8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC   20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August 18, 2011

VECTREN CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File No.	Registrant, State of Incorporation, Address, and Telephone Number	I.R.S Employer Identification No.
1-15467	Vectren Corporation	35-2086905
	(An Indiana Corporation)
	One Vectren Square,
	Evansville, Indiana 47708
	(812) 491-4000
1-16739	Vectren Utility Holdings, Inc.	35-2104850
	(An Indiana Corporation)
	One Vectren Square,
	Evansville, Indiana 47708
	(812) 491-4000

Former name or address, if changed since last report:

N/A

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On August 18, 2011, Vectren Corporation announced that Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana, the holding company for the Company’s Indiana utilities, received regulatory approval from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) to extend its natural gas energy efficiency programs in Indiana for another four years.  A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

In connection with the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Company is hereby furnishing cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results of the Company and its subsidiaries to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements of the Company and its subsidiaries made by, or on behalf of, the Company and its subsidiaries. These cautionary statements are furnished as Exhibit 99.2.

Item 9.01 Exhibits

 (d)  Exhibits

 The exhibits listed below are filed herewith.

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana receives approval to continue Indiana natural gas energy efficiency programs
99.2	Cautionary Statement for Purposes of the "Safe Harbor" Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

SIGNATURES

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.

	VECTREN CORPORATION VECTREN UTILITY HOLDINGS, INC.
August 19, 2011
		By:  /s/ M. Susan Hardwick
		M. Susan Hardwick
		Vice President, Controller & Assistant Treasurer

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

The following Exhibits are filed as part of this Report to the extent described in Item 8.01:

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana receives approval to continue Indiana natural gas energy efficiency programs
99.2	Cautionary Statement for Purposes of the "Safe Harbor" Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

EX-99.1

EX-99.1

                      News

                   Release

Vectren Corporation

One Vectren Square

Evansville, IN  47708

Aug. 18, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Vectren media contact: Chase Kelley, (812) 491-4128 or kckelley@vectren.com

OUCC media contact: Anthony Swinger, (317) 233-2747

Vectren receives approval to continue

Indiana natural gas energy efficiency programs

Evansville, Ind. – Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana (Vectren; NYSE:VVC) received approval today from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) to extend its natural gas energy efficiency programs known as Conservation Connection for another four years. Having originally received IURC approval in 2006 as the product of a collaboration between Vectren and the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC), Conservation Connection has helped Vectren customers cumulatively save nearly 25 million therms of natural gas since inception, which is enough to heat more than 30,000 homes for a year. The energy efficiency programs were set to expire this December.

“The IURC’s approval to continue our Conservation Connection programs is a big win for our customers,” said Vectren Chairman, President and CEO Carl Chapman. “These programs provide customers the tools they need to implement energy efficiency measures and lower their natural gas consumption. Given approximately 60 to 70 percent of each customer's bill goes toward the cost of gas in the winter, reducing consumption produces significant savings and helps conserve natural resources.”

Vectren’s Conservation Connection offers residential and small business natural gas customers energy-saving opportunities in the form of appliance rebates, custom programs for businesses and online tools to perform energy audits and bill analysis. Since inception, Vectren customers have taken action on more than 100,000 rebates and energy-saving measures, which has led to $20 million in cumulative avoided natural gas costs to date. The most popular rebates issued include nearly 35,000 high-efficiency furnace rebates, 18,000 programmable thermostat rebates and 7,500 high-efficiency water heater rebates. In total, $12.3 million in rebates have been issued to Vectren customers since December 2006.

“I am pleased that the IURC has approved the settlement agreement reached between Vectren and the OUCC, which permits an extension of Vectren’s natural gas energy efficiency programs to its customers beyond 2011,” said Indiana Utility Consumer Counselor David Stippler. “The relative success of Vectren’s energy efficiency programs over the past five years warrants an extension of these programs. Moreover, the long-term interests of Vectren’s customers are served by efforts to reduce their gas consumption in order to realize appreciable savings and promote energy conservation,” continued Stippler. “I especially appreciate the collaborative work between Vectren and the OUCC, which resulted in agreed modifications to the programs to improve their overall effectiveness and better serve Vectren’s customers. Such modifications include a revised portfolio of energy efficiency programs and safeguards against significant bill increases for residential customers during the extension of these programs.”

The IURC also extended Vectren’s gas rate design known as decoupling, which effectively breaks the linkage between the recovery of fixed service costs and the amount of customer usage. As such, this rate design allows Vectren to incent energy efficiency efforts and help customers lower the total cost of their natural gas bills without jeopardizing the utility’s ability to recover costs that are essential to safe, reliable service.

To see all the Conservation Connection programs, visit http://www.vectren.com or call (866) 240-8476.

