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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On May&nbsp;8, 2008, NiSource Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer, Michael W. O&#146;Donnell, informed the Company of his plan to retire from his position as the
Company&#146;s Chief Financial Officer prior to the end of 2008. Mr.&nbsp;O&#146;Donnell and the Company
currently expect that Mr.&nbsp;O&#146;Donnell will continue in his Executive Vice President position until
mid-2009. A copy of the Company&#146;s press release is attached to this Report as Exhibit&nbsp;99.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U><B>FOR
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<B>May&nbsp;13, 2008</B>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>NiSource Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Michael W. O&#146;Donnell announces plan for retirement</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>MERRILLVILLE, Ind. &#151; </B>NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer <B>Michael W. O&#146;Donnell </B>has announced his plan to retire from the company in 2009 after more
than 30&nbsp;years in the energy industry.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Prior to year&#146;s end, O&#146;Donnell will retire from the NiSource CFO position, which includes
responsibilities for corporate finance, treasury, accounting, corporate tax, financial planning and
corporate planning functions. He will remain in an Executive Vice President role reporting to
NiSource President and CEO <B>Robert C. Skaggs </B>through 2009, focusing on a number of ongoing projects
and business activities for NiSource.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#147;This is the ideal time for me to retire as CFO of NiSource,&#148; O&#146;Donnell said. &#147;Most of the legacy
issues have been resolved, the leadership of the company is the best it has ever been, and Bob
Skaggs has put together a challenging but achievable business plan that we can all be proud of. It
has been my great honor to serve NiSource and its Board, investors and other stakeholders. It has
been a privilege working with all the wonderful people I have met at the company over the years.&#148;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#147;Mike&#146;s financial leadership and wise counsel have been extremely valuable to NiSource over the
years,&#148; NiSource Board of Directors Chairman <B>Ian M. Rolland </B>said. &#147;He is regarded throughout the
energy industry and the financial community as a highly capable financial executive whose
professionalism, dedication and integrity have been hallmarks of his career.&#148; Rolland noted that
O&#146;Donnell was honored recently as Corporate Plan Sponsor of the Year by the Institutional Investor
Awards for Excellence in Investment Management. The award honors outstanding achievements of
executives who manage U.S. pension plans, endowments and foundations.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#147;Mike has worked tirelessly and played an essential role in NiSource&#146;s successful efforts to
establish a stable financial footing for long-term, sustainable growth,&#148; Rolland added. &#147;On behalf
of the entire NiSource Board, I express my deep appreciation to Mike for his many contributions and
wish him and his family all the best in the future.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Skaggs also acknowledged O&#146;Donnell&#146;s many contributions to NiSource.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#147;I have had the great pleasure and privilege to work closely with Mike O&#146;Donnell throughout most of
my career,&#148; Skaggs said. &#147;As a member of the NiSource executive team &#151; and prior to that time
with Columbia Energy Group &#151; Mike has played a key role in virtually every major business
development in our recent history, including the NiSource/Columbia merger. His knowledge and
expertise are not only recognized and respected across the energy and financial industry, but they
have been truly invaluable assets to our company and to me as I assumed the role of CEO at
NiSource. The entire NiSource team is grateful to Mike for his many contributions, commitment,
leadership and friendship.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Skaggs said the appointment of a successor to O&#146;Donnell as the company&#146;s next CFO is a high
priority for him and the NiSource Board and that an announcement is expected in the near future.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">O&#146;Donnell began his career with the Columbia Gas System in 1971 as a financial analyst. While with
Columbia, he held positions of increasing responsibility including director of finance, vice
president of finance, executive vice president and chief financial officer of the Columbia
distribution companies and chief financial officer of the Columbia Gas System. He was elected
chief financial officer of Columbia Energy Group in 1993 and held that position until NiSource
acquired Columbia in November&nbsp;2000. Concurrent with the acquisition, O&#146;Donnell was named executive
vice president and chief financial officer of NiSource.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">O&#146;Donnell serves on the Audit Committee and Board of Directors of Energy Insurance Mutual and the
Investment Committee of the Legacy Foundation in Northwest Indiana. He is a member of the Audit
Committee and Management Committee of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad. He also is a
member of Financial Executives International, American Gas Association, Beta Gamma Sigma and
Omicron Delta Epsilon.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">A native of Philadelphia, O&#146;Donnell earned a bachelor&#146;s degree with honors in economics from Temple
University and won the school&#146;s Economics Award. He spent two years in the U.S. Army and served in
Vietnam with the 9th Infantry Division.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>About NiSource</B><BR>
NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI), based in Merrillville, Ind., is a Fortune 500 company engaged in natural
gas transmission, storage and distribution, as well as electric generation, transmission and
distribution. NiSource operating companies deliver energy to 3.8&nbsp;million customers located within
the high-demand energy corridor stretching from the Gulf Coast through the Midwest to New England.
Information about NiSource and its subsidiaries is available via the Internet at www.nisource.com.
NI-F
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U><B>Forward-Looking Statements</B></U><BR>
This news release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section&nbsp;27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section&nbsp;21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations
of NiSource and its management. Although NiSource believes that its expectations are based on
reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its goals will be achieved. Readers are
cautioned that the forward-looking statements in this presentation are not guarantees of future
performance and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and that actual results could differ
materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements
include, but are not limited to, the following: weather; fluctuations in supply and demand for
energy commodities; growth opportunities for NiSource&#146;s businesses; increased competition in
deregulated energy markets; the success of regulatory and commercial initiatives; dealings with
third parties over whom NiSource has no control; the success of NiSource&#146;s restructuring of its
outsourcing agreement; actual operating experience of NiSource assets; the regulatory process;
regulatory and legislative changes; changes in general economic, capital and commodity market
conditions; and counter-party credit risk.
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