Indianapolis Power & Light

Indianapolis Power & Light Company, also known as IPL or IPALCO, is a utility company providing electric service to the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. It is a subsidiary and largest utility of AES Corporation, which acquired it in 2000.

Indianapolis Light and Heat Company and Merchant’s Heat and Light Company merged to create IPL in October 1926. IPL provides "retail electric service to more than 465,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in Indianapolis, Indiana and other central Indiana communities."

ALEC Ties
IPALCO, the owner of Indianapolis Power and Light, has been a corporate funder of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

A list of ALEC Corporations can be found here.

Existing Coal Plants
The company owns and operates three coal-fired generating plants and a combustion turbine which gives the company a total generating capacity of 3,353 MW of power.


 * Georgetown combustion turbine is located on the northwest side of Indianapolis, Indiana, and has a production capacity of 158 MW of power.

Contact details
Indianapolis Power & Light Company One Monument Circle P.O. Box 1595 Indianapolis, Indiana 46206 Phone: 317-261-8261 Website: http://www.iplpower.com/

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