IPL Rate Case Public Hearing March 16

Weekly View — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 05:09:36 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC) encourages Indianapolis Power & Light Co. (IPL) customers to comment on the utility’s pending rate request, either by speaking at the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission’s (IURC’s) public field hearing on Monday, March 16, 2015, or sending written comments to the OUCC by Tuesday, March 31, 2015.
The March 16 IURC public field hearing will be held at the Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet High School Auditorium (1140 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. St.) at 6:00 p.m. The OUCC will conduct an informational meeting at 5:30 p.m., immediately before the field hearing.
IPL provides electric service to about 470,000 customers in Marion County and portions of nine surrounding counties. Its request would raise a monthly residential bill for 1,000 kWh from $97.82 to $103.95, according to the OUCC’s calculations.
This would include increasing the flat, monthly customer charge from $11.00 to $17.00. The “energy charge,” or the part of the base rate that varies by usage, would also rise.
The current residential base rate of $66.50 for 1,000 kWh received IURC approval in IPL’s last base rate case in 1995. However, bills have increased since then due to rate recovery mechanisms — or “trackers”— which allow rate increases for specific items on a regular, expedited basis.
The OUCC, the state agency representing consumer interests in cases before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC), is reviewing IPL’s request and is scheduled to file testimony on April 6, 2015.
Consumers who are unable to attend the field hearing but wish to submit written comments may do so via the OUCC’s Website at www.in.gov/oucc/2361.htm, or by mail (Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, 115 W. Washington St., Suite 1500 South, Indianapolis IN 46204), e-mail (uccinfo@oucc.IN.gov), or fax at (317) 232-5923.
For more information on this case, including links to IPL’s testimony, please visit www.in.gov/oucc/2723.htm.

Consumer Comments Invited in IPL Rate Case

Weekly View — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 18:09:14 +0000

INDIANA — The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC) is inviting written comments from Indianapolis Power & Light Co. (IPL) customers regarding the utility’s pending rate case.
The OUCC — the state agency representing consumer interests in cases before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) — is scheduled to complete its review of IPL’s request and file testimony on April 6, 2015.
The utility’s request would raise a monthly residential bill for 1,000 kWh from $97.82 to $103.95, according to the OUCC’s calculations. This would include increasing the flat, monthly customer charge from $11.00 to $17.00. The “energy charge,” or the part of the base rate that varies by usage, would also rise.
The request would give IPL a $67.8 million increase in overall annual operating revenues. IPL states in testimony that it is seeking the new rates due to increases in operating and maintenance costs, and to pay for capital improvements.
Consumers who wish to submit written comments may do so via the OUCC’s Website at www.in.gov/oucc/2361.htm, or by mail, email or fax: Mail: Consumer Services Staff, Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, 115 W. Washington St., Suite 1500 South, Indianapolis, IN 46204
Written comments the OUCC receives by March 31, 2015 will be filed with the Commission and included in the case’s formal evidentiary record. Comments should include the consumer’s name, mailing address, and a reference to “IURC Cause No. 44576.”
For more information on this case including links to IPL’s testimony, please visit www.in.gov/oucc/2723.htm. The page will be updated based on case developments.

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