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                      FORM U-12(I)-B (THREE-YEAR STATEMENT)
                    [As last amended in Release No. 35-26031,
                     effective May 31, 1994, 59 F.R. 21992.]

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                Washington, D.C.

                               Calendar Year 2000

                                 FORM U-12(I)-B

  STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(i) OF PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF
1935 BY A PERSON EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY A REGISTERED HOLDING COMPANY OR A
SUBSIDIARY THEREOF AND WHOSE EMPLOYMENT CONTEMPLATES ONLY ROUTINE EXPENSES AS
SPECIFIED IN RULE 71(b)

  (To be filed in DUPLICATE. If acknowledgment is desired, file in triplicate)

1. Name and business address of person filing statement.  ROBERT C. SKAGGS, JR.
                                                          200 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
                                                          COLUMBUS, OH   43215

2. Names and business addresses of any persons through whom the undersigned
   proposes to act in matters included within the exemption provided by
   paragraph (b) of Rule U -- 71.
       NONE

3. Registered holding companies and subsidiary companies by which the
   undersigned is regularly employed or retained. NiSOURCE, INC.
                                                  COLUMBIA GAS OF OHIO, INC.
                                                  COLUMBIA GAS OF KENTUCKY, INC.
                                                  BAY STATE GAS COMPANY

4. Position or relationship in which the undersigned is employed or retained
   by each of the companies named in item 3, and brief description of nature
   of services to be rendered in each such position or relationship.
   PRESIDENT AND CEO

5. (a) Compensation received during the current year and estimated to be
   received over the next two calendar years by the undersigned or others,
   directly or indirectly, for services rendered by the undersigned, from each
   of the companies designated in item 3. (Use column (a) as supplementary
   statement only.)
   2
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                                 Salary or other
                                  compensations
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Name of recipient        received      to be       Person or company from whom
                                     received      received or to be received
                            (a)         (b)
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Robert C. Scaggs           Confidential treatment requested
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         (b) Basis for compensation if other than salary.

6. (To be answered in supplementary statement only. See instructions.)
   Expenses incurred by the undersigned or any person named in item 2, above,
   during the calendar year in connection with the activities described in
   item 4, above, and the source or sources of reimbursement for same.

   (a) Total amount of routine expenses charged to client: $--------------------

   (b) Itemized list of all other expenses:



Date:  March 20, 2001                   (Signed)   /s/ Robert C. Skaggs, Jr.
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