SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 __________________________________ FORM 8-K __________________________________ CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report: July 21, 1995 Date of Event (or earliest event) being reported: July 21, 1995 INDIANAPOLIS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Indiana 1-3132-2 35-0413620 (State or other (Commission (IRS Employer jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.) incorporation) 25 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (317) 261-8261 Item 5. Other Event IPALCO Enterprises, Inc., parent of Indianapolis Power & Light Company, issued the following press release on July 21, 1995, relating to the rate case settlement agreement: Marni Lemons (317) 261-8219 e-mail: lemons@ipalco.com Investor Contact: Jennifer Kent (317) 261-8259 e-mail: jkent@ipalco.com IPALCO Home Page: http://www.ipalco.com - - IPL Reaches Settlement Agreement With Parties In Its Pending Rate Case - Indianapolis, July 21, 1995 -- Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL) has reached a Settlement Agreement with the parties in its pending $88- million retail electric rate case, the Company announced today. Under terms of the agreement, new rates will be implemented in two steps, and IPL will not seek another increase until after July 1, 1997, at the earliest. IPL had intended to file a petition for another rate increase to coincide approximately with the June, 1996, in-service date of two, pollution- control devices, or scrubbers, at its Petersburg Generating Station. The Settlement Agreement must be approved by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC). The Company last received a rate order in 1986. The agreement will raise IPL's retail electric rates in two steps: $35 million in additional annual revenues on Sept. 1, 1995, following approval of the agreement by the IURC; and An additional $25 million on June 30, 1996, conditioned upon certification that the scrubbers under construction at the Petersburg Generating Station are in service. By customer class, the percent rate increase in Step 1 is as follows: Residential: 7.6% Small Commercial/Industrial: 5.3% Large Commercial/Industrial: 4.0% Public Lighting: 5.7% (more) (add one) In Step 2 all classes of customers will see approximately a 3.8% increase in their monthly bills. For a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a month, the average monthly bill will increase from $60.07 to $64.00 in Step One. In Step Two an average residential customer will see an additional increase of approximately $2.50 on a monthly bill. "IPL is proud that over the years our rates have been some of the lowest in the country. Even with this two-step increase, our customers will continue to receive some of the most reasonably priced electric service in the U.S.," said IPL President Ray Humke. IPL also has agreed not to file a request to build any large, base-load generating capacity before Jan. 1, 2000. This provision can be waived in extreme circumstances, such as the unforeseen loss of 250 megawatts or more of IPL's existing base-load capacity. In addition, the parties agreed to resolve pending litigation involving IPL's Clean Air Act compliance plan. IPL is the principal subsidiary of IPALCO Enterprises, Inc., a multi-state energy company providing a variety of energy products and services. IPL provides electric service to approximately 400,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in Indianapolis and in portions of other central Indiana counties. # # # SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. Dated: July 21, 1995 INDIANAPOLIS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY By /s/ John R. Brehm Name: John R. Brehm Title: Senior Vice President