UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): September 7, 2021
NiSource Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 001-16189 | 35-2108964 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission file number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 801 East 86th Avenue Merrillville, Indiana | 46410 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (877) 647-5990
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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class | Trading | Name of Each Exchange | ||
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | NI | New York Stock Exchange | ||
| Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th ownership interest in a share of 6.50% Series B Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, liquidation preference $25,000 per share and a 1/1,000th ownership interest in a share of Series B-1 Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, liquidation preference $0.01 per share | NI PR B | New York Stock Exchange | ||
| Series A Corporate Units | NIMC | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On March 30, 2021, Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. filed a base rate proceeding at the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, requesting approval of an increase in annual revenues of approximately $98.3 million based upon a pro forma fully projected future test year ending December 31, 2022.
On September 7, 2021, Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania and parties to the rate case filed a Joint Petition for Settlement that, if approved, will resolve all issues in the rate case. If approved by the Commission, Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania will be authorized to increase annual distribution revenues by $58.5 million through the implementation of new rates, effective December 29, 2021. Two individual complainants did not sign on to the Joint Petition for Settlement. Those complainants have until September 17, 2021 to file comments/oppositions to the proposed settlement.
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.
| NISOURCE INC. | ||||||
| September 10, 2021 | By: | /s/ Anne-Marie W. D’Angelo | ||||
| Anne-Marie W. D’Angelo | ||||||
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||