Water Data: Ready, Set, Report! How a New Law Will Impact Water Utilities

Newly enacted Indiana legislation will increase the amount of paperwork produced by water utilities of all types. Senate Enrolled Act No. 132 provides that all water utilities must report to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) certain d buy cialis discount ata, such as number of customers, service territory, total utility plant in service, amount, availability and location of water resources, amongst other information. The reports are due annually, beginning with information collected during 2012. The IURC will…

Legislative Leaders at the 20th annual Bingham McHale Legislative Conference

Conference attendees heard from Rep. B. Patrick Bauer (D), House Minority Leader; Rep. Brian C. Bosma, Esq. (R), Speaker of the House; Sen. Vi Simpson, Esq. (D), Senate Minority Leader; and Sen. David Long, Esq. (R), President Pro Tempore. Among the hot topics discussed were right-to-work legislation, a statewide smoking ban, and school vouchers.

Scratching a Seven-Year Itch: IRS Allows Faster Depreciation of District Cooling Property

As first appeared Nov. 15, 2011, on the International District Energy Association Website IRS finding allows depreciation up to 70% faster than comparable property In a major win for district cooling systems, the Internal Revenue Service found in a private letter ruling that a district cooling system could be depreciated over seven years. The IRS issued the private letter ruling to a power company whose subsidiary owns a district cooling system consisting of three plants, the underground network…