Indiana § 8-1-27-23 - Voluntary nature of chapter procedures
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§ 8-1-27-23. Voluntary nature of chapter procedures
Sec. 23. (a) Use of the procedures in this chapter is voluntary to a public utility. The failure of a public utility to use the approval provisions of this chapter may not create a presumption of imprudence or nonrecovery in rates for environmental compliance plan costs.
(b) This chapter does not require a public utility to use this chapter to recover a cost or expense otherwise recoverable in the public utility's rates. A higher standard for the recovery of such costs or for determining the appropriateness of an environmental compliance plan may not be imposed because of a public utility's election not to use the provisions of this chapter.
(c) An order of the commission approving an environmental compliance plan under this chapter may not limit or define the measures that may be proposed in a compliance plan submitted by another public utility or approved by the commission.
As added by P.L.76-1991, SEC.1.
IC 8-1-28Chapter 28. Water Utility Environmental Compliance Plans
8-1-28-1"Clean Water Act" defined 8-1-28-2"Environmental compliance plan" defined 8-1-28-3"Public utility" defined 8-1-28-4"Safe Drinking Water Act" defined 8-1-28-5Submission of plan to commission; required information 8-1-28-6Public hearing on plan; notice 8-1-28-7Order approving plan; conditions 8-1-28-8Rejection of plan; modified plan; withdrawal of plan without prejudice 8-1-28-9Submission of plan to government environmental agency; conflicts 8-1-28-10Modification of previously approved plan; review by commission 8-1-28-11Recovery of costs by public utility for capital projects or implemented plan 8-1-28-12Revised cost and schedule estimate for developing and implementing plan; submission to commission 8-1-28-13Utility's recovery of expenditures as result of plan modification 8-1-28-14Recovery of costs incurred by utility in implementing measure set forth in plan but disapproved by commission upon review 8-1-28-15Review of plan by commission; withdrawal of approval or modification of plan 8-1-28-16Ongoing review of cost and implementation of plan; progress report; recovery of costs; final approval by commission 8-1-28-17Disapproval or approval of all or part of plan; effect 8-1-28-18General rate proceedings; consideration of change in risk to utility following approval of plan 8-1-28-19Voluntary nature of chapter procedure
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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