Judge Dismisses Criminal Charges Against Ex-IURC Chief over Duke IGCC Scandal

摘要

An Indiana state court judge on August 12 dismissed all criminal charges against former Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Chairman David Lott Hardy in a scandal involving Duke Energy’s integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant project. According to an August 13 report from the Indianapolis Star, Marion Superior Court Judge William Nelson ruled that Hardy’s actions in the Duke IGCC proceeding were a “betrayal of trust” of electricity consumers – but didn’t amount to criminal conduct under Indiana law.