Indiana utility companies are preparing for severe weather. A mix of heavy snow, sleet, freezing rain and high winds will move across the state Wednesday and Thursday.

The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission is investigating whether utility customers should pay for the extended outage at the Eagle Valley natural gas plant in Morgan County.

AES Indiana's Eagle Valley plant near Martinsville ran into problems in late April when crews were restarting it after a planned maintenance outage, the company told the state utility commission.

Indianapolis Power & Light officials announced Wednesday the company will have a new name, AES Indiana.