The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor on Wednesday recommended that state regulators deny AES Indiana’s request for a $193 million base rate increase — instead proposing a $21 million reduction in current rates.

AES Indiana customers may continue to see issues with their electric bills into early fall. That’s when officials with the company told the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission they expect their new billing system to normalize.

A major Indiana utility's rates will not increase as much as originally requested following a settlement agreement Wednesday. The uncontested settlement agreement has been in the works since late last year.

Several state energy and advocacy groups have filed a formal petition to investigate AES Indianas practices and procedures for restoring power after storm outages.

The Eagle Valley natural gas plant in Martinsville is using water that could be contaminated with toxic coal ash to cool the plant and then putting it back into the White River. The Hoosier Environmental Council said that violates federal coal ash rules.

It allows utility customers that use a lot of energy to have part of their bill go towards setting up a local solar or wind farm.

Winter heating bills may be a financial challenge for many customers. AES Indiana and Citizens Energy Group are teaming up for “Utilities Unite for Customers” to raise awareness of available resources.

Utility customers are being encouraged to be cautious and alert for scams this holiday season.

It's part of the utility's long-term plan to power AES customers with 13 percent natural gas and at least 78 percent wind, solar, and battery storage by 2042.

The global electric utility AES announced it will go coal free by 2025. But does that mean AES Indiana will fully close its Petersburg coal plant by then? It's hard to say.