The utility company created the event as an opportunity for customers to connect with staff and ask questions.

The measure is one of lawmakers’ efforts to address pocketbook issues this year as demand for energy and electric bills rise.

The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission will hold a public hearing March 24 with five major utility companies.

The law comes as state lawmakers increasingly look toward nuclear energy to address rising electricity costs.

The bill would make changes to state utility regulations that would impact both residential customers and electric utility companies.

Indiana has no commercial nuclear power plants, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Residents protested the proposed development last month. The company holds that the data center would benefit the neighborhood.

AES proposed a price increase in June, citing an increased cost of materials, labor and infrastructure. The proposal would have raised many customers’ electrical bills by over 13%.

The Sierra Club said data centers with big energy needs — and Gov. Mike Braun's focus on keeping coal plants open — are largely responsible for the changes.

If built, it would have the potential to put out the third most greenhouse gas emissions of any industrial facility in the state.