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IN Code § 8-1-8.8-8.7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.8. Utility Generation and Clean Coal Technology|8-1-8.8-8.7. "Qualified Utility System Expenses"

Sec. 8.7. As used in this chapter, "qualified utility system expenses" means the costs associated with the study, analysis, or development of a life cycle management project for a nuclear energy production or generating facility.As added by P.L.150-2011, SEC.8.
IN Code § 8-1-8.8-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.8. Utility Generation and Clean Coal Technology|8-1-8.8-9. "Qualified Utility System Property"

Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "qualified utility system property" means any:(1) new energy production or generating facility; or(2) nuclear energy production or generating facility;used, or to be used, in whole or in part, by an energy utility to provide retail energy service (as defined in IC 8-1-2.5-3) regardless of whether that service is provided under IC 8-1-2.5 or another provision of this article.As added by P.L.159-2002, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.175-2007, SEC.17; P.L.150-2011, SEC.9.
IN Code § 8-1-8.8-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.8. Utility Generation and Clean Coal Technology|8-1-8.8-10. "Renewable Energy Resources"

Sec. 10. (a) As used in this chapter "renewable energy resources" means the following:(1) A clean energy resource listed in IC 8-1-37-4(a)(1) through IC 8-1-37-4(a)(16).(2) Low temperature, oxygen starved gasification of municipal solid waste.(3) Methane recovered from landfills for the production of electricity.(b) Except for energy described in subsection (a)(2) and IC 8-1-37-4(a)(9), the term does not include energy from the incinerations, burning, or heating of any of the following:(1) Tires.(2) General household, institutional, commercial, industrial lunchroom, office, or landscape waste.(c) The term excludes treated or painted lumber.As added by P.L.159-2002, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.175-2007, SEC.18; P.L.151-2009, SEC.4; P.L.95-2010, SEC.1; P.L.96-2011, SEC.1; P.L.150-2011, SEC.10; P.L.224-2011, SEC.1; P.L.13-2013, SEC.29.
IN Code § 8-1-8.8-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.8. Utility Generation and Clean Coal Technology|8-1-8.8-11. Incentives for Clean Energy Projects; Application to Commission; Commission's Time for Determining Eligibility

Sec. 11. (a) The commission shall encourage clean energy projects by creating the following financial incentives for clean energy projects, if the projects are found to be reasonable and necessary:(1) The timely recovery of costs and expenses incurred during construction and operation of projects described in section 2(1) or 2(2) of this chapter.(2) The authorization of up to three (3) percentage points on the return on shareholder equity that would otherwise be allowed to be earned on projects described in subdivision (1).(3) Financial incentives for the purchase of fuels or energy produced by a coal gasification facility or by a nuclear energy production or generating facility, including cost recovery and the incentive available under subdivision (2).(4) Financial incentives for projects to develop alternative energy sources, including renewable energy projects or coal gasification facilities.(5) Other financial incentives the commission considers appropriate.(b) An eligible business must file an application to the commission for approval of a clean energy project under this section. This chapter does not relieve an eligible business of the duty to obtain any certificate required under IC 8-1-8.5 or IC 8-1-8.7. An eligible business seeking a certificate under IC 8-1-8.5 or IC 8-1-8.7 and this chapter for one (1) project may file a single application for all necessary certificates. If a single application is filed, the commission shall consider all necessary certificates at the same time.(c) The commission shall promptly review an application filed under this section for completeness. The commission may request additional information the commission considers necessary to aid in its review.(d) The commission shall, after notice and hearing, issue a determination of a project's eligibility for the financial incentives described in subsection (a) not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of the application, unless the commission finds that the applicant has not cooperated fully in the proceeding.As added by P.L.159-2002, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.150-2011, SEC.11.
IN Code § 8-1-8.8-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.8. Utility Generation and Clean Coal Technology|8-1-8.8-12. Recovery of Costs; Rate Adjustment Mechanisms

