VERIFIED PETITION OF SOUTHERN INDIANA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY d/b/a CENTERPOINT ENERGY INDIANA SOUTH (“CENTERPOINT”) FOR AN ORDER: (1) ISSUING CENTERPOINT A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY, PURSUANT TO IND. CODE CH. 8-1-8.5, TO PURCHASE AND ACQUIRE, THROUGH A BUILD TRANSFER AGREEMENT (“BTA”), A SOLAR POWER ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITY IN POSEY COUNTY, INDIANA, THAT WILL HAVE AN AGGREGATE NAMEPLATE CAPACITY OF APPROXIMATELY 300 MEGAWATTS ALTERNATING CURRENT (“MWAC”) (THE “POSEY COUNTY SOLAR PROJECT”); (2) FINDING THE POSEY COUNTY SOLAR PROJECT CONSTITUTES A CLEAN ENERGY PROJECT UNDER IND. CODE CH. 8‐1‐8.8; (3) APPROVING ASSOCIATED RATEMAKING AND ACCOUNTING TREATMENT FOR THE BTA PURSUANT TO IND. CODE § 8-1-8.8-11; (4) AUTHORIZING CENTERPOINT TO ENTER INTO A POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT (“PPA”) TO PURCHASE ENERGY AND CAPACITY FROM A 100 MWAC SOLAR PROJECT IN WARRICK COUNTY, INDIANA (THE “WARRICK COUNTY SOLAR PROJECT”), OVER A 25-YEAR TERM AND FINDING THE TERMS OF THE PPA REASONABLE; (5) DETERMINING THE WARRICK COUNTY SOLAR PROJECT TO BE AN ELIGIBLE CLEAN ENERGY PROJECT FOR PURPOSES OF IND. CODE CH. 8-1-8.8; (6) AUTHORIZING FULL RECOVERY OF THE POWER PURCHASE COSTS UNDER THE PPA FROM CUSTOMERS THROUGH THE FUEL ADJUSTMENT CLAUSEOVER THE ENTIRE TERM OF THE PPA; (7) APPROVING ASSOCIATED RATEMAKING AND ACCOUNTING TREATMENT FOR THE PPA PURSUANT TO IND. CODE § 8-1- 8.8-11; AND (8) APPROVING CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF THE BTA AND PPA PRICING AND OTHER NEGOTIATED COMMERCIAL TERMS AND RELATED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. |