Office of Utility Consumer Counselor v. Northern Indiana Public Service Co.

ROBERTSON, Judge.

This case concerns Northern Indiana Public Service Company, Inc. (NIPSCO)'s failure to apply to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (Commission) for prior approval of its proposed corporate restructuring. The office of the Utility Consumer Counselor (Consumer Counselor) maintains that Indiana law requires state approval of NIPSCO's formation of a holding company and sought to foree NIPSCO to obtain that approval by moving the Commission to hold an adjudicatory hearing at which the Commission would determine whether the proposed reorganization was in the public interest.…