Pop-up Event - NIPSCO: No Coal, No AI Data Centers Register

Date and Time:
Mon, Oct 19, 2026; 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM  (Central)

Organized By: Hoosier Chapter

Location: Pullman Park, 550 W 4th St, Michigan City, IN 46360 (Skate Park Shelter)

Join Sierra Club and Just Transition Northwest Indiana as we raise awareness in the local community to let people know that NIPSCO may be breaking its promise to retire the Michigan City Coal Plant, and to pressure the company to keep its commitment to retire the plant. RSVP now!

Participation is easy: meet us at the Skate Park Shelter; we will have yard signs for people to wave at passing cars, and we'll take photos/videos and invite the press to cover the event to amplify our impact! Sign waving will be taking place within a short walk away from the park. During this event, we will also be spending time together discussing what is going on with NIPSCO and data center issues and enjoying refreshments. If you are coming late from work please feel free to still participate, make sure to still register.

For the time we will be spending together at the Skate Park Shelter, please bring a folding chair and we will provide refreshments and hand warmers. 

More about NIPSCO and what's at stake:

This year, NIPSCO is developing a 20-Year Energy Plan that will guide its energy generation decisions in the years ahead. As part of that planning process, NIPSCO is evaluating whether to continue operating the Michigan City Coal Plant instead of retiring it in 2028. The Michigan City Coal Plant remains a major polluter in the region and is currently sending its coal ash to Jasper County, where NIPSCO is evaluating whether to continue operating its Schahfer coal plant. 

NIPSCO is hosting its planning meetings at Fair Oaks Farms, despite requests from Just Transition Northwest Indiana and other advocacy organizations to hold some of these meetings in Michigan City and other impacted communities. As far as we know, NIPSCO has no plans to involve the local community in a decision about the future of the Michigan City Coal Plant. We want to change that by highlighting that NIPSCO may break its promise to retire the plant, and by sending a clear message to the company to keep its commitment and stop attracting AI data centers to the region. 

NIPSCO GenCo, its spinoff company, is already ramping up fossil fuels for data centers, building a massive gas plant in Jasper County that Amazon is purchasing power from, and facilitating the secretive purchase of power from the Merom Coal Plant for tech giants Google and Amazon.

This event will happen just days before the next 20 Year Energy Planning meeting, which is taking place on Oct. 20; details here. You can let the Sierra Club know whether you plan to attend the Oct. 20 meeting here and we will keep you up to date on the latest information about the 20 Year Energy Plan.

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