Until 2005, I served the Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana (CAC) as its special counsel for energy, utilities and the environment. In that capacity, I had the privilege for more than 20 years to represent CAC and its members before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission and the General Assembly on issues involving the regulation of public utilities.

Because of that, I have not had the opportunity until recently to speak publicly for myself, rather than a client, on an important issue involving public utility regulation.

Today, I write in my role as a bill-paying customer of Duke Energy to ask readers to urge Duke Chief Executive Officer Jim Rogers to defer plans for the Edwardsport power plant for three to five years.