CenterPoint

Consumer advocates: CenterPoint rate increase unfair to residents, favors industrial companies

Rebecca Thiele

More than 300 residents attended a hearing about CenterPoint Energy's rate increase in Evansville in February.

Storm damage from the June 2023 wind storm.

Indiana utilities outline outages, responses to major storms earlier this summer

Thousands of Hoosier customers lost power during the week of heavy storms, prompting frustration.

NIPSCO had planned to close the R.M. Schahfer Generating Station coal plant this year, but said it was unable to do so due to supply chain shortages which prevented the company from adding more solar.

Northwest Indiana residents' electric bills will go up starting this month

Rebecca Thiele

NIPSCO had planned to close the R.M. Schahfer Generating Station coal plant this year, but said it was unable to do so due to supply chain shortages which prevented the company from adding more solar.

Thousands of Hoosiers face utility debt and disconnection, according to data reported to the state’s utility customer advocacy agency.

Hoosiers in debt $46 million to state’s biggest utilities

Significant proportions of customers are in debt, with some facing service shut-offs.

The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission is investigating CenterPoint Energy's records after more than 100 people reported carbon monoxide or gas issues in Southern Indiana Dec, 24 and 25. At least four people were hospitalized.

CenterPoint won’t use propane mix amid gas issue investigation

Ethan Sandweiss

The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission is investigating CenterPoint Energy's records after more than 100 people reported carbon monoxide or gas issues in Southern Indiana Dec. 24 and 25.

Due to a 2017 state law, Hoosiers who install solar panels now will already get fewer credits for the excess energy they deliver back to the grid compared to before the law was in place. Now solar advocates say the Indiana Supreme Court ruling will make solar even less affordable.

State Supreme Court ruling could affect solar customers' bills across Indiana

Rebecca Thiele

The case involves what math utilities can use to pay solar customers for the excess energy they deliver to the grid. The court said utilities are free to calculate excess energy in whatever time frame they want — as long as the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approves.

CenterPoint hopes to replace its coal plant with natural gas

CenterPoint builds new plants, could raise gas rates

Rebecca Thiele

CenterPoint has some of the highest rates among Indiana electric utilities. It’s not clear yet how much customers’ bills will go up to pay for the gas plants.

A water pipe at the Goshen Water/Sewer Department building. The city of Goshen is hoping money from the federal government can help find the source of pollution in some city drinking water wells.

City Limits: How much do Bloomington residents pay for energy, water every month?

Holden Abshier

As the cost for energy rose, so did demand for assistance in Monroe County

Vectren, headquartered out of Evansville, merged with CenterPoint Energy in 2019.

Court rejects the way CenterPoint calculates bills for solar customers

Rebecca Thiele

The Indiana Court of Appeals said CenterPoint isn’t doing the right math when it comes to paying people with solar panels for the excess energy they deliver to the grid.