James Turner will resign as group executive, president and chief operating officer of Duke Energy Corp.’s U.S. Franchised Electric and Gas business, the company said Monday. The resignation comes after the Indianapolis Star newspaper published e-mail communications between Turner and Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Chairman David Lott Hardy. The e-mails suggested that the two were [...]
Two private watchdog groups have asked the new U.S. attorney in Indianapolis to investigate an ethics flap that has embroiled the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission and Duke Energy Corp. The Citizens Action Coalition and Common Cause/Indiana want U.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett to investigate the matter in which IURC general counsel Scott Storms continued presiding over [...]
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission today launched an internal investigation of cases over which a former commission attorney, who later took a job with Duke Energy Corp., presided. Charlotte-based Duke said the investigation involves cases spanning from Jan. 1 to Sept. 30 over which Scott Storms presided. The news comes after Duke said Tuesday it was reviewing e-mails featured in a [...]
Duke Energy Corp. today said it is reviewing e-mails featured in a news story about the Indiana president of Duke and a former lawyer at the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. The e-mails were part of a story by the Indianapolis Star that looked at the correspondence between President Michael Reed and Scott Storms, who was IURC’s general counsel and [...]
