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Help with edits?

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

UPDATE: 10/29/2015: I plan to make the factual edits detailed below in one week. Please contact me if you would like to assist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FKM at NiSource (talk • contribs) 12:22, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am looking for help with some edits which I will detail below. Please note: I have an affiliation with NiSource and want to make some factual edits to the article with assistance from a impartial editor.

First Section: NiSource NiSource is no longer a Fortune 500 company due to separating Columbia Pipeline Group into a stand-alone company. The structure of NiSource has changed, as well as the companies owned by NiSource. Here is a suggested updated section:

NiSource, Inc. (NYSE: NI) is one of the largest fully-regulated utility companies in the United States, serving approximately 3.5 million natural gas customers and 500,000 electric customers across seven states through its local Columbia Gas and NIPSCO brands. The company, based in Merrillville, Indiana, has more than 7,000 employees.

NiSource’s Natural Gas Operations NiSource’s natural gas utilities provide domestically produced supplies of natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers via nearly 60,000 miles of pipeline and related facilities in seven states: Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

NiSource’s Electric Operations NiSource provides electric energy to nearly 500,000 customers, all located in northern Indiana. NiSource’s electric operations include power generation, transmission and local distribution, as well as wholesale and electric transmission transactions. NiSource uses both traditional and renewable generation sources, including natural gas, hydroelectric, wind, and coal generated supplies, providing a total system operating net capability of more than 3,000 megawatts.

NiSource Companies:

• Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (NIPSCO)

• Columbia Gas of Massachusetts (Previously Bay State Gas)

• Columbia Gas of Ohio

• Columbia Gas of Kentucky

• Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania

• Columbia Gas of Maryland

• Columbia Gas of Virginia

Add section: Recognition:

Recognition

NiSource was named as a World's Most Ethical Company by the Ethisphere Institute in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. ^[1]

In 2015, NiSource was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability - North America Index for the second year in a row and for the ninth time since 1999. ^[2]

Business Insider named NiSource among the 26 happiest companies in America in May 2015. ^[3]

In 2014, The Edison Electric Institute recognized NiSource with its Index Award for leading shareholder return among member companies over a five-year period. ^[4]

In 2014, NiSource/Columbia Gas of Ohio was named one of the Best Places to Work in Central Ohio by Columbus Business First.^[5]

Please add section: Recent Corporate Actions This section explains the separation of NiSource and Columbia Pipeline Group.:

Recent Corporate Actions

On July 1, 2015, NiSource separated Columbia Pipeline Group (NYSE: CPGX) into a stand-alone publicly traded company. Each NiSource shareholder at the time of the separation received one share of Columbia Pipeline Group for each share of NiSource. The separation of Columbia Pipeline Group included Columbia Gas Transmission, Columbia Gulf Transmission, Columbia Midstream Group, its ownership in Columbia Pipeline Partners (NYSE: CPPL), and other natural gas pipeline, storage and midstream holdings.^[6]

Please add to end of first paragraph in "Criticism" section:

One rule NiSource, among other companies, benefitted from was a bonus depreciation rule that lowered the federal tax expense. NiSource stated, “This law, enacted by Congress, encouraged companies like NiSource to accelerate capital investments to spur economic recovery by permitting portions of these investments to be deducted at an accelerated rate. Only the timing of the deductions was changed, and not the amount that could be deducted. This means our income tax expense will likely be higher in the future.” ^[7]

FKM at NiSource (talk) 18:26, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the "awards" should not have been added. Receiving recognition from Ethisphere is a dubious distinction: according to the Los Angeles Times, companies have to pay processing fees to Ethisphere to be considered for an award. Just as Wikipedia discourages conflict-of-interest edits, we are not going to include conflict-of-interest tainted "recognition" either. Edison Electric is an industry group and given that NiSource's own website confirms a business relationship between the two; the award given by EEI should not have been listed either. The other two awards removed were actually just mentions by newspaper articles. I'll let the Dow Jones Sustainability Index mention remain because that actually seems to have a substantive review process. The rest of the article needs some formatting work. In the future, if you receive no feedback on your edit request, please seek help at either the Teahouse or the [[WP:Help desk|Help Desk, which are both staffed with more volunteers than the requested edits process. Unilaterally proceeding with your edit as you did here may result in a revert of the edit. Thanks, Altamel (talk) 18:17, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Pete, Joseph S. (11 March 2015), “NiSource, Ford among world's most ethical companies”, The Times of Northwest Indiana, retrieved 2 September 2015.
^ Benman, Keith (16 September 2015), NiSource named again to Dow sustainability index”, The Times of Northwest Indian, retrieved 21 September 2015.
^ Gillett, Rachel; Gould, Skye (6 May 2015), “The 26 happiest companies in America”, Business Insider, retrieved 2 August 2015
^ NiSource, Inc., Our Accomplishments, retrieved 2 September 2015.
^ Buchanan, Doug (26 September 2014), “Best Places to Work for 2014 announced”, Columbus Business First, retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ Tincher, Sarah (2 July 2015), “Columbia Pipeline Group completes spin-off from NiSource”, The State Journal, retrieved 2 September 2015.
^ Tweh, Bowdeya (4 November 2011), “Report: NiSource among companies getting large tax breaks”, The Times of Northwest Indiana, retrieved 2 September 2015.

Too short

While the history section contains a fairly detailed chronology, the rest of the article contains very little information. Overall, this article doesn't have enough information to be especially useful. Therefore, I have marked this article as a stub.

Furthermore, I don't understand why there is a chronology of Columbia Gas on this page. I would think that that should be under the Columbia Gas article, not the NiSource article. Yes, I know they're a subsidiary, but it seems really disconnected from the article, especially as the article is currently written. Furthermore, since Columbia Gas is deemed worthy of a separate entry, users interested in Columbia Gas' chronology can easily consult that entry. Therefore, I also recommend that that section be moved to the Columbia Gas entry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.228.245.174 (talk) 01:33, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Pete, Joseph S. (11 March 2015), “NiSource, Ford among world's most ethical companies”, The Times of Northwest Indiana, retrieved 2 September 2015.

[2] Benman, Keith (16 September 2015), NiSource named again to Dow sustainability index”, The Times of Northwest Indian, retrieved 21 September 2015.

[3] Gillett, Rachel; Gould, Skye (6 May 2015), “The 26 happiest companies in America”, Business Insider, retrieved 2 August 2015

[4] NiSource, Inc., Our Accomplishments, retrieved 2 September 2015.

[5] Buchanan, Doug (26 September 2014), “Best Places to Work for 2014 announced”, Columbus Business First, retrieved 2 August 2015.

[6] Tincher, Sarah (2 July 2015), “Columbia Pipeline Group completes spin-off from NiSource”, The State Journal, retrieved 2 September 2015.

[7] Tweh, Bowdeya (4 November 2011), “Report: NiSource among companies getting large tax breaks”, The Times of Northwest Indiana, retrieved 2 September 2015.

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