Indiana Bell Telephone Co. v. Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

Today we hand down two cases addressing the issue of whether certain information provided to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) by telephone companies should be afforded trade secret or confidential information protection. In this case, appellant-petitioner Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Inc., d/b/a SBC Indiana (SBC) appeals from an order issued by the IURC denying its request to maintain the confidentiality of certain business data that had been submitted to the IURC. Specifically, SBC maintains that the order should have been granted because the…