The Indiana Court of Appeals sided with consumer advocates Tuesday, reversing a decision by the state's utility regulator that allowed Duke Energy Indiana to recover millions of dollars from Hoosiers for cleaning up toxic coal ash at its power plants in the state .

A three-judge panel ruled in a unanimous opinion that the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission incorrectly allowed Duke Energy to collect $62 million for the work from Hoosier ratepayers.

"This is a big win," said Kerwin Olson, Executive Director of Citizens Action Coalition.

The coalition argued IURC misapplied a 2023 state law when approving Duke’s rate hike request to pay for coal ash cleanup dating back to 2019, which resulted in the case going to the Court of Appeals.

“It’s quite simply, from our perspective

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