November 15, 2004


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                   FORM U-6B-2
                           CERTIFICATE OF NOTIFICATION
                     NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
                              801 EAST 86TH AVENUE
                           MERRILLVILLE, INDIANA 46410





Gentlemen:


This certificate is notice that the above named company is filing on behalf of
NIPSCO Receivables Corporation, which has issued, renewed, or guaranteed the
security or securities described herein which issue, renewal or guaranty was
exempted from the provisions of section 6(a) of the Act and was neither the
subject of a declaration or application on Form U-1 nor included within the
exemption provided by Rule U-48.

1.       Type of the security or securities.

         Promissory note

2.       Issue, renewal or guaranty.

         Issue

3.       Principal amount of each security.




         Month End Date          Principle Balance
         -------------------------------------------
                              
         July 31, 2004            $               --
         August 31, 2004          $               --
         September 30, 2004       $        2,651,888
         -------------------------------------------



4.       Rate of interest per annum of each security.



         Month End Date          Interest Rate
         -------------------------------------------
                              
         July 31, 2004                            --
         August 31, 2004                          --
         September 30, 2004                    2.79%
         -------------------------------------------



5.       Date of issue, renewal or guaranty of each security.

         December 30, 2003

6.       If renewal of security, give date of original issue.

         N/A

7.       Date of maturity of each security. (In case of demand notes, indicate
         "on demand").

         Balance amounts mature one year and one day after the termination date
         of the underlying sales agreement or such later date as may be agreed
         in writing by the Seller and the Purchaser.



8.       Name of the person to whom each security was issued, renewed or
         guaranteed.

         Northern Indiana Public Service Company

9.       Collateral given with each security, if any.

         None

10.      Consideration received for each security.

         Cash

11.      Application of proceeds of each security.

         Purchase accounts receivable from Northern Indiana Public Service
         Company

12.      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 6(a) because of:

         a. The provision contained in the first sentence of Section 6(b)    [ ]

         b. The provisions contained in the fourth sentence of Section 6(b)  [ ]

         c. The provisions contained in any rule of the Commission other
            than Rule U-48                                                   [X]


13.      If the security or securities were exempt from the provisions of
         section 6(a) by virtue of the first sentence of section 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
         6(a) of the Act granted by the first sentence of section 6(b).

         N/A


14.      If the security or securities are exempt from the provisions of section
         6(a) because of the fourth sentence of section 6(b), name the security
         outstanding on January 1, 1935, pursuant to the terms of which the
         security or securities herein described have been issued.

         N/A


15.      If the securities are exempt from the provisions of section 6(a)
         because of any rule of the Commission other than Rule U-48 designate
         the rule under which exemption is claimed.

         Rule 52(b)

                                         Very truly yours,

                                         Northern Indiana Public Service Company

                                         By:       /s/ Jeffrey W. Grossman
                                             -----------------------------------
                                                 J. W. Grossman, Vice President

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