In northwest Indiana, a week ago on March 26, Secretary Wright made an emergency order saying that our utility Nipsco needed to, because of national securities, reopen a coal fired plant. I have the highest rates for electricity and energy in the country. My ratepayers in northwest Indiana are getting crushed by those rates. It's $100 million to reopen up a coal plant. that Nipsco privately, privately chose to close in 2019. Explain to me why the mixed messages? Why is natural gas good for Ohio and southern Pennsylvania? (04:33–04:42)
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Asserts that ratepayers in northwest Indiana face high costs due to the reopening of a coal plant.
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