Sec. 12. (a) The commission shall provide financial incentives to eligible businesses for:(1) new energy production or generating facilities; and(2) nuclear energy production or generating facilities;in the form of timely recovery of the costs incurred in connection with the study, analysis, development, siting, design, licensing, permitting, construction, repowering, expansion, life cycle management, operation, or maintenance of the facilities.(b) An eligible business seeking authority to timely recover the costs described in subsection (a) must apply to the commission for approval of a rate adjustment mechanism in the manner determined by the commission.(c) An application must include the following:(1) A schedule for the completion of construction, repowering, life cycle management, or expansion of the facility for which rate relief is sought.(2) Copies of the most recent integrated resource plan filed with the commission, if applicable.(3) The amount of capital investment by the eligible business in the facility.(4) Other information the commission considers necessary.(d) The commission shall allow an eligible business to recover:(1) the costs associated with qualified utility system property; and(2) qualified utility system expenses;if the eligible business provides substantial documentation that the expected costs and expenses and the schedule for incurring those costs and expenses are reasonable and necessary.(e) The commission shall allow an eligible business to recover the costs associated with the purchase of fuels or energy produced by a coal gasification facility or by a nuclear energy production or generating facility if the eligible business provides substantial documentation that the costs associated with the purchase are reasonable and necessary.(f) A retail rate adjustment mechanism proposed by an eligible business under this section may be based on actual or forecasted data. If forecast data is used, the retail rate adjustment mechanism must contain a reconciliation mechanism to correct for any variance between the forecasted costs and the actual costs.As added by P.L.159-2002, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.175-2007, SEC.19; P.L.150-2011, SEC.12.
IN Code § 8-1-8.8-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.8. Utility Generation and Clean Coal Technology|8-1-8.8-13. Monthly Report to Lieutenant Governor Required

Sec. 13. An eligible business shall file a monthly report with the lieutenant governor stating the following information:(1) The amount of Illinois Basin coal, if any, purchased during the previous month for use in a new energy production or generating facility.(2) The amount of any fuel or energy produced by:(A) a coal gasification facility; or(B) a nuclear energy production or generating facility;that is purchased by the eligible business during the previous month.(3) Any other information the lieutenant governor may reasonably require.As added by P.L.159-2002, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.151; P.L.175-2007, SEC.20; P.L.150-2011, SEC.13.
IN Code § 8-1-8.8-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.8. Utility Generation and Clean Coal Technology|8-1-8.8-14. Annual Study of Renewable Energy Resources

Sec. 14. The group shall conduct an annual study on the use, availability, and economics of using in Indiana the clean energy resources listed in IC 8-1-37-4(a)(1) through IC 8-1-37-4(a)(6). The commission may direct the group to study additional clean energy resources as the commission considers appropriate. Each year, the group shall submit a report on the study to the commission for inclusion in the commission's annual report to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications established by IC 2-5-1.3-4 in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6. The commission shall direct the group concerning the appropriate level of detail for the report. The report must include suggestions from the group to encourage the development and use of clean energy resources and technologies appropriate for use in Indiana.As added by P.L.159-2002, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.71-2009, SEC.2; P.L.150-2011, SEC.14; P.L.53-2014, SEC.78.
IN Code § 8-1-8.8-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.8. Utility Generation and Clean Coal Technology|8-1-8.8-15. Commission's Power to Review Approved Projects

Sec. 15. The commission may review any project approved under this chapter to determine that the project continues to comply with the commission's order initially approving incentives under this chapter. The commission may revoke any incentive approved in the order if the commission finds that the project no longer complies with the provisions of the order concerning the incentive.As added by P.L.159-2002, SEC.6.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-0.3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-0.3. General Assembly Findings of Fact

Sec. 0.3. The general assembly finds the following:(1) The development of coal gasification facilities in Indiana that would use local coal resources for the production of substitute natural gas is in the public interest for purposes of:(A) reducing the reliance of Indiana energy utilities on gas imports;(B) mitigating price and supply risk;(C) improving price stability; and(D) promoting economic development and job creation.(2) Coal gasification is encouraged by federal policies intended to increase the energy independence of the United States, including through the availability of tax incentives and loan guarantees.(3) Indiana has the necessary resources and infrastructure suitable for development of coal gasification facilities.(4) The receipt of federal incentives for the development, construction, and financing of new coal gasification facilities in Indiana will be enhanced by Indiana energy utilities entering into long term contracts for the purchase of substitute natural gas produced by such facilities.(5) It is necessary to allow Indiana energy utilities to recover, through rate adjustments for the utility's customers, costs incurred from entering into supply contracts for substitute natural gas in order to promote the creation of such contracts without causing Indiana energy utilities to incur undue risk.As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.186.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-1. "Assignee" Defined

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "assignee" means any individual, corporation, or other legal entity to which an SNG property interest is transferred.(b) The term includes an assignee of a person described in subsection (a).As added by P.L.175-2007, SEC.21.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-2. "Commission" Defined

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission created by IC 8-1-1-2.As added by P.L.175-2007, SEC.21.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-3. "Energy Utility" Defined

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "energy utility" has the meaning set forth in IC 8-1-2.5-2.As added by P.L.175-2007, SEC.21.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-4. "Financing Entity" Defined

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "financing entity" means a person that provides:(1) equity financing; or(2) debt financing;that is secured by an SNG property interest.As added by P.L.175-2007, SEC.21.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-5. "Qualified Contract" Defined

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "qualified contract" means a contract with a term of at least thirty (30) years for the sale of substitute natural gas to an energy utility.As added by P.L.175-2007, SEC.21.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-6. "Qualified Cost" Defined

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "qualified cost" means any cost incurred by an energy utility in purchasing substitute natural gas under a qualified contract.As added by P.L.175-2007, SEC.21.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-7. "Qualified Order" Defined

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "qualified order" means a final and irrevocable order that:(1) is issued by the commission; and(2) approves a qualified contract adopted in accordance with this chapter and IC 8-1-2-42.1.As added by P.L.175-2007, SEC.21.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-8. "Substitute Natural Gas" Defined

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "substitute natural gas" or "SNG" has the meaning set forth in IC 8-1-2-42.1(a).As added by P.L.175-2007, SEC.21.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-9. "Sng Property Interest" Defined

Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "SNG property interest" means the right, title, and interest that:(1) are held by an energy utility or its assignee;(2) are created by a qualified order; and(3) entitle the energy utility or its assignee to recover qualified costs under IC 8-1-2-42.1.As added by P.L.175-2007, SEC.21.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-10. "Sng Seller" Defined

Sec. 10. As used in this chapter, "SNG seller" means any individual, corporation, or other legal entity that engages in the production and sale of substitute natural gas.As added by P.L.175-2007, SEC.21.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-11. Qualified Order for Cost Recovery

Sec. 11. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may, in accordance with this chapter and IC 8-1-2-42.1, issue a qualified order that:(1) approves the terms of a qualified contract; and(2) authorizes the recovery of qualified costs by an energy utility from its customers.(b) A qualified order issued under this section may not be:(1) rescinded;(2) nullified; or(3) modified;in such a manner that reduces or otherwise impairs the value of an SNG property interest.As added by P.L.175-2007, SEC.21.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-12. Sng Property Interest; Property Rights

Sec. 12. (a) An SNG property interest, including any right to future purchases of substitute natural gas during the term of a qualified contract, constitutes a present property right.(b) Qualified costs recovered by an energy utility under a qualified order constitute proceeds of only the SNG property interest that is created by the qualified order.(c) If the commission issues a qualified order under section 11 of this chapter, the state covenants and agrees, for the benefit of the energy utility and any assignee or financing entity involved, that the state will not take or permit any action that would:(1) reduce or otherwise impair the value of the SNG property interest created by the qualified order; or(2) limit, alter, or impair:(A) the qualified order;(B) the SNG property interest created by the qualified order; or(C) qualified costs that are:(i) imposed on and collected by the energy utility; and(ii) remitted to the SNG seller;under the terms of the qualified contract;until the qualified contract has been performed in full.As added by P.L.175-2007, SEC.21.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-13. Sng Property Interest; Assignability

Sec. 13. (a) An energy utility may assign an SNG property interest to an assignee, including:(1) another party to the qualified contract; or(2) a financing entity.An assignee may in turn assign an SNG property interest to a financing entity that provides financing to the assignee.(b) An assignment to a financing entity under this section may be:(1) an absolute assignment of the SNG property interest; or(2) an assignment of the SNG property interest as collateral for an obligation owed to the financing entity.(c) An assignee under this section may enforce the SNG property interest by all applicable legal and equitable means.(d) Any amounts collected by an energy utility in connection with the sale, transfer, or disposition of substitute natural gas under a qualified contract that forms the basis of an SNG property interest assigned under this section constitute the property of the assignee. Pending the transfer of the SNG property interest to the assignee, the amounts described in this subsection shall be:(1) segregated by the energy utility; and(2) held in trust for the benefit of the assignee;subject to the terms of the qualified contract that forms the basis of the SNG property interest that is being assigned.As added by P.L.175-2007, SEC.21.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-14. Sng Property Interest; Bankruptcy Setoff

Sec. 14. The interests of an assignee in:(1) an SNG property interest transferred to the assignee under section 13 of this chapter; and(2) any revenues or collections arising from the SNG property interest transferred;are not subject to setoff by the energy utility that transferred the SNG property interest, or by any other person, in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding involving the energy utility.As added by P.L.175-2007, SEC.21.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-15. Sng Property Interest; True Sale

Sec. 15. (a) If an agreement by an energy utility or an assignee to assign an SNG property interest expressly states that the assignment is a sale or is otherwise an absolute transfer:(1) the resulting transaction:(A) is a true sale; and(B) is not a secured transaction; and(2) title, both legal and equitable, passes to the person to which the SNG property interest is assigned.(b) A transaction resulting from an agreement described in subsection (a) is a true sale regardless of whether:(1) the assignee has recourse against the assignor; or(2) the agreement provides for any of the following:(A) The assignor's retention of an equity interest in the SNG property interest transferred.(B) Continuing obligations of the energy utility under the qualified contract, including the obligation of the energy utility to serve as the collector of qualified costs.(C) The treatment of the transfer as a financing for tax, financial reporting, or other purposes.As added by P.L.175-2007, SEC.21.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-17. Sng Property Interest; Status of Parties to Transaction

Sec. 17. An assignee or a financing party is not considered an energy utility solely by virtue of its participation in any transaction described in this chapter.As added by P.L.175-2007, SEC.21.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-18. Sng Property Interest; Successor Obligations

Sec. 18. Any entity that becomes a successor to an energy utility as the result of:(1) any bankruptcy, reorganization, or other insolvency proceeding;(2) any merger, sale, or transfer involving the energy utility; or(3) the operation of law;or for any other reason, shall perform and satisfy any obligations of the energy utility incurred under this chapter in the same manner and to the same extent as the energy utility would have been obligated to perform, including the obligation to pay to an assignee any funds collected by the energy utility in connection with the SNG property interest assigned to the assignee.As added by P.L.175-2007, SEC.21.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-19. Sng Property Interest; Sng Seller Contract With Energy Utility

Sec. 19. An SNG seller that is an assignee may contract with the energy utility, in the qualified contract or in another contract, for the performance of services related to the sale of substitute natural gas under the qualified contract, including:(1) the transportation and distribution of substitute natural gas; and(2) billing, collection, and other related services;according to terms and conditions that reasonably compensate the energy utility for its services and adequately secure payment to the SNG seller.As added by P.L.175-2007, SEC.21.
IN Code § 8-1-8.9-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 8.9. Financing of Substitute Natural Gas Costs|8-1-8.9-20. Sng Property Interest; Sng Seller Rights

Sec. 20. If an energy utility makes a true sale of an SNG property interest to an SNG seller under section 15 of this chapter, the SNG seller:(1) retains title to all substitute natural gas distributed by the energy utility to the energy utility's retail end use customers;(2) is entitled to all amounts collected by the energy utility from its retail end use customers for the distribution of the substitute natural gas, subject to the terms of the qualified contract; and(3) has the same rights to payments made by the energy utility's retail end use customers as does the energy utility that provides the substitute natural gas to those customers.As added by P.L.175-2007, SEC.21.