VERIFIED PETITION OF NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY LLC FOR (1) APPROVAL OF AND A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR A FEDERALLY MANDATED ASH POND COMPLIANCE PROJECT; (2) AUTHORITY TO RECOVER FEDERALLY MANDATED COSTS INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASH POND COMPLIANCE PROJECT; (3) APPROVAL OF THE ESTIMATED FEDERALLY MANDATED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ASH POND COMPLIANCE PROJECT; (4) AUTHORITY FOR THE TIMELY RECOVERY OF 80% OF THE FEDERALLY MANDATED COSTS THROUGH RIDER 887 – ADJUSTMENT OF FEDERALLY MANDATED COSTS AND APPENDIX I – FEDERALLY MANDATED COST ADJUSTMENT FACTOR (“FMCA MECHANISM”); (5) AUTHORITY TO DEFER 20% OF THE FEDERALLY MANDATED COSTS FOR RECOVERY IN NIPSCO’S NEXT GENERAL RATE CASE; (6) APPROVAL OF SPECIFIC RATEMAKING AND ACCOUNTING TREATMENT; (7) APPROVAL TO AMORTIZE THE ASH POND COMPLIANCE PROJECT COSTS THROUGH 2032; (8) APPROVAL OF ONGOING REVIEW OF THE ASH POND COMPLIANCE PROJECT; ALL PURSUANT TO IND. CODE § 8‐1‐8.4‐1 ET SEQ., § 8‐1‐2‐19, § 8‐1‐2‐23, AND § 8‐1‐2‐42; AND, TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY, APPROVAL OF AN ALTERNATIVE REGULATORY PLAN PURSUANT TO IND. CODE § 8‐1‐2.5‐6.