Discontinued Operations And Assets And Liabilities Held For Sale

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Discontinued Operations And Assets And Liabilities Held For Sale [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations And Assets And Liabilities Held For Sale

6.       Discontinued Operations and Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale

There were no significant assets or liabilities of discontinued operations and held for sale on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets(unaudited) at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

Results from discontinued operations, which primarily arise fromchanges in estimate for certain liabilities for Columbia Propane and NiSource's former exploration and production subsidiary, CER, are provided in the following table:

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
(in millions)	2012		2011		2012		2011
Loss from discontinued operations	$	(1.7)	$	(0.8)	$	(1.9)	$	(0.2)
Income tax benefit		(0.6)		(0.2)		(0.7)		-
Loss from Discontinued Operations - net of taxes	$	(1.1)	$	(0.6)	$	(1.2)	$	(0.2)