Citizens Action Coalition Executive Director Kerwin Olson

IACED using $400,000 for Solar Uniting Neighbors (SUN) grant program funded by AEP/EPA settlement

Posted by Laura Arnold / August 05, 2014 / Posted in Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M) / No Comments

Program Looks to Energize Solar Projects InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report IACED Executive Director Andy Fraizer explains how the group will accept applications. The Indiana Association for Community Economic Development is using $400,000 to create a grant program designed to boost solar energy projects throughout the state. The Solar Uniting Neighbors program is

CAC Kerwin Olson: We shot ourselves in the foot in Indiana eliminating DSM programs

Watchdog: Ending energy-efficiency 'short-sighted' Posted: Tuesday, June 3, 2014 6:21 pm | Updated: 9:02 pm, Tue Jun 3, 2014. Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The leader of a consumer watchdog group said Tuesday that Indiana lawmakers put the state at a disadvantage when they passed a bill killing an energy-efficiency program that could have helped

SB 340 to kill Indiana’s energy efficiency programs should hit Governor Pence’s desk TODAY (3/17/14)

Posted by Laura Arnold / March 17, 2014 / Posted in 2014 Indiana General Assembly, Uncategorized / No Comments

Who’s behind the effort to kill Indiana’s efficiency law? Posted on 03/17/2014 by Kari Lydersen A bill before Indiana Governor Mike Pence could end a state efficiency program that has led to significant energy savings in the past two years. Clean energy and environmental groups, along with some major companies, are pleading with

Isn’t Duke Energy Indiana’s Edwardsport IGCC plant such a great deal for consumers? NOT!

Posted by Laura Arnold / March 09, 2014 / Posted in Edwardsport IGCC Plant, Uncategorized / No Comments

Duke's Edwardsport plant slows to crawl in January Dan Human March 5, 2014 Mechanical problems caused Duke Energy Indiana’s $3.5 billion power plant in Edwardsport to generate a mere 4 percent of its maximum capacity in January, according to company officials and regulatory filings. The plant’s electricity output was by far

IndyStar: Renewable energy users say state’s regulatory climate favors big utility companies in Indiana

Posted by Laura Arnold / July 14, 2013 / Posted in Uncategorized / No Comments

Written by Chris Sikich, Jul. 12, 2013 3:56 PM http://www.indystar.com/article/20130712/BUSINESS/307120040/Renewable-energy-users-say-state-s-regulatory-climate-favors-big-utility-companies An on-line video is also available. Third-grade teacher Donya Bengert and her students learned a real-life lesson when they undertook a yearlong project to build a wind turbine in 2010 at their small Southern Indiana school. They raised $25,000 from business grants and