On 3/15/2021, Solarize Indiana filed a Petition to Transfer to the Indiana Supreme Court concerning the issue of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission's (IURC) approval of Vectren's PURPA or avoided cost rates for customer-owned generation including rooftop solar.
Click here to read the appeal:
Indiana Distributed Energy Alliance (IndianaDG) filed petitions to intervene on 3/8/2021 in two cases before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) as follows:
If you are interested in learning more about these cases to replace net metering with a new Excess Distributed Generation (EDG) tariffs pursuant to SEA 309-2017, please contact us at:
Laura.Arnold@IndianaDG.net or (317) 502-5123
To review the petitions filed by NIPSCO and Duke Energy Indiana as well as NIPSCO's prefiled testimony of Kevin Kirkham please visit
Duke Energy seeks information on potential power supplies for its Indiana customers
PLAINFIELD, Ind. – Duke Energy is soliciting information on acquiring new, diverse power supplies from commercial providers for its Indiana customers.
“One of our goals is to diversify our Indiana power generation in a moderate and orderly transition,” said Duke Energy Indiana President Stan Pinegar. “We’re soliciting the market for all types of power supplies, with a focus on renewable energy sources. This request for information gives developers the opportunity to let us know what may be available or what they would be interested in pursuing.”
Duke Energy is beginning work on its next Indiana integrated resource plan, a road map the company updates every three years to show how it will meet customers’ energy needs using a diverse mix of power generation resources, as well energy efficiency programs. The company’s goal is reliable and increasingly clean electricity while keeping costs for customers as low as possible.
In this request for information, the company is looking for information on:
While the Duke Energy is not asking for formal proposals at this time, the company will use the information from this request for future Indiana integrated resource planning and potential requests for proposals to the marketplace. A megawatt amount is not specified; the integrated resource planning process will determine Duke Energy’s level of Indiana power needs.
Additional information about the request:
More information about the proposal is available at PowerAdvocate, a web-based platform that provides centralization of proposals and communications while maintaining confidentiality among respondents. All questions should be directed through PowerAdvocate.
For those with an existing PowerAdvocate supplier account:
For those who need to register for a PowerAdvocate supplier account:
Respondents must submit their response to PowerAdvocate Event # 112355 on or before 5 p.m. EST on March 22, 2021.
More details can be found HERE: DEI RFI 2-8-2021
Duke Energy Indiana
Duke Energy Indiana’s operations provide about 6,800 MW of owned electric capacity to approximately 850,000 customers in a 23,000-square-mile service area, making it the state’s largest electric supplier.
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy is one of the largest energy holding companies in the United States. Its Electric Utilities and Infrastructure business unit serves approximately 7.5 million customers located in six states in the Southeast and Midwest. The company’s Gas Utilities and Infrastructure business unit distributes natural gas to approximately 1.6 million customers in the Carolinas, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. Its Commercial Renewables business unit operates a growing renewable energy portfolio across the United States.
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Governor Eric Holcomb govholcomb@gov.in.gov
Rep. Ed Soliday (R-Valparaiso) h4@iga.in.gov
Chairman of House Utilities Committee
Sen. Eric Koch (R-Bedford) Senator.Koch@iga.in.gov
Chairman of Senate Utilities Committee
Please join us in sending an email to Governor Eric Holcomb as well as the Chairman of the House Utilities Committee Rep. Ed Soliday and Chairman of the Senate Utilities Committee Sen. Eric Koch.
We write you today as nearly forty businesses that provide solar energy options and lower electric bills for Indiana homeowners, farmers, churches, schools, libraries, municipal and county government entities, as well as business and industrial electric customers—through the use of net metering. While providing Hoosiers with a clean energy choice, we also create good-paying jobs for solar equipment installers, union electricians, and others in the solar manufacturing and distribution process.
Our businesses employ hundreds of people and also buy substantial amounts of goods and services here in Indiana. According to The Solar Foundation, the number of solar-related jobs in Indiana has more than doubled in the past four years, totaling roughly 3,500 in 2019.
The growth of Indiana’s solar industry and the jobs and economic development associated with it over the last few years will be severely impacted when the 2017 law SEA 309 goes into full effect and the opportunity for retail rate net metering ends in 2022.
