Regulators Scold Utility for Proposing Natural Gas to Replace Coal

The commission, which is required by state statute to make decisions in the public interest to ensure the utilities provide safe and reliable service at just and reasonable rates, based their decision on the cost and economic risk to ratepayers of the $781 million natural gas power plant replacement proposed by Vectren rather than environmental reasons which would favor carbon-free renewable energy sources such as wind and solar.

Irvin Dawid