The Perry K Steam Plant is converting from coal to natural gas to comply with new Environmental Protection Agency emission standards.
Some states like Ohio and Pennsylvania use a heavier hand when regulating natural resource extraction on state-owned land.
Researchers at Purdue found natural gas is a cheaper and cleaner way to fuel city buses.
It stays lit because of gas that seeps out of shale deposits deep underground and provides the flame constant fuel.
Once completed the natural gas plant would employ about two dozen people, approximately the same number as the coal plant.
The Indianapolis Power and Light Company plant is expected to be complete by 2017.
EPA regulations are putting a strain on older coal plants, including some in Indiana.
A bill would provide an income tax credit for three years in an attempt to encourage people to switch to natural gas powered vehicles.
Vectren says it‘s a sign that more people are finding work, and it‘s also due to low natural gas prices.
Indianapolis Homeland Security is now looking for signs of natural gas for the cause of the explosion.