Title 8, UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 22. (a) The commission shall approve a multi-year rate plan for an electricity supplier under this chapter if, after notice and hearing, the commission finds the following: (1) That the electricity supplier's rates under the multi-year rate plan are just and reasonable. (2) …

Sec. 23. (a) For each rate year in an electricity supplier's multi-year rate plan, the commission shall determine a customer affordability performance metric for that electricity supplier by calculating the difference between: (1) the average annual percentage change (rounded to …

Sec. 24. (a) For each rate year included in an electricity supplier's multi-year rate plan, the commission shall determine, using the most recent service restoration performance report submitted to the commission by the electricity supplier under section 19 of this chapter, a ser…

Sec. 25. (a) Beginning in 2029, the commission shall include in the annual report that the commission is required to submit under IC 8-1-1-14 before October 1 of each year the following information as of the last day of the most recently concluded state fiscal year: (1) For each …

Sec. 26. After March 14, 2026, any reference in IC 8-1, or in rules adopted by the commission, to: (1) a "base rate case"; (2) a "general rate case"; (3) a proceeding for a change or increase in "basic rates and charges"; or (4) words of similar import; with respect to an electri…

Sec. 27. The commission shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter. As added by P.L.36-2026, SEC.10.

Sec. 3. (a) As used this chapter, "customer", with respect to an electricity supplier, means a metered electrical service point: (1) that is located at a specific location in Indiana; and (2) for which an active billing account is established by the electricity supplier. (b) As t…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "customer affordability performance metric", with respect to an electricity supplier, means a metric that: (1) is determined by the commission under section 23 of this chapter for a particular rate year included in that electricity supplier's mult…

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "customer average interruption duration index", or "CAIDI", means an index that: (1) indicates the average time required to restore electric service to an electricity supplier's customers affected by sustained service interruptions; and (2) is cal…

Sec. 6. (a) As used in this chapter, "electricity supplier" means a public utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-1(a)) that: (1) furnishes retail electric service to customers in Indiana; and (2) is under the jurisdiction of the commission for the approval of rates and charges. (b) The…

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "IEEE 1366" refers to: (1) the 2022 edition of IEEE 1366, IEEE Guide for Electric Power Distribution Reliability Indices, as adopted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; or (2) if the commission adopts a rule under IC 4-22-2 t…

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "major event day", or "MED", means a day with respect to which an electricity supplier's daily system SAIDI exceeds a statistical threshold value that is: (1) calculated using the 2.5 Beta methodology developed by the Institute of Electrical and E…

Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "multi-year rate plan" means a ratemaking mechanism under which the commission sets an electricity supplier's base rates for a three (3) year period that includes: (1) authorized periodic changes in the electricity supplier's base rates; and (2) a…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "electricity supplier" means a person, other than a municipally owned utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-1(h)), that: (1) provides utility service to customers; and (2) is under the jurisdiction of the commission for the approval of rates and charges…

Sec. 10. A low income customer assistance program offered under this chapter that affects rates and charges for service is not discriminatory for purposes of this chapter or any other law regulating rates and charges for service. As added by P.L.36-2026, SEC.11.

Sec. 11. (a) Beginning in 2027, the commission shall include in the annual report that the commission is required to submit under IC 8-1-1-14 before October 1 of each year the following information for each electricity supplier with respect to the most recently concluded state fi…

Sec. 12. The commission shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter. As added by P.L.36-2026, SEC.11.

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "eligible program costs" means costs that are associated with an electricity supplier's low income customer assistance program and that: (1) have been incurred, or are reasonably estimated to be incurred, by the electricity supplier in adminis…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "low income customer" refers to a residential customer who is part of a household that: (1) has agreed to pay for utility service from an electricity supplier; and (2) is eligible for and has applied for assistance from a home energy assistance pr…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "utility service" means electric service that is provided at retail to customers. As added by P.L.36-2026, SEC.11.

