AES Indiana Gets OK to Convert Petersburg Coal Plants to NatGas

AES Indiana, formerly known as Indianapolis Power & Light Company, is a utility company providing electric service to the city of Indianapolis. It is a subsidiary and largest utility of AES Corporation. In August, AES Indiana said that it wants to invest $1.1 billion in Pike County, IN, to convert the company’s two remaining coal-fired power plants to use natural gas (see AES Indiana Spending $1.1B to Convert Last Coal Plants to NatGas). Unfortunately, the coal lobby pressured some Republican politicians, including Indiana’s Republican candidate for governor, into opposing the plan. Fortunately, the state Utility Regulatory Commission saw through the politics and voted 5-0 yesterday to allow AES Indiana to convert the two coal plants at the Petersburg Generating Station to use natural gas instead.

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