VERIFIED PETITION OF NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY LLC (“NIPSCO”) FOR (1) ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR THE PURCHASE AND ACQUISITION OF A 200 MW WIND PROJECT (THE “TEMPLETON PROJECT”) PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF A BUILD TRANSFER AGREEMENT BETWEEN NIPSCO AND TEMPLETON WIND HOLDINGS, LLC; (2) APPROVAL OF THE TEMPLETON PROJECT AS A CLEAN ENERGY PROJECT UNDER IND. CODE § 8‐1‐8.8‐11; (3) APPROVAL OF ASSOCIATED RATEMAKING AND ACCOUNTING TREATMENT FOR THE TEMPLETON PROJECT; (4) AUTHORITY FOR NIPSCO TO TIMELY RECOVER TEMPLETON PROJECT COSTS THROUGH ITS GENERATION COST TRACKER, OR ALTERNATIVELY, AUTHORITY TO DEFER AND ACCRUE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TEMPLETON PROJECT FOR INCLUSION IN RATES IN A BASE RATE CASE; (5) APPROVAL OF THE BEST ESTIMATE OF COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE TEMPLETON PROJECT; (6) APPROVAL OF DEPRECIATION RATES FOR THE TEMPLETON PROJECT; AND (7) ONGOING REVIEW OF THE TEMPLETON PROJECT, ALL PURSUANT TO IND. CODE CHS. 8‐1‐8.5 AND 8‐1‐8.8, AND IND. CODE §§ 8‐1‐2‐0.6 AND 8‐1‐2‐23.