VERIFIED PETITION OF INDIANA GAS COMPANY, INC. D/B/A CENTERPOINT ENERGY INDIANA NORTH FOR: (1) APPROVAL OF AND A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR FEDERALLY MANDATED NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE PROJECTS (THE “COMPLIANCE PROJECTS”), AND THE COSTS THEREOF, RELATED TO PETITIONER’S COMPLIANCE WITH VARIOUS FEDERALLY MANDATED REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFETY AND INTEGRITY; (2) APPROVAL OF PETITIONER’S 5-YEAR PLAN FOR TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS PURSUANT TO IND. CODE CH. 8-1-39 (“TDSIC PLAN”) (AND FOR COMPLIANCE PROJECTS, IN THE EVENT AND TO THE EXTENT THE COMMISSION CONCLUDES THAT SUCH PROJECTS DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF IND. CODE CH. 8-1-8.4); (3) AUTHORIZE TDSIC TREATMENT AS PROVIDED IN IND. CODE CH. 8-1-39 FOR THE NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS (AND THE COSTS THEREOF) SET FORTH IN PETITIONER’S TDSIC PLAN; (4) APPROVAL OF PETITIONER’S USE OF ITS COMPLIANCE AND SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT ADJUSTMENT (“CSIA”) MECHANISM AND RELATED ACCOUNTING DEFERRALS, PURSUANT TO IND. CODE CHS. 8-1-8.4 AND 8-1-39, FOR THE TIMELY RECOVERY AND DEFERRAL OF COSTS RELATED TO SUCH COMPLIANCE AND TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE PROJECTS (INCLUDING FINANCING COSTS INCURRED DURING CONSTRUCTION); AND (5) APPROVAL OF OTHER RELATED RATEMAKING RELIEF AND TARIFF PROPOSALS CONSISTENT WITH IND. CODE CHS. 8-1-8.4 AND 8-1-39