VERIFIED PETITION OF SOUTHERN INDIANA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY d/b/a CENTERPOINT ENERGY INDIANA SOUTH (“CEI SOUTH”) FOR AN ORDER: (1) AMENDING THE COMMISSION’S OCTOBER 27, 2021 ORDER IN CAUSE NO. 45501 PURSUANT TO IND. CODE § 8‐1‐2-72 TO AUTHORIZE CEI SOUTH TO ENTER INTO AN AMENDED BUILD TRANSFER AGREEMENT (“BTA”) TO ACQUIRE A SOLAR POWER ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITY IN POSEY COUNTY, INDIANA, THAT WILL HAVE AN AGGREGATE NAMEPLATE CAPACITY OF APPROXIMATELY 191 MEGAWATTS ALTERNATING CURRENT (“MWAC”) (THE “POSEY COUNTY SOLAR PROJECT”) AND AMENDING THE CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY GRANTED THEREIN ACCORDINGLY; (2) FINDING THE REVISED COST OF THE POSEY COUNTY SOLAR PROJECT TO BE THE BEST ESTIMATE OF THE COST FOR THE PROJECT; (3) FINDING THE POSEY COUNTY SOLAR PROJECT CONTINUES TO BE A CLEAN ENERGY PROJECT UNDER IND. CODE CH. 8‐1‐8.8; (4) APPROVING ASSOCIATED RATEMAKING AND ACCOUNTING TREATMENT FOR THE POSEY COUNTY SOLAR PROJECT PURSUANT TO IND. CODE CH. 8-1-8.5 AND § 8-1-8.8-11; (5) AUTHORIZING CEI SOUTH TO ACCRUE POST-IN-SERVICE CARRYING COSTS (“PISCC”) AND DEFER DEPRECIATION, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (“O&M”) AND PROPERTY TAX EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE POSEY COUNTY SOLAR PROJECT; (6) IN THE EVENT THE CPCN IS NOT GRANTED OR THE POSEY COUNTY SOLAR PROJECT OTHERWISE IS NOT PLACED IN SERVICE, GRANTING AUTHORITY TO DEFER, AS A REGULATORY ASSET, COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE POSEY COUNTY SOLAR PROJECT FOR FUTURE RECOVERY THROUGH RETAIL ELECTRIC RATES; (7) PROVIDING FOR ONGOING REVIEW OF THE POSEY COUNTY SOLAR PROJECT; (8) AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPRECIATION RATES FOR THE POSEY COUNTY SOLAR PROJECT; AND (9) APPROVING CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF THE BTA AND OTHER COMMERCIAL TERMS AND RELATED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. |