Fired state regulator Andy Zay filed a lawsuit to regain his seat on the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission before his former colleagues — and a replacement — vote on whether to reconsider a contentious $71 million rate hike for AES Indiana customers.

Gov. Mike Braun declined to elaborate on the firing of former Commissioner Andy Zay except to say he disapproved of Zay's approach to affordability.

Gov. Mike Braun fired Indiana Utility Regulatory Commissioner Andy Zay from his post, in the first such dismissal in more than a decade.