Title 8, TITLE 8. UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION

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.27-2006, SEC.55.

Sec. 3. (a) As used in this chapter, "communications service" refers to any of the following: (1) Telecommunications service (as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153). (2) Information service (as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153). (b) The term includes: (1) video service (as defined in IC 8-1-34-14)…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "communications service provider" means a person or an entity that offers communications service to customers in Indiana, without regard to the technology or medium used by the person or entity to provide the communications service. The term inclu…

documents; certificates issued before July 1, 2009; confidential information Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), before a communications service provider may offer communications service to customers in Indiana, the communications service provider must apply to the …

Sec. 7. A communications service provider shall submit duplicate copies of the application and documents required by section 6 of this chapter to the commission. The commission shall prescribe the number of copies to be submitted by a communications service provider under this se…

certificate; request for additional information Sec. 8. Not later than thirty (30) days after receiving the application and documents required by section 6 of this chapter, the commission shall review the application and documents for accuracy and completeness. If the commission …

not required Sec. 9. (a) A hearing is not required in connection with the issuance of a certificate under this chapter. However, the commission shall conduct a hearing, subject to the requirements for hearings under IC 8-1-2 for public utilities, upon the request of any of the fo…

Sec. 1. 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.27-2006, SEC.56.

Sec. 10. The commission may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter. As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.56.

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "communications service" refers to any of the following: (1) Telecommunications service (as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153). (2) Information service (as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153). (b) The term includes: (1) video service (as defined in IC 8-1-34-14)…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "communications service provider" means a person or an entity, or an affiliate (as defined in IC 8-1-34-1) of a person or an entity, that offers communications service to customers in Indiana, without regard to the technology or medium used by the…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "multitenant real estate" means any: (1) geographic area; (2) building; or (3) group of buildings; containing more than one (1) unit for business purposes. The term includes office buildings and office parks. The term does not include apartment bu…

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "person" means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, an unincorporated association, or a governmental entity. As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.56.

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "provider of last resort" has the meaning set forth in IC 8-1-32.4-9. As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.56.

complaint; commission investigation; civil penalty; enforcement by attorney general; right to appeal Sec. 7. (a) After March 27, 2006, a communications service provider shall not enter into any contract, agreement, or other arrangement that does any of the following: (1) Requires…

prohibited acts; reasonable conditions on access; right of action Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the owner, operator, or developer of multitenant real estate located in a service area in which one (1) or more communications service providers are authorized to p…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "communications service" has the meaning set forth in IC 8-1-32.5-3. As added by P.L.79-2012, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "communications service provider" has the meaning set forth in IC 8-1-32.5-4. As added by P.L.79-2012, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "I-Light" refers to the high speed communications network that connects state educational institutions and private postsecondary educational institutions throughout Indiana. The term includes the networks, and any successor networks, known at any …

Sec. 4. (a) As used in this chapter, "state" means the state of Indiana and any officer, agency, department, board, bureau, commission, division, or institution of the state of Indiana, the trustees or board of directors of any instrumentality of the state of Indiana or body poli…

exceptions; existing contractual obligations Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) and in IC 21-28-5, after March 31, 2012, I-Light may not be used to offer or provide, directly or indirectly, communications service to the public or to any private or governmen…

Sec. 1. 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.71-2022, SEC.11.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "distributed energy resource" means any resource located on the distribution system of an electricity supplier, on any subsystem of an electricity supplier, or behind an electricity supplier's customer's meter, including any of the following: (1) …

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "distributed energy resource aggregator" means a person that aggregates one (1) or more distributed energy resources for purposes of participating in one (1) or more of the capacity, energy, or ancillary service markets of a regional transmission …

Commission order Sec. 4. The commission shall adopt rules that the commission determines to be necessary to implement Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order No. 2222 concerning distributed energy resources and distributed energy resource aggregators. As added by P.L.71-2022, …

Commission order Sec. 5. Notwithstanding IC 8-1-40-21, in adopting rules under this chapter, the commission may amend the commission's rules and standards set forth in: (1) 170 IAC 4-4.2 (concerning net metering); and (2) 170 IAC 4-4.3 (concerning interconnection); only as necess…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "assignee" means any individual, corporation, or other legally recognized entity to which an interest in securitization property is transferred. As added by P.L.80-2021, SEC.1.

scope and effect; allocation of qualified costs among customer classes; securitization bond provisions Sec. 10. (a) An electric utility with qualified costs that are at least five percent (5%) of the electric utility's total jurisdictional electric rate base may file a petition w…

Sec. 11. (a) Securitization property consists of the rights and interests of an electric utility, or its successor, under a financing order, including the following: (1) The right to impose, collect, and receive securitization charges, as authorized under the financing order, in …

charges nonbypassable; review and adjustment of securitization charges; recovery of incremental costs Sec. 12. (a) The interest of an assignee in securitization property and in securitization charges is not subject to setoff, counterclaim, surcharge, or defense by the electric ut…

duties with respect to securitization; effect of securitization on electric utility ratemaking and financing Sec. 13. (a) The commission, in exercising the commission's powers and carrying out the commission's duties with regard to any matter within the commission's authority und…

Sec. 14. (a) If an agreement by an electric utility or an assignee to transfer securitization property expressly states that the transfer 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 (…

Sec. 15. (a) A valid and enforceable lien and security interest in securitization property may be created only by a financing order and the execution and delivery of a security agreement with a financing entity in connection with the issuance of securitization bonds. (b) The lien…

or taxing power of state; state covenant with respect to securitization bonds Sec. 16. (a) Securitization bonds are not: (1) a debt or obligation of the state; or (2) a charge on the state's full faith and credit or on the state's taxing power. (b) The state pledges, for the bene…

successor for securitization bonds, charges, and property; assignee or financing party not considered an electric utility Sec. 17. (a) The acquisition, ownership, and disposition of any direct interest in any securitization bond shall not be taken into account in determining whet…

Sec. 18. The provisions of this chapter are severable in the manner provided in IC 1-1-1-8(b). As added by P.L.80-2021, SEC.1.

Sec. 19. The commission shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter. In adopting the rules required by this section, the commission may adopt emergency rules in the manner provided by IC 4-22-2-37.1. Notwithstanding IC 4-22-2-37.1(g), an emergency rule adopted by …

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.80-2021, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "electric utility" means a public utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-1(a)) that meets the following criteria: (1) The public utility owns or operates any electric generation facility for the provision of electric utility service to Indiana customers.…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "financing order" means an order issued by the commission under section 10 of this chapter. As added by P.L.80-2021, SEC.1. IC 8-1-40.5-5 "Financing party" Sec. 5. (a) As used in this chapter, "financing party" means a holder of securitization bon…

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "qualified costs", with respect to an electric generation facility that will be retired from service by an electric utility not later than twenty-four (24) months after the filing of a petition by the electric utility under section 10 of this chap…

Sec. 7. (a) As used in this chapter, "securitization bonds" means bonds, debentures, notes, certificates of participation, certificates of a beneficial interest, certificates of ownership, or other evidences of indebtedness that: (1) are issued by an electric utility, its success…

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "securitization charges" means nonbypassable amounts that are: (1) approved by the commission under a financing order to allow for the full recovery of qualified costs by an electric utility; (2) collected from all retail customers and customer cl…

Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "securitization property" means the rights and interests of an electric utility, or its successor, under a financing order, as described in section 11 of this chapter. As added by P.L.80-2021, SEC.1.