Without legislative action this Session of the Indiana General Assembly, prospective solar customers will be discouraged from making the investment because utility companies are poised to stop crediting net metering customers at the retail rate for the excess energy they add to the grid. When the 2017 SEA 309 goes into full effect, utility companies will credit such customers at a mere fraction of the retail rate, estimated to be just twenty percent of the credit they receive now, from approximately $.15 per kWh to $.03 per kWh in at least one utility territory (according to testimony filed in the Vectren/Centerpoint petition to replace net metering in Cause No. 45378).
We are united in urging you to extend net metering and increase the current 1.5% cap on capacity, therefore allowing for additional solar installation and adoption. We also ask you to consider hiring an independent firm to conduct a study on the value of solar to guide future energy policy proposals. There are many bills that could serve as a vehicle for extending net metering, including HB 1394 (Cook), SB 249 (Alting) and SB 420 (Yoder) which all have yet to be scheduled for a hearing.
We are pleased to do business in Indiana and seek to continue to expand the economic benefits that the solar industry provides to Hoosier property owners of all types. We would welcome the opportunity to discuss our request and our companies in more detail with you.
As it relates to net metering, time is of the essence. Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Sincerely,
Accutek Solar - Seth Davis, Keith Davis
Ag Technologies - Jim Straeter, Michael Straeter, Eric Straeter
Alternate Source Inc. - Neil Thompson
Bulldog Energy - Kurt Schneider, Nick Melloh, Andy Melloh
Casey Electric LLC - Josh Casebolt
Emergent Solar Energy - Jeremy Lipinski
Green Alternatives, Inc. - Chris Rohaly, Cindy Rohaly, Ryan Heimbach, Lamar Sledge, Britten Rose Werner, Brian Gonzalez
Green Energy Systems, LLC - Peter Baker, Phyllis Baker, Paul Baker
GRNE Solar Indiana - Amy Doty
Inovateus Solar - Nathan Vogel
iWire Energy Solutions - Keith Hanzlik, Ryan Bournique
Jefferson Electric LLC - Joel Walsman
Johnson Melloh Incorporporated - Kurt Schneider, Nick Melloh
Johnson Melloh Solutions - Kurt Schneider, Nick Melloh
MC Simons Inc. - Mark C. Simons
Midwest Wind and Solar - Marc van Dongen, Kevin Moore, Abraham Bayha
Modern Mill Solar - Mark Brough
Morton Solar - Brad Morton
MPI Solar - David Mann, Amie McCarty
National Energy Control - Rick Wooliver, Joe Stevens
Ohio Valley Solar - John Chase, James Linsday
One Planet Solar - Phillip Roberts, Ben Christjansen
Ortman Drilling and Water Services - Rick Ortman
Performance Services Inc. - Nick Allen
Power Electric LLC - Peter Baker, Phyllis Baker
PSG Energy Group - Jennifer Mrzlack
Rectify Solar - Phil Teague
Renewable Energy of Indiana - Ron Rhodes
Renewable Energy Systems-Midwest - Eric Hesher
Solar Energy Solutions, LLC - Matt Partymiller, Steve Ricketts
Solar Energy Systems, LLC - Andrew Staffelbach, Brian Burkholder, Keith Steidley
Solential Energy LLC - Jim Shaw, David Burns, Phil Lehmkuhler
Solscient Energy LLC - Granger Souder, Jr., Matt Longthorne
Stumpner's Building Services, Inc. - Dick Stumpner, Loren Stumpner
Sun Wind Power Inc. - Jeremy Coxon, Patricia Coxon
SunRise Solar - Bill Keith
Telamon Enterprise Ventures - Reggie Henderson
Tick Tock Energy, Inc. - Craig Pals
Whole Sun Designs - Alex Jorck, Ryan Zaricki
The above letter was sent to Governor Holcomb, Chairman Soliday and Chair Koch as well as the members of the House Utilities and Senate Utilities Committee members.
Please share this letter with your own state legislators.
Download a copy of the letter HERE:
Solar business letter to Chairman Soliday et al.
