(Indianapolis, IN) - The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission held an investigative inquiry today into investor-owned utilities in the state like NIPSCO.

 

The inquiry stems from complaints about recent skyrocketing utility costs.

 

State Representative Randy Novak (D-Michigan City) attended the investigative inquiry and thanked the IURC for holding it and upcoming listening sessions with NIPSCO customers about costs.

 

The first IURC listening session is scheduled Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Civic Auditorium in La Porte.  Novak said the inquiry and listening sessions are good first steps toward more affordable utility costs but the conversation should not end there.

 

“The average NIPSCO customer has seen their utility bill jump roughly 26 percent over the past year.  They need action taken right now to ensure their utility bills don’t get further out of control,” he said.