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Read. Follow. Verify.Indiana bill establishes retail choice for electricity and unbundles utility tariffs
Last action · January 12, 2026: Representative Sweet added as coauthorSponsors: Cindy Ledbetter and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Beginning July 1, 2028, electricity customers in Indiana may choose to buy generation services directly from licensed retail electric providers rather than their traditional utility supplier. Electricity suppliers must tariffs, functionally separate generation from distribution operations, and divest certain generation assets by June 30, 2028.
Changes how electricity is procured and billed for all industrial, commercial, and residential customers in Indiana by introducing market competition for generation while traditional utilities retain control over transmission, distribution, and default service.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Industrial customers
May elect to receive competitive electric generation service directly from a retail electric provider starting July 1, 2028.
Commercial customers
May elect to receive competitive electric generation service directly from a retail electric provider starting January 1, 2029.
Residential customers
May elect to receive competitive electric generation service directly from a retail electric provider starting July 1, 2029.
Electricity suppliers
Must unbundle tariffs, functionally separate operations, divest certain generation assets, and provide historical usage data and metering services.
Retail electric providers
Must obtain a license, pay fees, maintain a surety bond, and comply with auditing and reporting requirements to sell generation services.
Key Facts
- Industrial customers may elect competitive electric generation service beginning July 1, 2028.
- Commercial customers may elect competitive electric generation service beginning January 1, 2029.
- Residential customers may elect competitive electric generation service beginning July 1, 2029.
- Electricity suppliers must unbundle cost components in tariffs, functionally separate operations, and divest unnecessary generation assets by June 30, 2028.
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- Competitive electric generation service is exempt from commission regulation except for licensing requirements.
- The commission must establish an online comparison portal for competitive generation services by March 1, 2028.
- Retail electric providers must pay a $10,000 initial licensing fee and maintain a surety bond of at least $500,000.
- The commission must initiate a customer education stakeholder proceeding by January 1, 2027.
- Consolidated billing arrangements must be available via suppliers by June 30, 2029, and dual billing must be available by June 30, 2028.
- Default generation service rates must be based on market prices and subject to annual comparisons to regional averages.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Jan 12, 2026HouseRepresentative Sweet added as coauthor
- Jan 6, 2026HouseIntroducedFirst reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
- Jan 6, 2026HouseAuthored by Representative Ledbetter
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
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Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Phased Retail Electric Choice
The bill establishes a structured timeline for introducing retail electric competition, starting with industrial customers in 2028 and moving to commercial and residential customers in 2029.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy70Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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