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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000895813-00-000356
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20000831
ITEM INFORMATION:		
FILED AS OF DATE:		20000901

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NISOURCE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000823392
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 [4931
]		IRS NUMBER:				351719974
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231
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		FILING VALUES:
			FORM TYPE:		8-K
			SEC ACT:		
			SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09779
			FILM NUMBER:		715600
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			BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
				STREET 1:		801 E 86TH AVENUE
				CITY:			MERRILLVILLE
				STATE:			IN
				ZIP:			46410
				BUSINESS PHONE:		2198535200
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				MAIL ADDRESS:	
					STREET 1:		5265 HOHMAN AVENUE
					CITY:			HAMMOND
					STATE:			IN
					ZIP:			46320-1775
</MAIL-ADDRESS>

					FORMER COMPANY:	
						FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NIPSCO INDUSTRIES INC
						DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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                     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 31, 2000


                                NISOURCE INC.
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           (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


       INDIANA                     1-9779                35-1719974
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   State or Other                (Commission            (IRS Employer
   Jurisdiction of               File Number)        Identification No.)
   Incorporation)


   801 E. 86th Avenue, Merrillville, Indiana                        46410
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   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                    (Zip Code)


   Registrant's telephone number, including area code      (219) 853-5200
                                                           --------------


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        (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


   ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS.

        On August 31, 2000, the Registrant appointed ChaseMellon
   Shareholder Services, L.L.C., a New Jersey limited liability company,
   to serve as its transfer agent.


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                                  SIGNATURE


        Pursuant to the requirement 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.


                                           NISOURCE INC.
                                           (Registrant)


   Dated: September 1, 2000           By: /s/ Nina M. Rausch
                                          -------------------------
                                          Name:   Nina M. Rausch
                                          Title:  Secretary


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