LEGAL NOTICE OF A PREHEARING

CONFERENCE AND PRELIMINARY HEARING

INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY

COMMISSION CAUSE NO. 43253

IN THE MATTER OF THE INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION'S INVESTIGATION OF MATTERS RELATED TO THE OWNERSHIP OF THE WATER SYSTEM SERVING THE TOWN OF BEVERLY SHORES AND SURROUNDING PROPERTY AND OPERATED BY THE MICHIGAN CITY MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS, THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS TO FINANCE THE WATER SYSTEM, AND THE CHARGES TO CONNECT TO THIS WATER SYSTEM, PURSUANT TO I.C. §§8-1-2-1, 8-1-2-68, 8-1-2-69, ET SEQ

Notice is hereby given that the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission will conduct a public Prehearing Conference and Preliminary Hearing in the above-captioned Cause in Judicial Courtroom 224 of the National City Center at 101 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, commencing at 1:30 PM, EST, on Monday, March 08, 2010. This hearing is open to the public.

If the Prehearing Conference does not result in agreement among the parties acceptable to the Commission concerning all procedural and other preliminary issues which may appropriately be resolved prior to a hearing on the merits of the above-captioned proceeding, evidence may be heard on the above date on all such disputed issues. These procedural and preliminary issues may include but shall not be limited to, the jurisdiction of the Commission over the parties and subject of the proceedings; a representative test year for consideration of the valuation of utility property, operating expenses, and revenues from existing rates; accounting methods, standards and principles to be applicable to these proceedings; need for and time of prefiling testimony; dates and places for hearings on the merits of this proceedings; and issues related to prehearing discovery.

Any party who has an interest in or who may be affected by the procedural and other preliminary issues which may be determined in the Prehearing Conference and Preliminary Hearing should participate. All parties will be bound by the procedural and other preliminary findings and determinations made pursuant to agreements or evidence received at the Prehearing Conference and/or Preliminary Hearing held pursuant to this notice.

If an accommodation is required to allow an individual with a disability to participate in this meeting, please contact the Office of the Executive Secretary of the IURC at (317) 232-2701 or TDD (317) 232-8556 at least 48 hours before the meeting.

INDIANA UTILITY

REGULATORY COMMISSION

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

(317) 232-2701

BY: IURC - (LORRAINE HITZBRADLEY)

DATE: 2/22/2010

(February 24, 2010)