INDIANAPOLIS — In a unanimous vote, the City-County Council’s Administration and Finance Committee on Tuesday endorsed a resolution opposing AES Indiana’s request to raise electricity rates.

Councilor Michael-Paul Hart said the proposal could not come at a worse time.

“People are feeling this,” Hart told fellow councilors. “Property taxes are going up, grocery bills are going up, and now they’re looking at a possible increase in their utility bills.”

Hart introduced the measure in response to growing public frustration over the cost of living. For many residents, he said, the proposed rate hike feels like one burden too many. “In the largest city in the state, we represent nearly a million people,” he added. “They don’t want to see a rate increase, and I don’t either.”

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