Item 6. EXHIBITS

NiSource Inc.











(31.1)			Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*

(31.2)			Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*

(32.1)			Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18. U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).*

(32.2)			Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18. U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).*

(10.1)			NiSource Inc. Executive Severance Policy, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the NiSource Inc. Form 10-K filed on February 11, 2026).

(101.INS)			Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

(101.SCH)			Inline XBRL Schema Document

(101.CAL)			Inline XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document

(101.LAB)			Inline XBRL Labels Linkbase Document

(101.PRE)			Inline XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document

(101.DEF)			Inline XBRL Definition Linkbase Document

(104)			Cover page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL, and contained in Exhibit 101.)

*			Exhibit filed herewith.
**			Schedules and similar attachments to this Exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) upon request

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SIGNATURE

NiSource Inc.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


			NiSource Inc.
			(Registrant)

Date:	May 6, 2026	By:	/s/ Gunnar J. Gode
			Gunnar J. Gode
			Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting and Tax Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)

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