(La Porte, IN) - NIPSCO electricity customers are invited to comment on the utility’s pending electric generation proposal, as the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) will hold a public hearing on Thursday at the La Porte Civic Auditorium at 1001 Ridge Street.

The hearing will start at 6:00 p.m. and will go over NIPSCO’s proposed electric generating facility in Jasper County.

The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor is inviting written public comments on NIPSCO’s request through April 9th.

The OUCC – the state agency representing consumer interests in cases before the IURC – is using its technical and legal resources to review NIPSCO’s proposal.

Formal testimony from the OUCC is due April 16th.