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<CONFORMED-NAME>BAY STATE GAS CO /NEW/
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">August&nbsp;5, 2005
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<DIV align="CENTER" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Securities
and Exchange Commission<BR>
Form&nbsp;U-6B-2<BR>
Certificate of Notification<BR>
Bay State Gas Company<BR>
300 Friberg Parkway<BR>
Westborough , MA 01581</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Ladies and Gentlemen:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This certificate is notice that the above named company has issued, renewed, or guaranteed the
security or securities as more fully described herein. The security or securities issued, renewed,
or guaranteed in this filing are exempt from the provision of Section 6(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Very truly yours,<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Bay State Gas Company<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><U>/s/ Jeffrey W. Grossman</U>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">J. W. Grossman, Vice President&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Bay State Gas Company<BR>
Form&nbsp;U-6B-2<BR>
Certificate of Notification</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REQUIREMENTS:</B>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>1.</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD align="LEFT" valign="top"><B>Type of the security or securities.</B>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="LEFT" valign="top">Promissory Note
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>2.</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="LEFT" valign="top"><B>Issue, renewal or guaranty.</B>
</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="LEFT" valign="top">Issue
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    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>3.</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="LEFT" valign="top"><B>Principal amount of each security.</B>
</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">$5,000,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>4.</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="LEFT" valign="top"><B>Rate of interest per annum of each security.</B>
</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">5.44%</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>5.</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="LEFT" valign="top"><B>Date of issue, renewal or guaranty of each security.</B>
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="LEFT" valign="top">August&nbsp;1, 2005
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>6.</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="LEFT" valign="top"><B>If renewal of security, give date of original issue.</B>
</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">N/A</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>7.</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="LEFT" valign="top"><B>Date of maturity of each security. (In case of demand notes, indicate &#147;on demand&#148;).</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="LEFT" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2015
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>8.</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="LEFT" valign="top"><B>Name of the person to whom each security was issued, renewed or guaranteed.</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="LEFT" valign="top">NiSource Finance Corp.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>9.</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="LEFT" valign="top"><B>Collateral given with each security, if any.</B>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>10.</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="LEFT" valign="top"><B>Consideration received for each security.</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="LEFT" valign="top">Cash
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>11.</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="LEFT" valign="top"><B>Application of proceeds of each security.</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="LEFT" valign="top">The $5&nbsp;million will be used in the financing of Bay State&#146;s utility operations.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>Indicate by a check after the applicable statement below whether the issue, renewal or
guaranty of each security was exempt from the provisions of Section&nbsp;6(a) because of:</B>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">a. The provision contained in the first sentence of Section&nbsp;6(b) <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">b. The provisions contained in the fourth sentence of Section&nbsp;6(b) <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">c. The provisions contained in any rule of the Commission other than Rule&nbsp;U-48 <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#253;</FONT>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>13.</B>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>If the security or securities were exempt from the provisions of Section&nbsp;6(a) by virtue of
the first sentence of Section&nbsp;6(b), give the figures which
indicate that the security or securities aggregate (together with all other than outstanding notes and drafts of a maturity
of nine months or less, exclusive of days of grace, as to which
company is primarily or secondarily liable) not more than 5 per centum of the principal amount and par value of the
other securities of such company then outstanding. (Demand notes,
regardless of how long they may have been outstanding shall be considered as maturing in not more than nine months for the
purposes of the exemption from Section&nbsp;6(a) of the Act granted by the first sentence of
Section&nbsp;6(b).</B>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">N/A</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>14.</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>If the security or securities are exempt from the provisions of Section&nbsp;6(a) because of the
fourth sentence of Section&nbsp;6(B), name the security outstanding on January&nbsp;1, 1935, pursuant to
the terms of which the security or securities herein described have been issued.</B>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">N/A</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>15.</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>If the security or securities are exempt from the provisions of Section&nbsp;6(a) because of any
rule of the Commission other than Rule&nbsp;U-48 (Reg. Section&nbsp;250.48, paragraph 36,621) designate
the rule under which exemption is claimed.</B>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rule&nbsp;52(a)
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