About NiSource
NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI), based in Merrillville , Ind. Important
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
indicated by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
the following: weather; fluctuations in supply and demand for energy
commodities; growth opportunities for NiSource's businesses; increased
competition in deregulated energy markets; the success of regulatory and
commercial initiatives; dealings with third parties over whom NiSource has no
control; the scope, timing and effectiveness of any outsourcing initiative;
actual operating experience of NiSource assets; the regulatory process;
regulatory and legislative changes; changes in general economic, capital and
commodity market conditions; and counter-party credit risk. Since then, it has
entered into contracts for 563 MW of renewable power from wind, geothermal,
biomass, and hydro resources, including the contract signed today.pge.

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MERRILLVILLE, Ind. More information about NIPSCO is
available at http://www.

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NiSource Asks FERC to Consider Operational and Competitive Impacts of Regional Transmission Decisions on NIPSCO Customers

To continue to increase its renewable energy portfolio, PG+E recently
filed protocols with the CPUC for its 2006 renewable energy procurement
solicitation. The RPS Program was passed by the Legislature and is
managed by California's Public Utilities Commission and Energy Commission .

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The 2006 RPS solicitation will be PG+E's fourth
competitive solicitation for renewable energy since 2002.

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"These new resources will add to a generating portfolio
that already has one of the lowest rates of air emissions in the country. In this upcoming solicitation for additional generation from
renewable resources, the company is seeking to procure an additional
1-2 percent of its customers ' electricity needs through renewable sources.

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Forward-Looking Statements
This news release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The utility currently supplies 30% of its customer load from
renewable resources: 18% from its large hydroelectric facilities and 12% from
smaller renewable resources that qualify under the State's Renewable Portfolio
Standard (RPS) Program.

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Those statements include
statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of NiSource
Inc.

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(NYSE: NI) has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to
condition its approval of the nation's largest electric utility merger to
avoid operational and competitive impacts on NiSource and its Northern Indiana
Public Service Company (NIPSCO) electric customers.'s proposed acquisition
of Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG ).nisource. Electric generation from this renewable energy resource will provide
enough power to supply nearly 100,000 PG+E customers.
This is the final contract originating from the 2004 RFO solicitation and
brings the total renewable generation added as a result to 353 MW.

An energy management program is the process of implementing energy
management through:

Policy setting
Energy auditing
Behavioural change through awareness campaigns
Identifying and implementing technical and procedural solutions
Planning for future facilities and services
Review of current facilities and services

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For this category, Energy Management is defined as:
The steps taken to minimize energy
wasted in the provision of a facility or service.

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About NIPSCO
NIPSCO, with headquarters in Merrillville, Ind. With nearly 700,000 natural gas
customers and 440,000 electric customers across the northern third of Indiana ,
NIPSCO is the largest natural gas distribution company, and the second largest
electric distribution company, in the state.nisource. and its management."
PG+E has a long history of developing, generating , and purchasing
renewable power.

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Whiting Clean Energy is a 525-megawatt combined cycle gas
cogeneration facility located on the BP Whiting Refinery property in Whiting,
Ind.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company Adds More Renewable Geothermal Energy to Electric Mix

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, is a Fortune 500
company engaged in natural gas transmission, storage and distribution, as well
as electric generation, transmission and distribution .
California's RPS Program requires each utility to increase its procurement
of eligible renewable generating resources by 1% of load per year to achieve a
20% renewables goal.

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, NiSource Inc.
In its filing, NiSource is asking FERC to protect NIPSCO's ability to
provide reliable power at the most reasonable cost to its residential,
commercial and industrial customers in northern Indiana, as well as to ensure
a fair and competitive wholesale electric marketplace, by requiring Exelon and
PSEG to mitigate the impact of their west-to-east transmission flows on
NIPSCO 's facilities and, therefore, customers.
Exelon's west-to-east transmission flow also affects NiSource subsidiary
Whiting Clean Energy's ability to compete in Midwest wholesale electric
markets .nipsco. New Agreement to Provide Enough Renewable Electricity for Nearly
100,000 PG+E Customers

SAN FRANCISCO, Pacific Gas and Electric
Company announced it has entered into a contract with Military Pass- Newberry
Volcano Project, LLC to purchase up to 120 megawatts (MW) of renewable
geothermal energy resources to help meet its customers' future electricity
needs.

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Although NiSource believes that its expectations are
based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its goals will
be achieved.

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PG+E is
currently in discussion with certain market participants that submitted bids
in the 2005 RFO solicitation and will be submitting additional contracts for
renewable energy in the next few months.

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7 million customers located within the high-
demand energy corridor stretching from the Gulf Coast through the Midwest to
New England . Information about NiSource and its subsidiaries is available via
the Internet at http://www., is one of the 10 energy
distribution companies of NiSource Inc.

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Readers are cautioned that the forward -looking statements in
this presentation are not guarantees of future performance and involve a
number of risks and uncertainties, and that actual results could differ
materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements.
For more information about Pacific Gas and Electric Company , please visit
the company's web site at http://www.

This Energy Management sector category includes industries and companies who provide
services and products specializing in energy mangement to other businesses.

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Exelon currently uses various transmission lines -- including those owned
by NIPSCO and dispatched by the Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO) --
to flow power east from its Illinois generating plants to serve electric
demand in the PJM Interconnection, including Exelon loads in Pennsylvania. NiSource operating
companies deliver energy to 3.
"The addition of this geothermal generation further adds to PG+E's diverse
and renewable energy resources and ensures that more than thirty percent of
our northern and central California customers' energy needs will come from
hydroelectricity and renewable sources," said Fong Wan, vice president of
Energy Procurement .
PG+E anticipates issuing the solicitation in early summer, after receiving the
necessary CPUC approval.

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NiSource does not oppose the
merger of Exelon and PSEG.com.

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This agreement represents another milestone for PG+E
towards its goal of supplying 20% of customer needs with qualifying renewable
energy under the RPS program.

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FERC is in the process of evaluating Exelon Corp.
This activity already causes line loading and operational issues for NIPSCO,
which NIPSCO believes could escalate if Exelon increases its west-to-east
transmission of electricity after the merger.

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