Facility or project event · Utility contract approved · Official record
Utility contract approved on 17 June 2026: Amazon / NIPSCO northern Indiana service program (IN) — utility commission order dated 17 June 2026
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved the settlement, NIPSCO's 'Data Center Customer #1' special contract with Amazon Data Services, Inc., the NIPSCO–NIPSCO Generation power purchase agreement and related alternative regulatory plans.
- Event date
- Order caption and p. 41 signature block: 'APPROVED: JUN 17 2026'.
- Source dated
- Approval date printed on the order; file name ord_46322_061726.
- Source accessed
- Retrieved by DataCenterData; not an event date.
- Added to Latest updates
- When this entry entered the updates log; not an event date.
- Event type
- Utility contract approved · Approvals
- Evidence basis
- Official record · Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
- Confidence
- HighApproval, date, counterparty and program all come from the final order.
- State
- Indiana
- Linked records
- Amazon / NIPSCO northern Indiana service program
amazon-nipsco-northern-indiana-service - Linked claims
- None linked
What the source says
The Customer Contract is approved.
Where: PDF p. 41, 'IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED' paragraphs 1–4; Amazon Data Services, Inc. identified as the customer at PDF p. 3, finding 3; caption 'APPROVED: JUN 17 2026'
Internet Archive copy (captured 21 September 2026)
What this does not establish
- Service commencement
- Construction of the GenCo generation or transmission assets
- Any Amazon facility's construction or operation
Still unknown
- Which Amazon site(s) the load serves (sites are confidential in the record)
- Whether rehearing or appeal was sought
- Whether service began by the contractual January 1, 2027 date
Identifiers
Event ID fc9b0c546bdf822e7008b0c098f8d6fd411390b7f8eeda184817a524a137e18e. The ID is derived from the event itself and never changes. A later correction would be published as a separate, linked entry.