---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-222159"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NI"
cik: "0001111711"
company_name: "NISOURCE INC."
filed_at: "2022-08-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T23:20:55.312974+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NiSource EVP Pablo Vegas resigns to become ERCOT CEO; search underway

## Summary
- Pablo A. Vegas, EVP and Group President, Utilities, resigns effective Sept 2, 2022 to become CEO of ERCOT.
- Resignation is not due to any dispute or disagreement with NiSource.
- National search for his replacement has commenced.
- Vegas held roles including President of Columbia Gas Group and Chief Restoration Officer since 2016.
- NiSource CEO Lloyd Yates expressed gratitude for Vegas' service and wished him well.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-222159
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NI
- cik: 0001111711
- company_name: NISOURCE INC.
- filed_at: 2022-08-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111711/000119312522222159/0001193125-22-222159-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111711/000119312522222159/d386637d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-222159.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Pablo A. Vegas resigned as Executive Vice President and Group President, Utilities at NISOURCE INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Group President, Utilities
  source text: On August 15, 2022, Pablo A. Vegas, Executive Vice President and Group President, Utilities, at NiSource Inc. (the “Company”) notified the Company that he intends to resign from all positions that he holds with the Company and its subsidiaries, effective September 2, 2022, to assume the position of President and Chief Executive Officer at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, effective October 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111711/000119312522222159/0001193125-22-222159-index.htm

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