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onomic advancement partnership and several economic development representatives including bert cook checked in where there is no manufacturing taking place two pieces of property across the street from 300 n philadelphia assessed for about 25 000 was bought by the city of laporte for 95 000 nipsco partially owned by blackstone setting up an unregulated utility genco with amazon as a partner a battery storage facility bess across the street from a new data center that stores solar power for genco who partnered with amazon partially owned by blackstone miso petitions the ferc to install the reliability curve that deems solar as unreliable thereby increasing the price of electricity from 30 in 2024 to 666 50 in 2025 miso is comprised of transmission owners duke energy nipsco from as far north as canada to the gulf of mexico blackstone is one of the worlds largest data center owners indiana economic development corp is completely responsible for funding project energy systems network and is run by miso s president john bear energy systems network s mission is to increase renewables that have been deemed nearly worthless by miso s petition to the ferc under the reliability curve three new data centers and a new bess all within about 20 miles of laporte purdue notre dame and a great lake lake michigan yip purely coincidental kimberly share this share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in big government climate change community country landscape laporte county money news political tagged bert cook bess data centers john bear lake michigan laporte indiana miso nipsco notre dame purdue solar 1 comment utility bill skyrocketed december 31 2025 by armann and kaymann december 31 2025 happy new year s eve when your watching that big ball fall for the sky with billions of lights burning brightly think about the cost of electricity john bear is the president of midcontinent independent system operator miso a non profit 501c4 with 3 500 000 000 3 5 billion in assets which is comprised of utility companies electricity miso successfully petitioned the federal energy regulatory commission ferc on behalf of utility companies to allow a new method to calculate costs that increases the cost of electricity the reliability curve the reliability curve is based on classifying renewable power generators like solar wind to be considered unreliable and warrants increasing the price of electricity this resulted in the price going from 30 in 2024 to 666 50 in 2025 see pic 2 full report found here miso transmission owners are companies such as ameren duke energy nipsco aes and entergy miso is comprised of approximately 54 utility companies from wisconsin to louisiana including indiana miso s john bear sits as president of energy services network esn an organization that dreams up projects to increase the use of electricity it s all funded by the indiana economic development corp iedc see pic 3 and 4 miso john bear campaigns around the world to increase the use of renewables like solar wind john bear is the recent former president of go15 see pic 5 who collaborates with other countries such as china mr bear loves the climate change ideology and so does china video may be seen here china depends on the sale of lithium ion cells lithium ion cells are used in solar data center computers electric vehicles etc both data centers and bess centers are guzzlers of energy they use lithium ion cells and drink electricity like a professional drunkard on new year s eve these energy guzzlers just happen to be customers of miso transmission owners such as nipsco and their new unregulated entity genco better yet blackstone recently purchased 20 of nipsco blackstone is one of the worlds largest data center owners which means we pay them to build the data centers we give them tax abatements tax credits federal funds then we pay them for the equipment to generate electricity then we pay them to build more generators we pay them through the iedc and last but not least we pay them monthly out of wages left over turn off the lights at the iedc and audit miso kimberly pic 1 pic 2 pic 3 pic 4 pic 5 share this share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in big government climate change conservative economy farm and country political tagged bills cost of living electricity ferc inflation miso money nipsco solar wind 4 comments laporte indiana december 20 2025 by armann and kaymann there are several companies located at the building owned by laporte technologies laporte defense technologies at 300 n philadelphia laporte indiana key players are joe walker kenji scott fred jones srinath narayanan joe walker smart solutions is one business at 300 n philadelphia that received iedc tax credits on a utility pole contract in an empty building bert cook visited this location as the executive director of the 501c3 named greater laporte economic development corp gledc where cindy admave is on the board of directors ms admave is nipsco s economic development director for the laporte area half way of gledcs fund are from the unity foundation laporte technogies who received iedc support bought wejo an 800 million company another business at 300 philadelphia laporte indiana is smilodon which is also run by srinath narayanan smilodon is project energy reimagined in early 2023 smilodon agreed to buy a german bus company called heramba in early 2024 they acted as a back stop sponsor of the transaction so when project energy reimagined bought heramba smilodon became heramba david roberts and srinath narayanan are the two executives in charge of the heramba bankruptcy now in germany jun 18 2025 srinath narayanan david port and dave roberts are the only representatives authorized to communicate and negotiate with the insolvency kimberly p s hmmmmm wonder why the city of laporte bought 6 acres and 1 9 acres of land across the street from 300 n philadelphia from sq f t worth an assessed value of 11 000 and 16 000 for 95 000 share this share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in current events 4 comments data centers solar utility companies and our representatives december 14 2025 by armann and kaymann nipsco is northwestern indiana s gas and electric supplier 20 owned by blackstone one of the largest data center builder energy infrastructure developer in the world they have acquired seats on the board of directors of economic development corporations that dish out tax dollars to themselves nipsco is on nearly every economic development board in the area they cover those economic development ed boards decide who receives billions of tax payer dollars nipsco has an in house economic development dept with representatives that sit on local and state ed boards nipsco actively recruits new businesses that guzzle energy equivalent to the size of cities such as data centers with tax