NIPSCO filed applications for customer rate increases amid storm that ravaged Northwest Indiana

Following a devastating derecho that ravaged Northwest Indiana and left hundreds of thousands without power for two weeks, the Northern Indiana Public Service Company filed documents that would raise electric bills for its customers. NIPSCO filed one rate increase application on Aug. 11 — the day of the storms — and two more on Aug. 14 and Aug. 20, respectively, with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. Together, the totals would amount to a nearly $88 annual increase, and at least…