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Indiana Supreme Court Accepts Transfer in Vectren/CenterPoint EDG Case to replace monthly net metering with “instantaneous” or no netting; Oral Arguments set for 9/15/2022 @ 9 am

Posted by Laura Arnold / June 02, 2022 / Posted in Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M), Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC), solar, Uncategorized / No Comments

What is the latest development in the saga of the replacement of full retail net metering credits for customer owned solar net excess power going back to the grid to be replaced by new Excess Distributed Generation (EDG) tariffs as required by Indiana SEA 309-2017?

Well it is complicated but here is the latest development.

Yesterday (6/1/2022) not only did the Indiana Supreme Court grant the petitions to transfer in the matter of the Indiana Court of Appeals decision in the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) order (Cause No. 45378) in the CenterPoint/Vectren/Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company EDG case to replace monthly full retail for customer owned solar and renewable energy with instantaneous or "no netting" for EDG the Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 9:00 am.

Indiana Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 9:00 am.

IndianaDG will continue to report and to attempt to explain what this means for the other electric investor-owned utilities (IOUs) including NIPSCO, Indiana Michigan/AEP, AES (formerly Indianapolis Power and Light) Duke Energy Indiana.

Please watch IndianaDG.net for more details and updates.

CenterPoint, IEA and IURC request Indiana Supreme Court overturn Indiana Court of Appeals EDG Decision

Posted by Laura Arnold / March 15, 2022 / Posted in Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC), solar, Uncategorized / No Comments

Somewhat as expected, yesterday (3/14/2022) CenterPoint/Vectren filed a petition for transfer with the Indiana Supreme Court to overturn the Indiana Court of Appeals Excess Distributed Generation (EDG) decision and support monthly netting.

Vectren_Petition_to_Transfer_3_14_22

The Indiana Energy Association (IEA) representing Indiana investor owned electric utilities (IOUs) filed an Amicus Curiae or friend of the court legal brief supporting transfer to the Indiana Supreme Court.

Brief of Amicus Curiae Indiana Energy Association in Support of Transfer

The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) also filed a Petition to Transfer to the Indiana Supreme Court.

Petition to Transfer of Appellee Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission

The parties--the Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC), Indiana Distributed Energy Alliance (IndianaDG), Solarize Indiana, Citizens Action Coalition, Environmental Law & Policy Center (ELPC), Vote Solar and Solar United Neighbors (SUN)--have 20 days to respond to the petitions to transfer.

For more details on the Indiana Court of Appeals decision please see:

BIG WIN! Court of Appeals of Indiana Reverses and Remands IURC order in CenterPoint/Vectren EDG Case

http://www.indianadg.net/big-win-court-of…vectren-edg-case/ ‎

Advocates Celebrate Indiana Court Decision; Decision will restore fairness to the billing method used to compensate rooftop solar owners

IURC Holds Executive Session 2/11/2022 to Discuss Duke Energy Indiana EDG to replace net metering (45508)

Posted by Laura Arnold / February 14, 2022 / Posted in Uncategorized / No Comments

IndianaDG NOTE: It appears that the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) may find itself in a conundrum concerning what action to take on the pending Duke Energy Indiana EDG case to replace net metering in Cause No. 45508. Why? The Indiana Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded the IURC order in the CenterPoint/Vectren EDG case in which the issue of instantaneous netting was overturned. This issue is also part of the Duke EDG case.

The final order in Cause No. 45508 is currently not on a IURC Weekly Conference Agenda this week. See https://www.in.gov/iurc/docketed-cases/find-a-docketed-case/weekly-agendas/

Advocates Celebrate Indiana Court Decision; Decision will restore fairness to the billing method used to compensate rooftop solar owners

Posted by Laura Arnold / January 31, 2022 / Posted in 2017 Indiana General Assembly, Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC), solar, Uncategorized / No Comments

BIG WIN! Court of Appeals of Indiana Reverses and Remands IURC order in CenterPoint/Vectren EDG Case

Posted by Laura Arnold / January 28, 2022 / Posted in Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC), solar / No Comments

Court of Appeals of Indiana Reverses and Remands IURC order in CenterPoint/Vectren EDG Case

CAUSE NO.: 21A-EX-00821
LOWER COURT CAUSE NO.: 45378IN RE: Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, et al. v. Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company, et al.

Opinion Issued

You are hereby notified that an order, opinion, or notice has been issued in the above-referenced matter on Friday, January 28, 2022, and can be viewed at the following location:

https://public.courts.in.gov/Appellate/Document?id=7074bf31-3e39-43f0-863d-abd2b930bd36

Transmitted pursuant to the requirements of Indiana Appellate Rule 26.

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Indianapolis, IN 46204