How far back Indiana utilities refund overcharges
Other billing errors, including incorrect tariff applications, are adjusted to the known date of the error or one year, whichever is shorter. Here is the rule behind it, what starts or limits the clock, and what it means for a business with a billing error in Indiana.
Indiana at a glance
| Indiana | |
|---|---|
| Rule | 170 IAC 5-1-14 (gas) and 170 IAC 4-1-14 (electric meter adjustments) |
| How far back refunds go | Other billing errors, including incorrect tariff applications, are adjusted to the known date of the error or one year, whichever is shorter |
| What starts or limits the clock | Fast meters: half the time since the previous test or one year, whichever is shorter |
| Interest | Not stated in the rule text read |
| Regulator | Indiana utility commission |
What it means for a refund claim in Indiana
- Indiana has one of the shortest windows: a wrong tariff is corrected for at most a year.
- That makes regular review more valuable than a one-time look-back.
- Read the utility's tariff rules on billing and meter error too: tariffs often repeat or extend the commission rule.
- Municipal utilities and cooperatives usually set their own billing rules.
Discovery Energy reviews 36 to 48 months of history on every account and pursues the longest period each jurisdiction allows. See how overcharge recovery works, or compare Indiana with every other state.
Sources
- 170 IAC 5-1-14 (gas) and 170 IAC 4-1-14 (electric meter adjustments)
- Pennsylvania PUC national list of utility commissions