Indiana Code 8-1-27-8. Order approving plan; conditions
(1) finds that the environmental compliance plan:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-1-27-8
- Clean Air Act: refers to the federal Clean Air Act (42 U. See Indiana Code 8-1-27-1
- commission: refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission. See Indiana Code 8-1-1-1
- environmental compliance plan: means a plan developed by a public utility to comply in whole or in part with the requirements of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. See Indiana Code 8-1-27-3
- Indiana coal: means coal from a mine whose coal deposits are located in the ground wholly or partially in Indiana regardless of the location of the mine's tipple. See Indiana Code 8-1-27-4
- public utility: means a public utility, a municipally owned utility, or a cooperatively owned utility. See Indiana Code 8-1-27-5
(B) constitutes a reasonable and least cost strategy over the life of the investment consistent with providing reliable, efficient, and economical electrical service;
(C) is in the public interest; and
(D) either:
(i) provides for continued or increased use of Indiana coal in the coal-consuming electric generating units owned or operated by the public utility and affected by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; or
(ii) if the plan does not provide for continued or increased use of Indiana coal, such nonprovision is justified by economic considerations including the effects in the regions of Indiana in which the mining of coal provides employment and in the service territory of the public utility; and
(2) approves the cost and schedule estimate for developing and implementing the environmental compliance plan.
As added by P.L.76-1991, SEC.1.