Citizens Energy earned $90M in latest fiscal year
Citizens Energy Group said profit nearly tripled, to $90.1 million, on higher operating revenue in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30.
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IURC chairmanship attracts 7 candidates
The five-person commission regulates $14 billion in electric, natural gas, telecommunications, water and sewer utilities. It approves utility projects and determines how much utilities can charge customers.
Under-the-radar IEA Energy becomes big player in wind-farm construction
The Indianapolis-based company, which began with a single dump truck 71 years ago, is about to go public in a merger worth up to $345 million.
Solar industry on edge as Trump weighs tariffs on panels
Some in the booming U.S. solar-power industry are hoping a decision this week by President Donald Trump doesn’t bring on an eclipse.
Farm family jumps into heat-and-eat business
Teresa Warner uses fresh meats and ingredients from her family farm to make home-cooked meals, freeze them and deliver them to customers’ doorsteps from West Lafayette.
U.S. government proposes new rules for hog slaughter
The controversial rule changes would have an impact in Indiana, which is the country’s fifth-largest pork producer.
Two Indiana agricultural associations complete merger
The Agribusiness Council of Indiana has merged with the Indiana Seed Trade Association, the associations announced Wednesday.
Fishers to consider ban of vaping, chewing tobacco in city parks
A proposed ordinance drafted by Fishers' parks department will go before its city council Tuesday night.
Some utility rates could go down due to corporate tax cuts
Public utility regulators from Oklahoma to Massachusetts are considering lowering the rates that homeowners and businesses pay, after the passage of a federal tax overhaul that reduced the corporate income tax rate by 14 percent.
Eastern states sue EPA over upwind pollution from Indiana, other states
State attorneys general in New York and seven nearby states say they can’t meet strict smog standards because states in the Midwest and south are not controlling air pollution.
IPL seeking rate hike that would add $14 to typical monthly bill
If state regulators approve the request from Indianapolis Power & Light Co., customers would see their rates rise by the end of 2018.
From autos to universities, here’s what the tax overhaul means for most industries
Its impact will spread far and wide starting next year, highlighted by a cut in the corporate rate to 21 percent, fully allowable deductions for capital expenses and lower levies on repatriating overseas profits.
City agrees to pay $4.2M for land to build justice center
The city of Indianapolis has taken a major step toward building the $572 million criminal justice center in Twin-Aire neighborhood where the Citizens Energy coke plant once stood.
UPDATE: Indiana seeking to head off potential water crisis
Gov. Eric Holcomb is seeking to create a multi-agency working group to develop strategies to manage the state's water resources and infrastructure.
Christmas tree growers battle against popularity of plastic
Millennials have a reputation for loving products that are local, authentic and benefit the environment. So why are they buying so many plastic Christmas trees?
Tunnel work to close parts of Meridian, Pennsylvania streets for most of 2018
The project will close the two streets just north of Fall Creek Parkway, as part of Citizens Energy’s $2 billion project to improve waterways.
Bank information taken in hack of Duke Energy vendor
Nearly 375,000 Duke Energy Corp. customers may have had personal and banking information stolen in a data breach.
Kinetrex plans third natural-gas plant to meet exploding customer demand
Kinetrex Energy, which distributes liquid natural gas, has roughly doubled its workforce to 40 people. and pushed from its core market—trucking companies—into agriculture, power generation, asphalt production and other sectors.
Lilly Endowment gives AgriNovus $4.2M to aid public awareness campaign
AgriNovus Indiana wants to get the word out on the state’s agbiosciences efforts and the opportunities they offer across several agricultural and technological sectors.
Indianapolis airport adding electric buses for shuttle fleet
Airport officials say the first electric bus is in operation and that it will have five more by early next year.