VERIFIED PETITION OF INDIANAPOLIS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY (“IPL”) FOR (1) ISSUANCE TO IPL OF A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR THE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT BY A WHOLLY-OWNED IPL SUBSIDIARY OF A SOLAR POWER GENERATING FACILITY TO BE KNOWN AS HARDY HILLS SOLAR (“THE HARDY HILLS PROJECT”); (2) APPROVAL OF THE HARDY HILLS PROJECT, INCLUDING A JOINT VENTURE STRUCTURE BETWEEN AN IPL SUBSIDIARY AND ONE OR MORE TAX EQUITY PARTNERS AND A CONTRACT FOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN IPL AND THE PROJECT COMPANY THAT HOLDS AND OPERATES THE SOLAR GENERATION ASSETS, AS A CLEAN ENERGY PROJECT AND ASSOCIATED TIMELY COST RECOVERY UNDER IND. CODE § 8-1-8.8-11; (3) APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTING AND RATEMAKING FOR THE HARDY HILLS PROJECT, INCLUDING AN ALTERNATIVE REGULATORY PLAN UNDER IND. CODE § 8‐1‐2.5‐6 TO FACILITATE IPL’S INVESTMENT IN THE HARDY HILLS PROJECT THROUGH A JOINT VENTURE; AND (4) TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY, ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER PURSUANT TO IND. CODE § 8‐1‐2.5‐5 DECLINING TO EXERCISE JURISDICTION OVER THE JOINT VENTURE, INCLUDING THE PROJECT COMPANY, AS A PUBLIC UTILITY.