Nicholas K. Kile
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Provided by Nicholas K. Kile
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Nick concentrates his practice on utility regulation. He represents utilities before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) in virtually all types of regulatory matters. His practice includes general rate cases, certificate of public convenience and necessity and other preapproval proceedings for environmental controls or capacity additions, mergers and acquisitions, territorial authorizations and disputes, and all other facets of regulatory law.
Career
Nick is chair of the firm’s Energy, Telecommunications and Utilities team, which is ranked “Tier 1” on the U.S. News-Best Lawyers Best Law Firms list in Indianapolis for energy law. Nick has been listed in U.S. News Best Lawyers since 2006 and has twice been honored as the Best Lawyer of the Year in Indiana for energy law. In addition to his utility regulatory practice, he has also spent considerable time representing and advising municipalities and local units of government in utility, annexation, reorganization, funding and budget issues. He has more than two decades of experience advising and representing municipalities that are navigating the annexation process, and during that time has seen two major overhauls of the annexation code. Nick has worked on some of the largest and most complex annexations in Indiana’s history.
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Nicholas Kile is sought out by utilities for his strength handling regulatory proceedings before the IURC, including complex rate cases.
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