Pending cases for Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) include the utility's:
- Industrial Tariff (IURC Cause No. 46097)
- Lawrenceburg Purchase Power Agreement (Cause No. 46083)
- Tax Rider (IURC Cause No. 46080)
- Electric Vehicle Portfolio (IURC Cause No. 46090)
Base rates cover most infrastructure and operating/maintenance costs while rate adjustment “trackers,” as described below, allow for more frequent rate changes for specific costs as designated by law. The trackers were re-set when I&M's current base rates were approved in March 2020 and are still subject to adjustments every six or 12 months.
In the 2024 IURC survey of residential electric utility bills, I&M's typical bill ranked third-highest among the 10 electric utilities under the IURC’s jurisdiction.
Base Rates
I&M's current base rates were approved in May 2024, with previous base rate cases concluding in February 2022, March 2020, and May 2018.
Trackers
In addition to base rates, Indiana electric utilities recover and credit separate, specific costs through rate adjustment mechanisms known as "trackers." I&M's rate adjustments via trackers are reviewed by the OUCC and approved by the IURC on a semi-annual or annual basis.
I&M's authorized trackers make up about 17.4% of a residential customer's typical electric bill as of September 2024.
I&M uses the following trackers. All filings are available by entering the cause number in the IURC's Online Services Portal.
Tracker Recovers Costs for Frequency IURC Cause No. Fuel Adjustment Clause (FAC) Coal, nuclear and other fuel costs Semi-Annual 38702 Environmental Cost Recovery (ECR) Emissions control equipment (including operations & maintenance) Annual 44331, 44523, 43992 Demand Side Management (DSM) Energy efficiency programs Annual 43827 Off-System Sales (OSS) Power sales to the wholesale market Annual 43775 PJM Interconnection (PJM) Regional transmission costs Annual 43774 Life Cycle Management (LCM) Construction costs for pre-approved Cook nuclear plant projects Annual 44182 Resource Adequacy Rider (RAR) Purchased power capacity cost changes Annual Phase-In Rate Adjustment (PRA) Phase-in of new base rates Annual Solar Power Rider (SPR) Renewable energy projects Annual 44511 Green Rider Voluntary renewable energy program
Previous I&M cases before the IURC include:
- Lawrenceburg Purchase Power Agreement (Cause No. 46083)
- Current fuel cost adjustment (Cause No. 38702 - FAC 93)
- Meadow Lake IV Wind and Hoosier Line Solar Project (Cause No. 46088)
- Elkhart County Solar Project (Cause No. 46085)
- Approved Electric Vehicle Tariff (Cause No. 45919)
- Electric Vehicle Pilot Program (Cause No. 45901)
- Base Rate Case (Cause No. 45933)
- Generation Projects (Cause No. 45868 & 45869)
- Proposed Economic Development Tariff (Cause No. 45781)
- Financing Request (Cause No. 45806)
- Distributed generation tariff (Cause No. 45506)
- Current energy efficiency plan (Cause No. 45701)
- Utility Receipts Tax removal (Cause No. TD-50508)
- Rockport Generating Station Settlement (Cause No. 45546)
- COVID-19 investigation (Cause No. 45380)
- 2017 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act investigation (Cause No. 45032)
- 7-year infrastructure plan (Cause No. 44542)
- Energy efficiency plan (Cause No. 45285)
- Cook Nuclear Plant life cycle management (Cause No. 44182)
- Rockport Generating Station emission controls (Cause Nos. 44871 & 44331)
11-6-2024