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Amazon Web Services late Monday announced plans for $15 billion in investment to build new data centers in "Northern Indiana," in addition to the $11 billion data center they're building east of New Carlisle.

NIPSCO is planning to move its Goshen operations center a couple miles south, despite opposition from its new neighbor.

NIPSC0, citing rising wholesale costs it pays for gas, says the average monthly household gas bill this winter is projected to increase 38% compared to 2023.

The average monthly increase of $5 for residential customers will be phased in two parts, starting Aug. 1 through February.

The state recently approved the increase to help pay for new renewable energy projects as well as maintaining the company’s coal plants.

Unlike coal ash ponds, the ash is dry when it’s placed into these landfills. But the group Earthjustice said the ash can still get wet when it rains or the water table rises — polluting groundwater and drinking water sources.

The war in Ukraine and the pandemic have dramatically driven up fuel costs. The highest recent fuel adjustment was by AES Indiana — where the average customer paid an extra $24 a month from September to November.

Just Transition Northwest Indiana and the Illinois Green New Deal Coalition plan to deliver a petition with almost 2,000 signatures to the EPA’s regional office in Chicago on Thursday.

The average CenterPoint residential customer pays about $168 a month for 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity. The utility has had noticeably higher prices than others for at least a decade, but that gap has started to narrow since 2020.

The Sierra Club has released its latest report ranking electric utilities based on their climate commitments. The rankings are based on utilities’ plans to retire coal plants, build enough renewable energy, and avoid adding new natural gas plants by 2030.