Item 8.01. Other Events.

On January 24, 2013, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") issued its Order approving a settlement among Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC ("Columbia Transmission") and a majority of its customers that facilitates Columbia Transmission's comprehensive interstate natural gas pipeline modernization program. Columbia Transmission is a wholly owned subsidiary of NiSource Inc. As previously reported, the settlement provides for Columbia Transmission to invest approximately $300 million per year, in addition to a $100 million investment in ongoing maintenance, over the 2013 through 2017 period on system improvements. The full text of the Order (Docket No. RP12-1021-000) is available on the FERC's website at
http://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/Files/20130124163733-RP12-1021-000.pdf.

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