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Public notice is hereby given that on September 4, 2008, in Cause No. 43501, Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. filed a Verified Amended Petition with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to approve an alternative regulatory plan pursuant to Ind. Code § 8-1-2.5-1, et seq., for the implementation of an electric distribution system "SmartGrid" and advanced metering infrastructure, distribution automation investments, and a distributed renewable generation demonstration project, for approval of new depreciation rates for electric distribution plant, for a waiver of the provisions of 170 I.A.C. § 4.1 et seq., and for associated accounting and rate recovery mechanisms, including a ratemaking proposal to update distribution rates annually and a "lost revenue" recovery mechanism, in accordance with Ind. Code § 8-1-2-42(a) and Ind. Code § 8-1-2.5-1 et seq., and preliminary approval of the estimated costs and scheduled deployment of the company's SmartGrid initiative. DUKE ENERGY INDIANA, INC. By: JIM STANLEY, President o9
