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<PUBLIC-DOCUMENT-COUNT>2
<PERIOD>20081028
<FILING-DATE>20081030
<DATE-OF-FILING-DATE-CHANGE>20081030
<REPORTING-OWNER>
<OWNER-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>KETTERING GLEN L
<CIK>0001079621
<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>1231
</OWNER-DATA>
<FILING-VALUES>
<FORM-TYPE>3
<ACT>34
<FILE-NUMBER>001-16189
<FILM-NUMBER>081151949
</FILING-VALUES>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<PHONE>219-647-4222
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>NISOURCE INC
<STREET2>801 E 86TH AVENUE
<CITY>MERRILLVILLE
<STATE>IN
<ZIP>46410
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</REPORTING-OWNER>
<ISSUER>
<COMPANY-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>NISOURCE INC/DE
<CIK>0001111711
<ASSIGNED-SIC>4931
<IRS-NUMBER>352108964
<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>1231
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<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>801 EAST 86TH AVE
<CITY>MERRILLVILLE
<STATE>IN
<ZIP>46410-6272
<PHONE>2196475200
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>801 EAST 86TH AVE
<CITY>MERRILLVILLE
<STATE>IN
<ZIP>46410-6272
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
<FORMER-COMPANY>
<FORMER-CONFORMED-NAME>NEW NISOURCE INC
<DATE-CHANGED>20000412
</FORMER-COMPANY>
</ISSUER>
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<TYPE>3
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0203</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2008-10-28</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001111711</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NISOURCE INC/DE</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001079621</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>KETTERING GLEN L</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>801 E. 86TH AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MERRILLVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>46410</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Sr VP Corporate Affairs</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>41573.2992</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>401(k) Plan</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>51971</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Non Qualified Stock Options</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>25.94</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2001-01-01</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2011-01-01</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>9434</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Phantom Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>1988-08-08</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>1988-08-08</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>44243</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Gary W. Pottorff, attorney-in-fact for Glen L. Kettering</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-10-30</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>doc1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WITH RESPECT TO FORMS 3, 4 and 5 AND FORM 144
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Gary W.
Pottorff and Jeffrey W. Grossman, signing singly, as the
undersigneds true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact to:
(1)execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigneds capacity as an officer and/or director of NiSource
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Corporation), Forms3, 4,
and 5 in accordance with Section16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder and Form 144 in accordance
with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933;
(2)do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form3, 4, 5 or 144 and timely file such Form
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, either
manually or through the use of EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering,
Analysis, and Retrieval system, and with any stock exchange or
similar authority; and
(3)take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may
be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by,
the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by
such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms
and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney
-in-facts discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-facts substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Corporation
assuming, any of the undersigneds responsibilities to comply
with Section16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Rule
144 under the Securities Act of 1933.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to the undersigneds holdings of
and transactions in securities issued by the Corporation,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 29th day of October, 2008.


/s/ Glen L. Kettering


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