State District 44 Sen. Eric Koch, R-Bedford, will serve as vice chairman of the interim study committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications to prepare for the 2025 legislative session.

This year, the committee will review the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission’s annual reports.

Legislators will meet over the summer and fall months to discuss topics approved by the bipartisan Legislative Council, which is comprised of 16 voting members — eight from the Senate and eight from the House of Representatives.

To view study committee agendas and stream hearings online, visit iga.in.gov. To view a list of topics that will be examined by the interim study committees, visit iga.in.gov.

Koch, chairman of the Senate Committee on Utilities, holds a graduate certificate in energy policy planning from the University of Idaho and is an attorney with the Koch Law Firm P.C. He is also the ranking member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Technology. He also serves on the Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law. Koch may be reached by phone at 800-382-9467.

Senate District 44 includes Jackson, Brown, Lawrence and Orange counties and portions of Monroe County.