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Indiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 146: Electric utility affordability; TDSIC plans.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 146 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on January 5, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Electric utility affordability; TDSIC plans. Primary sponsor: Rick Niemeyer (Republican), Dan Dernulc (Republican). Most recent recorded action (January 5, 2026): Authored by Senators Niemeyer, Dernulc.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Provides that affordability is the most important attribute of electric utility service that must be considered in decisions concerning Indiana's electric generation resource mix, energy infrastructure, and electric service ratemaking constructs. Provides the following with regard to a public electric or gas utility's transmission, distribution, and storage system improvement charge (TDSIC) plan: (1) The public utility's petition for Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) approval of the TDSIC plan must include an executive summary that provides specified information. (2) The public utility and the IURC shall publish the TDSIC plan, and each annual update to the TDSIC plan, on the public utility's and IURC's respective websites. (3) Provides that the public utility shall recover the deferred 20% of the public utility's approved capital expenditures and TDSIC costs under the TDSIC plan only upon the public utility's completion of the eligible transmission, distribution, and storage system improvements included in the TDSIC plan.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rick NiemeyerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Dan DernulcPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Authored by Senators Niemeyer, Dernulc
  2. First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source