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Agency: Duke customers shouldn’t pay $530M in overruns

The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor has filed a blistering rebuke of Duke Energy Corp. for the high cost of its Edwardsport coal-gasification plant and has asked regulators to deny Duke’s request to charge ratepayers $530 million for cost overruns.

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State panel: Ex-utility lawyer broke ethics law

The Indiana State Ethics Commission ruled Thursday that a former top lawyer at the state utility agency broke state law by participating in matters involving Duke Energy Corp. while talking with company officials about a job.

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Storms drafted ethics memo on own case at IURC

Former Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission counsel Scott Storms spoke out for the first time publicly on ethics charges brought against him, denying allegations that there was a conflict of interest in how he handled cases involving Duke Energy.

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Duke proposes new cap on coal-gasification plant

Duke Energy Corp. is asking state regulators to approve the company's newly drafted plan to cap at $2.72 billion the price of an Indiana coal-gasification plant it's building that's been plagued by cost overruns.

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Regulators plan more hearings on Duke plant costs

Indiana utility regulators will hold two additional field hearings to take public comment on Duke Energy's request to pass along to ratepayers the $2.9 billion cost of a coal-gasification plant being built near Edwardsport in southwestern Indiana.

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Indiana watchdogs seek probe of Duke Energy plant

Consumer advocates are calling for Indiana regulators to appoint an independent investigator to look into whether Duke Energy Corp. used undue influence to win state approval for a nearly $3 billion coal-gasification plant.

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Scandal rocks IURC, Duke

An ethics scandal at the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission brought down its chairman along with two top Duke Energy executives and an IURC law judge-turned Duke employee who was at the center of the mess.

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