dollars distributed through economic development boards nipsco out of merrillville indiana spent approximately 141 000 in 2024 lobbying state representatives rep ed soliday authored 5 bills in 2024 all 5 made it easier for utilities to increase their profit margin nipsco files rate requests with the indiana utility regulatory commission iurc stating their need to raise rates because of lack of reliable energy increased demand from industry that they themselves recruited to our neighborhood nipsco has the ability to sell energy to other areas including other countries such as canada mexico where rates are higher nipsco actively builds solar fields with economic development funds tax dollars the grid operator in indiana has declared solar and wind as unreliable power sources under their new formula for pricing energy i e the reason for the price increase from 2024 at 30 to the summer 2025 price of 666 50 nipsco files rate requests with the indiana utility regulatory commission iurc stating their need to raise rates because of lack of reliable energy increased demand from industry that they themselves recruited to our neighborhood they are drawing in energy guzzlers with your money building energy sources that are declared unreliable by the grid operator which does nothing to reduce price they actively lobby key government officials who sympathize with their profit margin to pass laws that tie the hands of the indiana utility regulatory commission leaving them no choice but to increase rates their employees are controlling the distribution of your tax dollars that increase their bottom dollar if this isn t illegal it should be kimberly indiana s energy crisis how utility incentives private development networks and legislative decisions drove record rate increases share this share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in big government climate change community conservative economy farm and country laporte county political tagged data centers miso nipsco solar wind 3 comments indiana s energy crisis how utility incentives private development networks and legislative decisions drove record rate increases december 11 2025 by armann and kaymann december 11 20025 by data centers ai chatgpt with facts provided by kimberly mann northern indiana is experiencing a utility crisis fueled by rising electricity costs inaccessible decision making and a pipeline of policy decisions that elevate corporate and utility interests above public welfare a close review of regulatory filings legislative texts grid operator classifications and utility statements reveals a pattern nipsco and its parent company nisource have positioned themselves at the center of an incentive driven system that profits while hoosiers pay more utilities paid to generate and not generate electricity nipsco receives compensation both for producing electricity and for not producing it under certain market conditions pjm and midcontinent independent system operator miso market rules demand response programs these financial structures allow utilities to profit regardless of customer relief or grid stability the same utility actively markets the region to heavy energy users particularly data centers and other large loads offering substantial rate reductions through economic development riders edrs source nipsco economic development rider description quoted in greatnews life admave c great news life n d https greatnews life article nipsco helps region develop with reliable energy job creation and money saving opportunities at the same time nipsco can sell excess electricity produced with customer funded infrastructure to foreign markets for higher profit source nipsco public claims on excess power sales nipsco com electricity as a life sustaining commodity in indiana northern indiana s winter climate makes electricity and gas critical to survival many residents choose between utilities and food on a monthly basis source indiana community action poverty data 2023 despite this utilities continue raising rates citing increasing industrial loads loads they themselves invited 1 closed door development networks influence land use and energy demand nipsco sits on local and regional economic development boards that help determine land use industrial siting and incentive allocation these boards often conduct negotiations behind closed doors outside public oversight a major structural shift occurred when a federal judge ruled the indiana economic development corporation iedc was not a public agency but a private corporation that is funded with hardworking citizen s tax dollars ranging in the billions of dollars source federal district court ruling widely reported 2024 this means billions in taxpayer funded incentives are administered by a private entity acting without public transparency 2 industrial energy guzzlers subsidized by taxpayers large commercial operations are placed on indiana farmland with monetary support from tax increment financing tif districts state and federal subsidies local tax abatements economic development incentive packages utility backed discount programs edrs these incentives shift costs downward onto residential customers meanwhile utilities use the arrival of energy intensive facilities to justify new generation construction costs that also fall on ratepayers 3 renewable energy projects classified as unreliable by grid operators miso midcontinent independent system operator the grid operator for northern indiana designated solar wind and battery storage as unreliable intermittent resources on the 2024 reliability curve source miso reliability based demand curve rbdc briefings 2024 2025 miso resource adequacy subcommittee rasc update 7 10 2024 because of this classification these renewable projects contribute little to the capacity obligation that determines customer rates even though they receive enormous subsidies impact they raise not lower long term cost obligations 4 house bill 1007 guaranteed utility profits and nuclear development subsidies indiana house bill 1007 may 2025 authored by rep ed soliday allows utilities to https indianaeconomicdigest net content default major indiana news article indiana house bill 1007 aims to bolster nuclear retain coal and gas plants for ai data centers 3 5308 118248 recover 80 of small modular nuclear reactor smr development costs upfront recover the remaining 20 even if the reactor is never completed charge residential customers for new power plants while also receiving economic development subsidies collect ongoing operational costs if the iurc blocks retirement of any generation resource sources indiana house bill 1007 2025 session legislative text public reporting on smr project failures nationwide doe nrc status updates no small modular nuclear reactor facility in the u s has been completed nipsco spent 141 100 on lobbying 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