TCO- CAPACITY ALLOC-TIMELY NOMINATION CYCLE OCT. 10, 2001 ,
 COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION
                        NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES
                                OCTOBER 09, 2001

Notice ID: 3170
5 - NO RESPONSE REQUIRED

SUBJECT: CAPACITY ALLOCATION-TIMELY NOMINATION CYCLE FOR OCTOBER 10, 2001

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL ALLOCATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON THE RECEIPT OF
ANY NEW NOMINATIONS OR INTRADAY NOMINATIONS.

RECEIPTS:

TCO-LEACH:  There is no capacity for new IPP customers.  Flowing IPP customers
received 62.361% of their October 9, 2001 flowing volumes or their October 10,
2001 nominated quantities, whichever was less.

DELIVERIES:

ALGONQUIN:

HANOVER:  There is no capacity for IPP customers.  There is no capacity for
secondary firm customers.

Excess MDWQ               Available +
ISS Withdrawals           Available
SIT Withdrawals           Available
Imbalance Drawdowns       Available
PAL Lends/Unparks         Available

Excess MDIQ               Not Available +
ISS Injections            Not Available
SIT Injections            Not Available
Imbalance Paybacks        Not Available
PAL Parks/Loan Paybacks   Not Available

+ Call Gas Control 24 hours in advance at (304) 357-2606 to request approval.

Columbia Gas Transmission has completed allocating all of its receipt and
delivery points for the gas day of October 10, 2001.  You may now view the
quantities you are authorized to flow on October 10, 2001.  On the Internet
NAVIGATOR, view Nominations, Scheduled Quantity, Scheduled Quantity for Service
Requestor-Summary, Nominations to be Viewed, and select Reduced Nominations.
The quantities confirmed to flow for your account are available on the Internet
NAVIGATOR after 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday,
October 9, 2001.

If you have any questions, please contact your Account Representative.
navigator@nisource.com