INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Democratic State Chair Karen Tallian today slammed Governor Mike Braun for campaigning on “utility affordability during the campaign last year but doing absolutely nothing this year to rein in out-of-control electric rate hikes by investor-owned utilities like NIPSCO, AES and CenterPoint. This is a classic bait and switch.”
Tallian cites a Citizens Action Coalition study (attached) that showed how some families – like those in the 22 county NIPSCO service territory – are paying $50 more a month than just a year ago.
“Why didn’t Governor Braun move just as fast to replace all five members of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) who keep rubber-stamping these rate hikes as he moved to replace the trustees of Indiana University? Because he’s all talk when it comes to reining in the investor owned utilities who were big contributors to his 2024 campaign,” said Tallian.
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