With widespread financial struggles utility companies, including those here in Michiana, are asking for rate hikes to compensate for losses during the pandemic. NIPSCO and Indiana-Michigan Power are among ten utility companies that have officially filed petitions to raise their rates.
Kerwin Olson, Executive Director of the Citizens Action Coalition tells ABC 57 news they understand companies are struggling but charging customers for a product that was never delivered is “unconscionable”
Olson also says his coalition has reached out to the governor and is asking him to extend protections that prevent utility shut off. He also suggests that when the time comes a task force be created to determine how best to help utility providers to be recover lost money.
Watch the full interview here with our partners at ABC 57 News
4 comments
All those wonderful “we’re here to help” programs were just a short term ploy to enable a long term rate hike. Wonderful!
What losses? More people at home using more power = more revenue for the utility companies. Also, if they kept employees from working in the field that would = less expenses as well. What a joke. Just like the typical liberals…Never let a crisis go to waste.
They ALWAYS look for ANY excuse to gouge the citizens!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do they think that we have, somehow, received extra money during the shut-down????????
OH BULLCRAP Nipsco!!!!!!!