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Ind. Code § 8-1-2-68 (2026)

Rates and charges; order fixing

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     Sec. 68. Whenever, upon an investigation, the commission shall find any rates, tolls, charges, schedules, or joint rate or rates to be unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, or unjustly discriminatory, or to be preferential or otherwise in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the commission shall determine and by order fix just and reasonable rates, tolls, charges, schedules, or joint rates to be imposed, observed, and followed in the future in lieu of those found to be unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, or unjustly discriminatory or preferential or otherwise in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.

Formerly: Acts 1913, c.76, s.72. As amended by P.L.59-1984, SEC.28.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2025 · leading case: Leslie Bridges v. Veolia Water Indianapolis, LLC, Veolia Water North Am. Operating Serv., LLC, & The City of Indianapolis, Dept. of Waterworks, 978 N.E.2d 447 (Ind. Ct. App. 2012).
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Leslie Bridges v. Veolia Water Indianapolis, LLC, Veolia Water North Am. Operating Serv., LLC, & The City of Indianapolis, Dept. of Waterworks, 978 N.E.2d 447 (Ind. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 8× “On appeal, the Utility argued that the IURC lacked jurisdiction to investigate the already adopted rates and charges of a municipally owned utility because Indiana Code section 8-1-2-68 does not apply to municipally owned utilities.”
City of Gary v. Indiana Bell Tel. Co., 732 N.E.2d 149 (Ind. 2000). · cites it 4× “[13] For other situations where the IURC makes similar determinations, see, for example, Indiana Code § 8-1-2-68 (1998) ("Whenever, upon an investigation, the commission shall find any rates, tolls, charges, schedules, or joint rate or rates to be unjust, unreasonable,…”
Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, Inc. v. N. Indiana Pub. Serv. Co., 796 N.E.2d 1264 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 4× “Specifically, CAC claims that the IURC erred by (1) holding that the standard for trial court approval of class action settlements was inapplicable to the IURC's adoption of a proposed settlement; (2) resolving an IURC-initiated investigation without employing the rate-making…”
United States Gypsum, Inc. v. Indiana Gas Co., 735 N.E.2d 790 (Ind. 2000). · cites it 2× “Ind.Code § 8-1-2-68. This rate-setting procedure is comprehensive: “the Commission must examine every aspect of the utility’s operations and the economic environment in which the utility functions to ensure that the data it has received are representative of operating conditions…”
Illinois-Indiana Cable Television Ass'n v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 427 N.E.2d 1100 (Ind. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 2× “Ind. Code 8-1-2-68 provides: “Whenever, upon an investigation, the commission shall find any rates, tolls, charges, schedules or joint rate or rates, to be unjust, unreasonable, insufficient or unjustly discriminatory, or to be preferential or otherwise in violation of any of…”
Airco Indus. Gases v. Indiana Michigan Power Co., 614 N.E.2d 951 (Ind. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 3× “IMP argues there is no such authority, rather Ind.Code § 8-1-2-68 governs the Commission's authority with respect to a utility's "rates, tolls, charges and schedules" and limits the Commission's orders in fixing new ones "to be imposed observed and followed in the future.”
Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, Inc. v. Pub. Serv. Co. of Indiana, 450 N.E.2d 98 (Ind. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “Code 8-1-2-108 must be read with Ind.Code 8-1-2-68, which prohibits rates that are "unjust, unreasonable, insufficient or unjustly discriminatory, or .”
Indiana Bell Tel. Co. v. Off. of Util. Consum. Couns., 717 N.E.2d 613 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 4× “Ind.Code § 8-1-2-68; Indiana Tel. *622 Corp.”
Bloomington Country Club, Inc. v. City of Bloomington Water & Wastewater Utils., 827 N.E.2d 1213 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 4× “Inter alia, Utilities argues that Indiana Code § 8-1-2-68 does "not apply to municipally *1219 owned utilities such as" Utilities because it (1) contains no express grant to the IURC of "the authority to initiate an investigation," and (2) applies only to violations of…”
Citizens Energy Coalition, Inc. v. Indiana & Michigan Elec. Co., 396 N.E.2d 441 (Ind. Ct. App. 1979). “It cites Ind. Code 8-1-2-68 which provides as follows: “Whenever, upon an investigation, the commission shall find any rates, tolls, charges, schedules or joint rate or rates, to be unjust, unreasonable, insufficient or unjustly discriminatory, or to be preferential or otherwise…”
Indiana Bell Tel. Co. v. Off. of Util. Consum. Couns., 725 N.E.2d 432 (Ind. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “The OUCC petitions for rehearing on the ground that that part of our opinion which addressed the refund of interim rates "used broad, unqualified language indicating that the Commission does not have the statutory authority to ever make rates interim and subject to refund due to…”
Indiana Bell Tel. Co. v. Indiana Util. Regulatory Comm'n, 855 N.E.2d 357 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “Indiana Code section 8-1-2-68 states that when "the commission shall find any .”
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