NIPSCO Industrial Group v. Northern Indiana Public Service Company

Kirsch, Judge.

NIPSCO Industrial Group (“Industrial Group”) appeals the decision of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (“the Commission”) that approved Northern Indiana Public Service Company’s (“NIPSCO”) petition for a plan update, pursuant to Indiana Code section 8-1-39-9, to its previously Commission-approved 7-year plan. Industrial Group raises two issues, which we consolidate and restate as: whether the Commission erred in approving NIPSCO’s petition for a plan update, finding certain categories of improvements as eligible to be treated as transmission, distribution, and storage…