Contact Information for Indiana Elected Officials

Contact Information for Elected Officials

Ron Bacon: State Representative District 75:
http://www.in.gov/cgi-bin/legislative/contact/contact-2-5.pl?data=h075

Sue Ellspermann: State Representative District 74
http://www.in.gov/cgi-bin/legislative/contact/contact-2-5.pl?data=h074

Suzanne Crouch: State Representative District78
http://www.in.gov/cgi-bin/legislative/contact/contact-2-5.pl?data=h078

Wendy McNamara: State Representative District 76
http://www.in.gov/cgi-bin/legislative/contact/contact-2-5.pl?data=h076

Gail Riecken: State Representative District 77
http://www.in.gov/legislative/house_democrats/riecken_contact.html

State Senator Jim Tomes
Contact
Statehouse Mailing Address: 200 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204
Statehouse Telephone: 800-382-9467 or 317-232-9489
Email: Senator.Tomes@iga.in.gov

Form Letter

Date

Return Address

Politician’s Address

Honorable ____________,

As an elected official representing the people of Southwest Indiana you need to be aware of a situation that hinders our ability as a region to attract businesses and burdens you constituency with one of the highest costs of living components in the world.

As you should know, Vectren Corporation has a monopoly on the delivery of gas and electricity over approximately 140,000 households and businesses in Southwest Indiana. When governments grant a company a monopoly they do so with the understanding that the company that is granted this monopoly will make its best efforts to serve the people well and to keep its rates competitive with other providers of the same product or service.

Vectren Corporation is not fulfilling its part of this covenant. Vectren’s residential electricity rates are the highest in the State of Indiana by 55% over the state average and by 41% over the second highest electricity provider in Indiana. Our nearest city to the south, Henderson, Kentucky that has a municipal utility that has a residential rate that is a full 66% below Vectren’s rate. As a matter of fact a typical electric bill in Evansville, Indiana of $155.00 would only be about $50.00 for the same use in Henderson.

As an elected official and as a steward of the people of SW Indiana’s well being does this disturb you? If it does not then it should because the people who put you into office are disturbed and confused. How can an electrical rate change so much at the border? There is no justifiable reason for a commodity like electricity to have a premium of over 200% that kicks in when one crosses the border from Kentucky to Indiana. You as an elected official and as a resident should be concerned too.

In an economy that is still unstable and a job market that is lethargic we count on our elected officials to push for good public policy that benefits the people of SW Indiana. Paying triple what our friends and neighbors to the south pay for electricity is not the produce of good public policy.

My family and I are begging you to do what you can to level the economic playing field for power costs in SW Indiana. Our air is still polluted, our sewers need to be repaired, and with power costs that are not competitive our probability for attracting jobs is at an all time low. Please do what you can to expose and reverse this oppressive monopoly.

Sincerely Yours,

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