Indiana Appeals Court Rules That Regulators ‘Impermissibly’ Let Duke Raise Rates for Coal Cleanup

Indiana Appeals Court Rules That Regulators ‘Impermissibly’ Let Duke Raise Rates for Coal Cleanup

WISH-TV STATEWIDE-Hoosier utility regulators “impermissibly applied” Indiana law retroactively when they let Duke Energy raise customer rates to recover coal ash compliance costs, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. Judge Paul Mathias — writing for the three-member panel — reversed the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission’s decision and instructed it to reconsider or dismiss Duke’s rate increase application. Judges Cale Bradford and Dan…