CenterPoint Energy's Indiana electric utility - formerly Vectren - serves seven southwestern Indiana counties.
Pending electric cases for CenterPoint Energy include its:
- Salt Creek Wind project (IURC Cause No. 46218)
- Time of Use & Critical Peak Pricing Rates (IURC Cause No. 46263)
- Quarterly Fuel Cost Adjustments (For the latest case file, click here and enter Cause Number 38708)
- Trackers under its approved 5-year infrastructure plan (IURC Cause No. 45894)
In the most recent IURC survey of residential electric utility rates, CenterPoint Energy's average bill ranked second-highest among the utilities under IURC jurisdiction.
Major components in a typical electric bill include base rates, trackers, and sales taxes.
Base Rates
Base rates cover most infrastructure and operating/maintenance costs while rate adjustment “trackers,” as described below, allow for more frequent rate changes for specific costs as designated by laws.
CenterPoint Energy's current electric base rates received IURC approval in February 2025. For information on the case, click here.
Trackers
In addition to base rates, CenterPoint Energy and other electric utilities recover and credit separate, specific costs through rate adjustment mechanisms known as "trackers." The OUCC reviews all tracker rate adjustments in IURC cases on a regular basis.
CenterPoint's authorized trackers made up about 10% of a residential customer’s typical electric bill as of July 2025. To view the IURC public files in a tracker case, click here and enter the appropriate cause number.
Tracker Recovers Costs for Frequency IURC Cause No. Fuel Adjustment Clause (FAC) Coal and other fuels Quarterly 38708 Transmission, Distribution, & Storage System Improvement Charge (TDSIC) Projects in long-term infrastructure plan Semi-Annual 45894 Reliability Cost & Revenue Adjustment (RCRA) Capacity resources needed for system reliability Semi-Annual 43406 MISO Cost & Revenue Adjustment (MCRA) Participation in Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO) Semi-Annual 43354 Demand Side Management (DSMA) Energy efficiency programs Annual 43405 Clean Energy Cost Adjustment (CECA) Solar energy project construction & operation Annual 44909 Environmental Cost Adjustment (ECA) Emissions control equipment & ash pond remediation Annual 45052 Securitization Riders Securitization of A.B. Brown units Annual 45722 Tax Adjustment Rider Credits associated with various income tax matters Annual 45990
Additional Cases of Note
Previous CenterPoint Energy/Vectren electric cases before the IURC include:
- Rate Case (Cause No. 45990)
- Galesburg Wind Project (Cause No. 46058)
- Coal Ash Compliance Project (Cause No. 45903)
- Culley Outage Subdocket (Cause No. 38708 FAC 137 S1)
- 2017-2023 Infrastructure plan (Cause No. 44910)
- Reliability Cost and Revenue Adjustment (Cause No. 43406 RCRA 21)
- Posey County Solar Project (Cause No. 45897)
- Proposed Wind Energy Petition (Cause No. 45836)
- Financing Request (Cause No. 45799)
- Knox County Solar Project (Cause No. 45786)
- Pike County Solar Project (Cause No. 45754)
- Excess distributed generation tariff (IURC Cause No. 45378)
- Securitization proposal (IURC Cause No. 45722)
- Natural gas generation proposal (Cause No. 45564)
- Utility Receipts Tax reduction (Cause No. TD-50548)
- Financing request (Cause No. 45590)
- Vermillion County & Knox County Solar Projects (Cause No. 45600)
- Posey County & Warrick County Solar Projects (Cause No. 45501)
- Ash pond closure compliance project at the A. B. Brown Generating Facility (Cause No. 45280)
- COVID-19 investigation (Cause No. 45380)
- Generation transition proposal (Cause No. 45052)
- Spencer County solar generation project (Cause No. 45086)
- Evansville solar projects (Cause No. 44909)
- Vectren/CenterPoint merger informational docket (Cause No. 45109)
- 2017 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act investigation (Cause No. 45032)
- Coal Procurement Practices (Cause No. 38708 FAC 102 S1)
- Dense Pack Project (Cause No. 44067)
- Energy Efficiency Plans (Cause No. 45387)
Sales Taxes
The seven percent state sales tax applies to all Indiana electric utilities.
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