture and sequestration company from lawsuits. Enrique Saenz April 8, 2021 An amendment attached to a bill originally intended to establish the foundations for a carbon market registration program in Indiana threatens to sink the bill in its current form. Senate Bill 373 seeks to establish a carbon market registration program that facilita...

Indiana lawmakers amend environment bills as deadlines near By CASEY SMITHApril 4, 2021 GMT INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Dozens of amendments to bills affecting Indiana environmental policy have sparked debate among lawmakers as the Legislature enters its final stretch of the session. The proposed changes arrive as members of the General Assembly decide whether the state should adopt greener initiatives or scale back current policy protecting water, energy and other resources. One bill under consideration by the full House would create a state-sponsored carbon market in Indiana that allows companies...