Indiana Code 8-1-27-17. Recovery of costs incurred by utility in implementing measure set forth in plan but disapproved by commission upon review
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Sec. 17. If a public utility cancels the implementation of a measure set forth in an environmental compliance plan as a result of an order issued by the commission under section 18 or 19 of this chapter that withdraws the commission’s approval of the inclusion of the measure in the environmental compliance plan, the public utility may, absent fraud, concealment, gross mismanagement, or inadequate quality control, recover:
(2) through the rates of the public utility;
(1) over a reasonable time; and
Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-1-27-17
- commission: refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission. See Indiana Code 8-1-1-1
- environmental compliance plan: means a plan developed by a public utility to comply in whole or in part with the requirements of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. See Indiana Code 8-1-27-3
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- public utility: means a public utility, a municipally owned utility, or a cooperatively owned utility. See Indiana Code 8-1-27-5
the costs incurred by the public utility in implementing the measure and a reasonable return on the unamortized balance, to the extent the implementation and the costs were approved previously by the commission. The public utility may not recover costs in excess of the cost estimate approved by the commission under section 8(2) or 13 of this chapter, whichever is applicable, unless the commission finds that the additional costs were necessary and prudent.
As added by P.L.76-1991, SEC.1.