Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Indiana Thieves - Old and New

We have a history of criminality in Indiana that we hide in a closest.


But reading The problem with going solar in Indiana (Indiana Capital Chronicle) makes me think we still have plenty of theives hanging about:

In most states, if you deposit 20 kWh of power during the afternoon (as is usual on a typical sunny day), you get a full 1-to-1 credit to withdraw those same 20 kWh later that night. While states like Florida, Ohio, and Iowa protect 1-to-1 net metering as a matter of property rights and energy freedom, Indiana’s Senate Enrolled Act 309 created an artificial government price control that penalizes Hoosier families for investing in their own homes.

Passed in 2017, the law allows electric companies to harvest those same 20 kWh of afternoon power from you and immediately sell them to your neighbors for $3.00 (the full $0.15/kWh retail price), while crediting you just $0.70 (the discounted $0.035/kWh wholesale rate). When you pull that same power back out of the grid that night, they charge you $3.00 once again. That leaves the homeowner getting back less than 25% of the energy value they deposited just hours earlier.

 I am surprised no one has litigated this. 

sch 8/18 

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