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Friday, August 12, 2011

Ind. Gov't. - "Emails show IURC official lobbied Duke on personnel decision"

John Russell continued the IndyStar series on Duke Energy and the IURC yesterday with another front-page story. The long story began:

Indiana's top utility regulator sent a private email last year to a top executive at Duke Energy Corp., recommending "confidentially, just between you and me" that the utility hire his personal choice as president of its Indiana operations.

James Atterholt, chairman of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, wrote that the hiring decision was "none of my business," but he hoped the company would consider his candidate, then a lobbyist for Duke.

The Indianapolis Star obtained the email, along with scores of others to and from Atterholt, in an open-records request and from other public documents.

The Star accompanies the story with 8 pages of emails. Page 4 is particularly intriguing ... Read it in conjunction with this earlier set of emails from the Star.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 12, 2011 10:48 AM
Posted to Indiana Government