NIPSCO seeks $38M from customers for first 3 months of forced coal plant run

Separately, state regulators denied a $741 million, five-year transmission improvement plan NIPSCO submitted.

By: Leslie Bonilla Muñiz

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: August 7, 2026

Words: 927

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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The Northern Indiana Public Service Co. spent $116.7 million from January through March to comply with Trump administration orders forcing the operation of two Jasper County coal units scheduled for retirement at the end of last year.

Coal units at the R.M. Schahfer Generating Station earned $33.5 million in coal-generated electricity sale revenue over that period, according to a Tuesday filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Utilities warn of soaring costs related …

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