Affordability
Utility bills remain the central pressure point
CAC tracks rate cases, affordability investigations, and policy choices that shape what Hoosiers pay each month.
Data Centers
Local communities are demanding answers
The newsletter highlights permit filings, local moratorium debates, subsidies, pollution, and neighborhood impacts.
Hoosier Resilience
CAC frames August as a pivotal moment: local governments are strained, corporate pressure is growing, and affordability is becoming an urgent public issue.
Local Budgets
Budget pressure
Communities are facing fiscal strain after major business property tax changes.
Local Control
Environmental risk
Carbon capture and large industrial projects continue to raise long-term landowner and community concerns.
Energy Demand
Data center pressure
Hyperscale proposals are reshaping utility planning, power plant decisions, and public debate.
News & Views
This month’s policy updates focus on ratepayer protections, IURC affordability work, a new commissioner, and CAC’s challenge to the AES rate case order.
Data Center Digest
Project updates span backup diesel generator permits, local moratorium efforts, utility-driven infrastructure costs, and national reporting on water, grid equipment, and pollution rules.
Project Updates
- Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta projects continue to generate permit and infrastructure concerns.
- Nearby residents report construction impacts including light, noise, dust, and traffic.
- Transmission needs and backup power plans are becoming central issues.
Local Updates
- Indianapolis officials considered moratorium and subsidy questions.
- Warrick and Posey County updates show growing local scrutiny.
- Community opposition continues around approved and proposed projects.
National Updates
- Reporting connects AI demand to water use, grid equipment shortages, and higher costs.
- Federal pollution permitting rules could reduce public participation.
- Cooling and wastewater impacts are drawing more attention.
CAC Shoutout: Earthjustice
CAC recognizes Earthjustice for counsel, insight, and advocacy, including work connected to an Indiana Supreme Court case that could affect how associations represent members in court.
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Indiana Supreme Court case
The newsletter points readers to coverage of a case involving CAC, Vote Solar, and associational standing.
CAC in the News
August coverage highlights CAC’s organizing, legal advocacy, utility affordability work, and public comments on data centers across Indiana.
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