The state Office of Utility Consumer Counselor is accepting public comments on an Indiana Michigan Power proposal to add about 3,800 megawatts of electricity generation — enough to power more than 2 million homes annually. Yet I&M hasn’t identified whether the facilities will be new or acquired, where they will be located, or even how much they will cost the utility and its ratepayers.

Under a new state law recently enacted to encourage and expedite energy generation, that lack of information is perfectly acceptable. Indiana House Enrolled Act 1007 incentivizes energy production and streamlines the process for utilities. But it also could accelerate utility spending and rate increases so that Indiana can attract data centers and other economic developments.

“If there’s ever been legislat

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