By Niki Kelly | Editor-in-Chief
"Duke has recovered and will continue to recover over $86 million a year more than what was approved. This is not ‘refinement.’ Just ask the Hoosiers footing the bill." — Utility Consumer Counselor Abby Gray
Duke Energy is collecting millions more than was approved in a rate case last year. But an initial regulatory ruling found the increase counts as a "refinement."
A southern Indiana sheriff relinquished his police certification Monday but he will continue in his elected post amid a criminal probe.
Indiana's secretary of commerce is leaving the job.
Plus, a preview of the Hoosier state's Washington, D.C. fair exhibit.
Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor Abby Gray asks questions during a utility affordability hearing on March 24, 2026, at the IURC’s downtown Indianapolis headquarters. (Photo by Leslie Bonilla Muñiz/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
State's ratepayer advocate accuses Duke of overcharging customers in appeal to regulators
By Leslie Bonilla Muñiz
The state's top utility customer advocate says Duke Energy Indiana over-collected more than $89 million from its ratepayers and is set to over-collect another $86 million annually.
The company, however, says it's done nothing wrong.
“Any case before the Commission sets a precedent that could be relied on in future cases," Indiana Utility Consumer Counselor Abby Gray said in a statement to the Capital Chronicle. "That is why it is imperative the full Commission examine this matter and only allow Duke to recover the amount (authorized) last year."
Dubois County Sheriff Thomas Kleinhelter voluntarily relinquished his Indiana law enforcement certification Monday under a settlement approved by the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board. (Photo by Casey Smith/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
Dubois County sheriff loses Indiana law enforcement certification but keeps elected office
By Casey Smith
The Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board accepted Dubois County Sheriff Thomas Kleinhelter’s voluntary relinquishment of his certification Monday — but the action does not remove the embattled sheriff from his office.
Kleinhelter will serve as county sheriff without the law enforcement credentials required of most Hoosier police officers. Indiana’s sheriffs are elected constitutional officers whose authority comes from voters rather than certification by the state training board.
NATIONAL NEWS
A weatherproof tarp covers the facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on June 15, 2026. (Photo by Sam Gauntt/States Newsroom)
Kennedy Center facade blocked from public view by tarp after Trump’s name removed
By Sam Gauntt
Days after President Donald Trump’s name was removed from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a large tarp and scaffolding was still blocking the building’s facade from public view Monday afternoon.
Construction crews took Trump’s name off the center early Saturday morning after a federal appeals court upheld a Friday deadline for its removal.
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