Sec. 5. (a) Not later than July 1, 2026, an electricity supplier shall offer a low income customer assistance program that provides financial assistance to low income customers for the payment of monthly bills for utility service provided by the electricity supplier. A program th…

Sec. 6. Beginning in 2027, not later than March 1 of each year, an electricity supplier shall fund the electricity supplier's low income customer assistance program in an amount equal to: (1) at least two-tenths percent (0.2%) of the electricity supplier's jurisdictional revenues…

Sec. 7. (a) In each residential customer bill issued by an electricity supplier after June 30, 2026, the electricity supplier must include a notice that: (1) informs customers that the electricity supplier offers a low income customer assistance program for eligible customers; an…

Sec. 8. If a customer: (1) applies for assistance under an electricity supplier's low income customer assistance program; and (2) qualifies as a low income customer under section 3(2) of this chapter; the electricity supplier shall enroll the customer in the program, to the exten…

Sec. 9. (a) An electricity supplier may, but is not required to, petition the commission for approval to recover eligible program costs. An electricity supplier may file a petition with the commission under this section: (1) as part of a base rate case; or (2) at any time as part…

Sec. 1. Within thirty (30) days before the date that the authority to supply piped drinking water is transferred from a city or town to a person other than a city or town, the Indiana department of health shall conduct a test to determine the quality of the drinking water supplie…

Sec. 2. After August 31, 1981, if the authority to supply piped drinking water is transferred from a city or town to a person other than a city or town, the piped drinking water must, at the time of transfer, be at least equal in quality to the water tested under section 1 of thi…

Sec. 3. A person, other than a city or town, to whom the authority to supply piped drinking water is transferred from a city or town, shall maintain, to the extent practicable and reasonable, the quality of water required at the time of transfer of such authority, under section 2…

Sec. 4. A person who supplies drinking water that does not comply with section 2 of this chapter commits a Class B infraction for each day he is in violation. As added by Acts 1981, P.L.105, SEC.1.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "levelized billing plan" has the meaning set forth in IC 8-1-2-4.7. As added by P.L.36-2026, SEC.7.

Sec. 10. Beginning in 2027, the office shall annually compile and summarize the information received from electricity suppliers under section 8 of this chapter for the previous calendar year and include the office's summary of the information in the office's annual report to the …

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "customer" refers to a residential customer who has agreed to pay for utility service from an electricity supplier. As added by P.L.36-2026, SEC.7.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "electricity supplier" means a person, other than a municipally owned utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-1(h)), that: (1) provides utility service to customers in Indiana; and (2) is under the jurisdiction of the commission for the approval of rates …

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "office" refers to the office of utility consumer counselor created by IC 8-1-1.1-2. As added by P.L.36-2026, SEC.7.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "payment plan" means a payment arrangement that: (1) is entered into by an electricity supplier and a customer of the electricity supplier; and (2) allows the customer to: (A) pay current or past due amounts for utility service in lower amounts or…

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "protected account" means an account that is for utility service that is provided to a customer who is eligible for and has applied for assistance from a home energy assistance program administered under IC 4-4-33. As added by P.L.36-2026, SEC.7.

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "utility service" means residential electric service that is provided at retail. As added by P.L.36-2026, SEC.7.

Sec. 8. (a) An electricity supplier shall submit to the office quarterly reports containing the information set forth in this subsection with respect to the calendar quarter covered by the report. A report under this subsection shall be submitted to the office in the manner and f…

Sec. 9. The office shall adopt guidelines to implement this chapter. As added by P.L.36-2026, SEC.7.

Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for a railroad corporation to permit any train, railroad car or engine to obstruct public travel at a railroad-highway grade crossing for a period in excess of ten (10) minutes, except where such train, railroad car or engine cannot be moved by reason…

Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for a railroad corporation to permit successive train movements to obstruct vehicular traffic at a railroad-highway grade crossing until all vehicular traffic previously delayed by such train movements has been cleared or a period of five (5) minutes …

Sec. 3. (a) A railroad corporation that violates this chapter commits a Class C infraction. The minimum judgment that may be entered for a Class C infraction under this section is two hundred dollars ($200). (b) Notwithstanding IC 34-28-5-5(c), funds collected as judgments for vi…

Sec. 1.5. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (1) "Field side" means the side of a rail pointing away from a track. (2) "Maximum authorized speed limit" means the maximum speed limit authorized under Federal Railroad Administration track classifications and s…

Sec. 2.1. A railroad that violates section 3 or 4 of this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day the violation continues. The maximum penalty under this section is five thousand dollars ($5,000). The Indiana department of transportation m…

Sec. 3. (a) A railroad shall provide and maintain within the railroad's right-of-way an unobstructed view in each quadrant of a public rail-highway grade crossing that is under the control of the railroad to the following specifications: (1) From the centerline of the highway, st…

Sec. 4. (a) A railroad shall provide and maintain within the railroad's right-of-way an unobstructed view in each quadrant of a public rail-highway crossing that is under the control of the railroad as follows: (1) If the crossing is equipped with a passive warning device, as fol…