Current Contact Information Re:
TREE TRIMMING INVESTIGATION AND FOLLOW UP LEGISLATION.......Cause # 43663
First here are the e-mail address of the leadership of the Senate and House of Representatives
Address: The Statehouse, 200 West Washington St , Indianapolis Indiana 46204
Common telephone numbers:
Senate 317-232-9400, 800-382-9467 ask for the Senator's Legislative Aide
House 317-232-9600, 800-382-9842 ask for the Representative's Legislative Aide
Senator Vi Simpson <s40@in.gov>....Dem. Minority leader
Senator David Long <s16@ in.gov> .. Rep.Majority leader
Representative Pat Bauer < H6@in.gov> Dem. Minority leader
Representative Brian Bosma <h88@in.gov> Rep. Majority Leader
Your Senator.....
Your State Representative......
Senate Utility Committee Chairman Senator Jim Merritt <s31@in.gov>
House Utility Committee Chairman Rep.Jack Lutz <h35@in.gov>
Senators and Representatives who have either expressed an interest in utility reform or who have expressed a willingness to sponsor legislation to fix the loop holes or short comings of the current IURC Investigation..................which are many.......................... a few are:
A......No statutory authority to enforce their new rules and poor or non-existence oversight authority
B......The proposed rules ignore thousands living in smaller communities creating an atmosphere of discrimination
C......The proposed rules cut out feed back from local officials and the public on new facilities being planned by the utilities
D.... The notification process of the public hearings is substantially out dated and hurts public participation.
E......Utility influence over the IURC prevents a balanced outcome on investigations by the IURC of the utilities themselves.
F......An inability to hear cases where damage has already occurred and then award damages to the wronged party
G.....Defective Title Insurance/Real Estate Disclosure information in describing the details of utility restrictions on a home owners property.......This affects all Hoosier residential property owners...approximately four million Hoosiers are affected
H......Thousands of Central Indiana Home owners are owed over $100 million dollars by IPL due to the taking of private property
Key Senators: Senator Jean Breaux <s34@in.gov> Senator Mike Delph <s29@in.gov> Senator Jim Merritt <s31@in.gov>
Senator Scott Schnieder <s30@in.gov> Senator Beverly Gard <s28@in.gov>
NOTE: Senator Merritt as Chairman of the Senate Utility Committee is the key Senator as He controls what legislation will be heard,if any
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Key House members: Representative Win Moses <h81@in.gov>, Representative Edward Delaney <H86@in.gov>, Representative Dennis Tyler page <h34@in.gov> , Representative Cherrish Pryor <h94@in.gov>, Representative Dave Wolkins <h18@in.gov>, Representative Cindy Noe <H87@in.gov>, Representative Woody Burton <h58@in.gov>
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Office of the Indiana Consumer Counselor: ( OUCC ) ..........charged by law to represent all consumers statewide
101 West Washington Street, Suite 1500, Indianapolis In 46204 Tel: 317-232 -2494, 1-888-441-2494
A.David Stippler Indiana's Consumer Counselor ( head of the OUCC ) dstippler@oucc.in.gov
Karol Krohn Deputy Counselor <kkrohn@oucc.IN.gov>
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Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission ( IURC ) Chairman James Atterholt < jatterholt@urc.in.gov >
101 West Washington Street, Rm.1500, Indianapolis In. 46204 Tel: 317-232-2701, 1-800-535-1484
Tree trimming Cause # 43663 Adm.Law Judges : Phase one the investigation and public Hearings Judge Aaron Schmoll
Phase Two Creating the rules based upon the order of Judge Schmoll, Judge DeAnna Poon