Indiana Code

Ind. Code § 8-1-2-69 (2026)

Complaints against utilities; orders of commission

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     Sec. 69. Whenever, upon the investigation made under the provisions of this chapter, the commission shall find any regulations, measurements, practices, acts, or service to be unjust, unreasonable, unwholesome, unsanitary, unsafe, insufficient, preferential, unjustly discriminatory, or otherwise in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or shall find that any service is inadequate or that any service which can be reasonably demanded can not be obtained, the commission shall determine and declare and by order fix just and reasonable measurements, regulations, acts, practices, or service to be furnished, imposed, observed, and followed in the future in lieu of those found to be unjust, unreasonable, unwholesome, unsanitary, unsafe, insufficient, preferential, unjustly discriminatory, inadequate, or otherwise in violation of this chapter, as the case may be, and shall make such other order respecting such measurement, regulation, act, practice, or service as shall be just and reasonable.

Formerly: Acts 1913, c.76, s.73. As amended by P.L.59-1984, SEC.29.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1981–2024 · 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).
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 6× “Indiana Code section 8-1-2-69 provides in relevant part: Whenever, upon the investigation made under the provisions of this chapter, the commission shall find any regulations, measurements, practices, acts, or service to be unjust, unreasonable, unwholesome, unsanitary, unsafe,…”
Airco Indus. Gases v. Indiana Michigan Power Co., 614 N.E.2d 951 (Ind. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 6× “In that regard Ind.Code § 8-1-2-69 provides in pertinent part: *954 .”
South E. Indiana Nat. Gas Co. v. Ingram, 617 N.E.2d 943 (Ind. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “But no order affecting said rates, tolls, charges, schedules, regulations, measurements, practice or act, complained of, shall be entered by the [C]ommission without a formal hearing.”
N. Indiana Pub. Serv. Co. v. LaPorte, 791 N.E.2d 271 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “Ind.Code § 8-1-2-69. In addition, Ind.Code § 8-1-2-113(a) reads: The commission may, when it considers necessary to prevent injury to the business or interests of the people or any public utility of this state in case of any emergency to be judged by the commission, temporarily…”
Illinois-Indiana Cable Television Ass'n v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 427 N.E.2d 1100 (Ind. Ct. App. 1981). “Safety and adequacy of service Ind.Code 8-1-2-69 provides: “Whenever, upon the investigation made under the provisions of this act, the commission shall find any regulations, *1107 measurements, practices, acts or service to be unjust, unreasonable, unwholesome, unsanitary,…”
Bloomington Country Club, Inc. v. City of Bloomington Water & Wastewater Utils., 827 N.E.2d 1213 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005). “§ 8-1-2-69. It seems that an investigation as to whether the approved rates were being applied consistent with the evidence leading to the approval of those rates falls within the contemplated purview of this provision.”
Greenwood Prof'l Park v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 487 N.E.2d 472 (Ind. Ct. App. 1986). “In other references, the Commission found that individual metering “would not defeat the PURPA objective_” While the language does not track the regulation, form will not be exalted over substance if, in fact, the proper standard has been applied.”
N. Indiana Pub. Serv. Co. v. JUPITER ALUMINUM Corp., 858 N.E.2d 1075 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 18× “Ind. Code § 8-1-2-69 describes possible Commission actions in non-rate disputes, such as the complaint brought by Jupiter.”
Duke Energy Indiana LLC v. City of Noblesville Indiana (Ind. 2024). “§ 8-1-2-69. The code grants the commission such power over disputed ordinances “affecting or relating to the service of any public utility”, id.”
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