Gov. Braun and State Ratepayer Advocate to Fight AES Price Hike

Gov. Braun and State Ratepayer Advocate to Fight AES Price Hike

Source: ALLISON ROBBERT / Getty INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Governor Mike Braun and Indiana Utility Consumer Counselor Abby Gray weighed in on the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission’s recent decision to approve another rate increase. Braun is pushing Gray, who is Indiana’s top ratepayer adovate, to challenge a $71 million rate increae for AES Indiana customers. He called the utility commission’s decision unacceptable. “When I appointed Abby Gray a…

Braun calls for rehearing of AES case that resulted in $71M utility rate hike

Gov. Mike Braun speaks at a news briefing on Friday, May 22, 2026. (Photo by Casey Smith/Indiana Capital Chronicle)Indiana Gov. Mike Braun on Thursday said he wants the state’s top ratepayer advocate to ask regulators to reconsider their decision to allow a $71 million increase for AES Indiana customers. “Yesterday’s decision by the (Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission) to allow another rate increase by AES is unacceptable,” Braun said in a wr…

Braun calls for rehearing of AES case that resulted in $71M utility rate hike - Dubois County Free Press, Inc.

by Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle June 18, 2026 Indiana Gov. Mike Braun on Thursday said he wants the state’s top ratepayer advocate to ask regulators to reconsider their decision to allow a $71 million increase for AES Indiana customers. “Yesterday’s decision by the (Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission) to allow another rate increase by... The post Braun calls for rehearing of AES case that resulted in $71M utility rate hike …