An industry group and a data center developer are objecting to NIPSCO's attempt to create a lightly regulated spinoff that would be a first-of-its-kind approach nationally to funding data centers.

The Clean Grid Alliance, a renewable energy nonprofit group, and Takanock Beckham, a Michigan-based data center developer, are objecting to a proposed settlement between NIPSCO and large industrial users.

Other utilities have sought permission from state regulators to impose special levies to fund new electric capacity for megaload data centers such as the $11 billion Amazon Web Services data center in New Carlisle. NIPSCO is looking to create a subsidiary that would negotiate rates directly with data center customers rather than have to seek state approval, which is required since utilities ar

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