About Vectren

Vectren Corporation (NYSE: VVC) is an energy holding company headquartered in Evansville, Ind.  Vectren's energy delivery subsidiaries provide gas and/or electricity to more than one million customers in adjoining service territories that cover nearly two-thirds of Indiana and west central Ohio. Vectren’s nonutility subsidiaries and affiliates currently offer energy-related products and services to customers throughout the U.S. These include infrastructure services, energy services, coal mining and energy marketing. To learn more about Vectren, visithttp://www.vectren.com.

EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

Cautionary Statement for Purposes of the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

A “safe harbor” for forward-looking statements is provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (Reform Act of 1995).  The Reform Act of 1995 was adopted to encourage such forward-looking statements without the threat of litigation, provided those statements are identified as forward-looking and are accompanied by meaningful cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those projected in the statement.  Certain matters described in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition are forward-looking statements.  Such statements are based on management’s beliefs, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management.  When used in this filing, the words “believe”, “anticipate”, “endeavor”, “estimate”, “expect”, “objective”, “projection”, “forecast”, “goal”, “likely”, and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  In addition to any assumptions and other factors referred to specifically in connection with such forward-looking statements, factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in any forward-looking statements include, among others, the following:

·   Factors affecting utility operations such as unusual weather conditions; catastrophic weather-related damage; unusual maintenance or repairs; unanticipated changes to fossil fuel costs; unanticipated changes to gas transportation and storage costs, or availability due to higher demand, shortages, transportation problems or other developments; environmental or pipeline incidents; transmission or distribution incidents; unanticipated changes to electric energy supply costs, or availability due to demand, shortages, transmission problems or other developments; or electric transmission or gas pipeline system constraints.

·   Catastrophic events such as fires, earthquakes, explosions, floods, ice storms, tornados, terrorist acts or other similar occurrences could adversely affect Vectren’s facilities, operations, financial condition and results of operations.

·   Increased competition in the energy industry, including the effects of industry restructuring and unbundling.

·   Regulatory factors such as unanticipated changes in rate-setting policies or procedures, recovery of investments and costs made under traditional regulation, and the frequency and timing of rate increases.

·   Financial, regulatory or accounting principles or policies imposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board; the Securities and Exchange Commission; the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; state public utility commissions; state entities which regulate electric and natural gas transmission and distribution, natural gas gathering and processing, electric power supply; and similar entities with regulatory oversight.

·   Economic conditions including the effects of inflation rates, commodity prices, and monetary fluctuations.

·   Economic conditions surrounding the current economic uncertainty, including significantly lower levels of economic activity; uncertainty regarding energy prices and the capital and commodity markets; volatile changes in the demand for natural gas, electricity, coal, and other nonutility products and services; impacts on both gas and electric large customers; lower residential and commercial customer counts; higher operating expenses; and further reductions in the value of certain nonutility real estate and other legacy investments.

·   Volatile natural gas and coal commodity prices and the potential impact on customer consumption, uncollectible accounts expense, unaccounted for gas and interest expense.

·   Changing market conditions and a variety of other factors associated with physical energy and financial trading activities including, but not limited to, price, basis, credit, liquidity, volatility, capacity, interest rate, and warranty risks.

·   Direct or indirect effects on the Company’s business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations resulting from changes in credit ratings, changes in interest rates, and/or changes in market perceptions of the utility industry and other energy-related industries.

·   The performance of projects undertaken by the Company’s nonutility businesses and the success of efforts to invest in and develop new opportunities, including but not limited to, the Company’s infrastructure, energy services, coal mining, and energy marketing strategies.

·   Factors affecting coal mining operations including MSHA guidelines and interpretations of those guidelines, as well as additional mine regulations and more frequent and broader inspections that could result from the recent mining incidents at coal mines of other companies; geologic, equipment, and operational risks; the ability to execute and negotiate new sales contracts and resolve contract interpretations; volatile coal market prices and demand;  supplier and contract miner performance; the availability of key equipment, contract miners and commodities; availability of transportation; and the ability to access/replace coal reserves.

·   Employee or contractor workforce factors including changes in key executives, collective bargaining agreements with union employees, aging workforce issues, work stoppages, or pandemic illness.

·   Legal and regulatory delays and other obstacles associated with mergers, acquisitions and investments in joint ventures.

·   Costs, fines, penalties and other effects of legal and administrative proceedings, settlements, investigations, claims, including, but not limited to, such matters involving compliance with state and federal laws and interpretations of these laws.

·   Changes in or additions to federal, state or local legislative requirements, such as changes in or additions to tax laws or rates, environmental laws, including laws governing greenhouse gases, mandates of sources of renewable energy, and other regulations.

The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of changes in actual results, changes in assumptions, or other factors affecting such statements.