The Citizens Action Coalition is urging Gov. Mike Pence to veto Senate Bill 560 when it hits his desk, claiming the bill would allow natural gas companies to raise rates without thorough regulatory scrutiny. Kerwin Olson, executive director of the coalition, said that under the bill, natural gas companies would avoid the scrutiny of a full-blown rate case by using what they call a “tracker,” which would allow the utility companies to add to bills more frequently in order to pay for infrastructure improvements.

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