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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May&nbsp;30, 2008</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><font style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">NiSource Inc.</font></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Commission file number <U>001-16189</U></DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NiSource Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), announced that on May&nbsp;30, 2008 its subsidiary, Northern
Indiana Public Service Company, purchased Sugar Creek Power Company, LLC, an Indiana limited
liability company (&#147;Sugar Creek&#148;), from Broadway Gen Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, for approximately $330&nbsp;million. Sugar Creek owns a 535 megawatt combined cycle gas
turbine electric generating plant located in West Terre Haute, Indiana.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Jeffrey W. Grossman
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U><B>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</B></U><BR>
<B>June&nbsp;2, 2008</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>NiSource Unit Announces Purchase of Sugar Creek Generating Facility</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>MERRILLVILLE, Ind. &#150; </B>NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) today announced that, on Friday May&nbsp;30, 2008, its
Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO)&nbsp;subsidiary completed the purchase of the
535-megawatt Sugar Creek combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT)&nbsp;electric generating plant from Broadway
Gen Funding LLC. The purchase price for the facility, which is located in West Terre Haute, Ind.,
was approximately $330&nbsp;million.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC)&nbsp;issued an order on May&nbsp;28, 2008 granting NIPSCO a
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to acquire the Sugar Creek facility. NiSource
President and Chief Executive Officer Robert C. Skaggs, Jr. said NiSource is pleased the IURC acted
in a timely manner to authorize NIPSCO&#146;s acquisition of the Sugar Creek facility. &#147;The addition of
this plant to NIPSCO&#146;s generating portfolio represents a significant step forward in positioning
the company to meet the increasing electricity demands of its customers in a safe, reliable and
cost-effective manner for years to come,&#148; Skaggs said.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The IURC&#146;s May&nbsp;28 order also addressed NIPSCO&#146;s requests to defer certain costs associated with the
purchase of the Sugar Creek facility and to implement a rate adjustment mechanism for purchased
power costs. Although the order denied those requests, the Commission stated that the proposed rate
treatment could be pursued within the context of an alternative regulatory plan (ARP), provided
NIPSCO indicates its intent to do so within 10&nbsp;days of the date of the IURC&#146;s order.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#147;While clearly we would have preferred that the IURC had approved the rate treatment proposed by
NIPSCO, we are encouraged by the Commission&#146;s reference to the ARP process, and fully intend to
avail ourselves of that opportunity,&#148; Skaggs said.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Skaggs noted that the May&nbsp;28 order&#146;s ruling on the rate treatment proposed by the company will
place near-term pressure on NIPSCO&#146;s earnings and its ability to fully recover its purchased
power costs under the so-called benchmark test established by a 2007 regulatory settlement. &#147;In
addition to pursuing the ARP regulatory process in a timely and responsible manner, our team will
continue to proactively manage our Indiana operations so as to serve the interests of customers and
shareholders alike. We expect to be successful in these efforts, and those underway all across
NiSource, as we continue to execute on our Path Forward strategy,&#148; Skaggs said.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Skaggs added that NiSource is maintaining its net operating earnings (non-GAAP) outlook of $1.25 to
$1.35 per share for the 2008-2010 period. On a GAAP basis, for 2008, the lower end of the range
for basic earnings from continuing operations is $1.23 per share due to transition costs associated
with the amended IBM agreement. NiSource will provide a full business update when it reports
second quarter results in early August of this year.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>NiSource Unit to Purchase Sugar Creek Generating Facility for $330 Million</B><BR><B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>About NiSource</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 <U>www.nisource.com</U>.
NI-F
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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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