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Monday, December 12, 2011
Ind. Gov't. - "David Lott Hardy, Ex-IURC chairman indicted in Duke ethics scandal"
John Russell reports this morning on the IndyStar website:
The former chairman of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has been indicted on a three felony counts of official misconduct in cases concerning Duke Energy Corp.[More] Here is Niki Kelly's coverage in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.A Marion County grand jury today issued the indictment against David Lott Hardy, who was fired by Gov. Mitch Daniels in October 2010 after the utility hired Scott Storms, the agency's general counsel, as a regulatory attorney in its Plainfield office.
The first count of the indictment accuses Hardy of knowingly aiding and abetting Storms by communicating with employees of Duke Energy regarding Storms' prospective employment while allowing Storms to continue to participate in proceedings involving the utility.
The second count accuses Hardy of failing to disclose a secret, ex parte communication with Duke Energy that occurred on March 17, 2008 with an employee of Duke concerning cost overruns at the utility's Edwardsport coal-gasification plant.
The third count accuses Hardy of failing to disclose a secret, ex parte communication with Duke Energy that occurred on Feb. 24, 2010, concerning cost overruns at the Edwardsport power plant.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 12, 2011 12:07 PM
Posted to Indiana Government