VERIFIED PETITION OF SOUTHERN INDIANA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY D/B/A CENTERPOINT ENERGY INDIANA SOUTH (“CEI SOUTH’) FOR AN ORDER: (1) ISSUING CEI SOUTH A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY (“CPCN”) TO PURCHASE AND ACQUIRE THROUGH A BUILD TRANSFER AGREEMENT (“BTA”) A SOLAR POWER ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITY IN PIKE COUNTY, INDIANA, THAT WILL HAVE AN AGGREGATE NAMEPLATE CAPACITY OF APPROXIMATELY 130 MEGAWATTS ALTERNATING CURRENT (THE “PIKE COUNTY SOLAR PROJECT”); (2) FINDING THE PIKE 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 PIKE COUNTY SOLAR PROJECT UNDER IND. CODE § 8-1-8.8-11; AND (4) APPROVING CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR PRICING AND OTHER COMMERCIAL TERMS OF THE BTA AND RELATED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. |