Renewable Energy Development

To support more sustainable renewable electricity generation, NIPSCO received regulatory approval of an expanded Net Metering program, which allows customers to generate up to 100 kilowatts of their own renewable energy from solar, wind or hydroelectric sources. The power generated would be reimbursed through a credit on their monthly electric bill.

In addition, we developed a pilot Feed-In electric rate program, which allows customers to connect up to five megawatts of solar, wind or bio-mass generation sources to our NIPSCO power grid and sell the generated power back to the company. The goal is to add up to 36 megawatts of carbon-free, Indiana-generated electricity to the northern Indiana power grid. Consistent with Indiana's Hoosier Homegrown Energy Plan, the electricity generated is enough to power about 10,000 average Indiana homes.

These combined programs are good for the environment, electric customers and the state of Indiana. As these examples illustrate, we have made significant steps to enhance our stewardship of the environment and will continue to provide updates on our initiatives.

"The Sierra Club is very enthusiastic about working with NIPSCO leading the way with the implementation of a feed-in tariff and net metering expansion--particularly for wind, solar, hydro and sustainable bio-mass. We feel that this will put Indiana on the map as a model for distributed renewable generation in the Midwest while also creating good jobs in the renewable power sector."

Steve Francis
State Chairperson of the Hoosier Chapter of the Sierra Club