This First Protest is to identify who is serious and begin to plann the next Protest in Merrillville on Feb. 3rd.
“Enough is Enough” Families are being crushed by rising utility bills, some have even been doubled. Some are paying $100 Gas Delivery Fees and not using any GAS!
These NEW Delivery Fees will continue into the Summer When Folks are not even using Gas.
The offices will be closed, but the people’s voices will be heard. This is being coverd by All The Chicago NEws Stations!
More Links to come! From Local news Stations!
WHAT THEY’RE DOING TO YOUR NIPSCO BILL (starting 1/1/26):
• +$8.53/month on the average home (729 kWh)
• That’s a 9 % hike — AFTER they already raised rates 25 % last year
• $260 million a year in documented OVER-CHARGES
$47.8 M “Corporate Support” bucket with ZERO invoices attached
$18.4 M CEO-pay raise baked into YOUR rates
New federal “renewable penalty” they lobbied FOR — now YOU pay it
$52 M FROM big factories TO residential customers (industrial ROE drops, yours spikes)
Smart meters over-billed $29.4 M
• NIPSCO asked for $368.7 m annual increase (≈ +17 % on residential bills).
• OUCC expert model shows only $230.4 m is justified – a $138.3 m over-reach .
• Low Income Program Killed – Only Customers that are 151-250% below the federal poverty level who have received a disconnect notice can apply for emergency assistance. (EAP – Energy Assistance Program)
• Remote-disconnect without knock Settlement authorizes remote disconnection for non-pay—no field collector visit required—temperature guard-rails only 20 °F / 90 °F, no medical-certification exemption allowed
You Can Access IURC CAUSE 46120 Filings, including attachments and exhibits that contain this CSV, by searching the Cause Number 46120 in the IURC Online Portal
HERE
When analyzed by an accountant Here’s The Bottom Line:
$138 m base-rate padding
$60.8 m excess ROE (Return of Equity)
$29.4 m Smart meter over-charge kept (Interest Free Loan)
$52 m ECT pre-pay (Energy Charter Treaty) – A controversial International Investor Protection Agreement that has the EU, UK and Other Countries Withdrawing.
$14.2 m imprudent plant still capitalized
≈ $294 m per year in documented, spreadsheet-proven over-charges – price-gouging hidden inside regulatory footnotes.
NEXT NIPSCO PROTEST, FEB 4TH: