Indiana Residents, Pay Attention

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Post Shared By: Facebook User Betty Baker, in the Facebook Group: Stop Solar Farms
October 9, 2020
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David Herman Shared a link to the group: Indiana Residents Against Solar and Wind Farms
October 9, 2020

Indiana Residents, Pay Attention to: Request for Indiana Wind, Solar and Solar + Storage Resources

It was recently brought to our attention that Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Co, also known as (SIGECO), Vectrin Energy Delivery Of Indiana Inc. and CenterPoint Energy. Currently owns or at least is paying taxes on around 45 properties just in Spencer County Indiana. We have no idea how many properties they own or are paying taxes on, in other counties.

In researching this company, we have a variety of interesting information, such as:
*Indiana Gas Company and Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company, Owned by Holding companies Indiana Energy and SIGCORP, merged in June 1999.

*The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice announced a Clean Air Act settlement in June 2003.

*CenterPoint Energy has announced that its Indiana-based electric and gas business, Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Co. (SIGECO) is opening a new request for proposals (RFP) to seek a combination of wind, solar and solar + storage resources to meet the future needs of its 145,000 electric customers in southwestern Indiana.

“While we continue negotiating for active projects identified in our first ever All-Source RFP, conducted as part of our most recent Integrated Resource Plan, additional projects are required to fill the remaining need,” said Steve Greenley, senior VP of generation development. “We are excited to enter the next phase of our electric generation resource transition.”

This RFP will assist in identifying replacement generation capacity beginning in 2023. SIGECO recently completed its 2019/2020 Integrated Resource Plan in which the company announced plans to retire 730 MW of coal-fired generation by 2024 and largely fill its ongoing energy need with renewable generation. Specifically, the company is seeking 700 to 1,000 MW of solar and solar + storage as well as 300 MW of wind resources.

*SOUTHERN INDIANA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
hereby files with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to Rule 2 its initial statement claiming exemption
as a holding company from the provisions of the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 as a holding company
subsidiary of a parent holding company, and submits the
following information:

1. Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company
("SIGECO") is a combination gas and electric utility and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of SIGCORP, Inc. ("SIGCORP"), an
investor owned holding company. SIGCORP was formed in 1995
under the laws of the State of Indiana by SIGECO. On January
1, 1996, SIGCORP became the parent of SIGECO, pursuant to a
corporate reorganization plan and also became the parent of
nonutility subsidiaries formerly owned by SIGECO. SIGECO
serves customers in 10 southwestern Indiana counties.
Nonutility business activities are conducted under separate
subsidiaries.

That last piece of information came from: http://www.secinfo.com/d2Q1c.9d.htm

While we do not have enough information to write a full story yet, we are encouraging other Indiana residents to contact us with any additional information they may have on this company. We do know, they are the ones currently building a 1,000+ acre solar farm in Troy Indiana.