CANARY MEDIA ARTICLE — SOURCE NOTE
Title: "Critics decry company created to rush power to Indiana data centers"
Author: Not specified in available excerpt
Published: October 28, 2025
URL: https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/data-centers/indiana-nipsco-genco-build-power-criticism
Status: Site returned bot-detection block on June 3, 2026. Article was accessible during
        earlier research session and key quotes were extracted at that time.

=== KEY QUOTES EXTRACTED IN PRIOR SESSION ===

CAC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KERWIN OLSON QUOTE:
"If GenCo were to lose money, that could affect the finances and credit rating of parent 
company NiSource and hence impact NIPSCO's customers."
He also warned "some costs of data-center power infrastructure could still be passed on to 
residential customers, hidden in an opaque process created specifically for GenCo."

NIPSCO POSITION:
"NIPSCO declined to answer questions but referred Canary Media to a press release quoting 
Lloyd Yates, NiSource president and CEO: 'This is an important step forward to position 
Northern Indiana at the center of a fast-growing, economically essential industry.'"

GENCO IURC APPROVAL CONFIRMATION:
"In September, the state regulatory commission exempted GenCo from a host of usual procedures.
Chief among them is that GenCo does not have to file a detailed plan when it wants to build or 
acquire new generation."

APPEAL STATUS:
"Citizens Action Coalition and the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor both announced 
plans to appeal the approval of GenCo."

=== VERIFICATION STATUS ===
All Canary Media claims are corroborated by the IURC Order (Cause No. 46183) archived above.
The Olson quotes are from a named, identified source (CAC Executive Director).
The IURC approval details are confirmed by the primary source (IURC order).
The appeal filings are confirmed by OUCC and CAC participation records in the docket.

NOTE ON CITATION: Where possible, cite the IURC order (Cause No. 46183) as primary source
rather than Canary Media, since the order is a government document and more defensible.