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Read. Follow. Verify.Indiana House Bill 1120 Restricts Utility Cost Recovery for Early Power Plant Retirements
Last action · January 5, 2026: First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and TelecommunicationsSponsor: Cindy Ledbetter
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What This Bill Proposed
Amends the statute concerning public utilities' annual electric resource planning reports to the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) to provide that for an annual report submitted after December 31, 2026, if: (1) after an investigation under the statute, the IURC does not issue an order to prohibit the retirement of a public utility's electric generation resource; (2) the public utility proceeds with plans to retire the electric generation resource before: (A) the date specified for the retirement in the public utility's most recently filed integrated resource plan; or (B) the end of the electric generation resource's economically useful life; and (3) the retirement is not required to comply with environmental laws, regulations, or court orders; the public utility may not recover a return on any asset retirement obligations related to the retirement in any future general rate case or other regulatory proceeding. Makes a conforming amendment to a provision concerning public utilities' depreciation rates and asset retirement obligations.
Utility customers and investor-owned electric utilities face altered financial rules regarding who bears the cost of closing power plants before the end of their useful lives or dates.
- The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission regulates the rates, services, and utility resource planning of public utilities operating within Indiana. context
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.
public utilities
Public utilities face restrictions on recovering a return on asset retirement obligations for certain early generation resource retirements.
Indiana utility customers
Customers are impacted by utility rates and charges determined through commission proceedings and reliability assessments of electric generation resources.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Jan 5, 2026HouseIntroducedFirst reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
- Jan 5, 2026HouseAuthored by Representative Ledbetter
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Stricter Conditions on Early Plant Retirements
The bill introduces financial penalties for utilities proceeding with early generation resource retirements outside of environmental mandates or state orders.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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