vvc 8k approval to mitigate temp impacts

 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) July 26, 2005
 
VECTREN CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Commission File No.
Registrant, State of Incorporation, Address, and Telephone Number
I.R.S Employer Identification No.
     
1-15467
Vectren Corporation
35-2086905
 
(An Indiana Corporation)
  
 
One Vectren Square,
  
 
Evansville, Indiana 47708
  
 
(812) 491-4000
  
     
1-16739
Vectren Utility Holdings, Inc.
35-2104850
 
(An Indiana Corporation)
  
 
One Vectren Square,
  
 
Evansville, Indiana 47708
  
 
(812) 491-4000
  
     
     
Former name or address, if changed since last report:
Former Addresses
20 NW Fourth Street, Evansville, Indiana 47708
 
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Item 8.01 Other Events
 
Vectren Corporation (the Company), and its intermediate holding company, Vectren Utility Holdings, Inc., announced that Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana, Inc. and the Indiana Office of the Utility Consumer Counselor have entered into a settlement agreement for a billing mechanism that will help mitigate the impact of weather on customers’ bills for Vectren’s Indiana gas customers. The settlement was filed with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission on July 26, 2005. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report. The Company’s subsidiaries, Indiana Gas Company, Inc. and Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company, generally do business as Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana, Inc.

In connection with the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Company has included cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results of the Company and its subsidiaries, including Indiana Gas Company, Inc., Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company, and Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, Inc. to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements of the Company and its subsidiaries made by, or on behalf of, the Company and its subsidiaries. These cautionary statements are attached as Exhibit 99.2.

 
SIGNATURES
 
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 hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
VECTREN CORPORATION
VECTREN UTILITY HOLDINGS, INC.
July 27, 2005
 
    
     
     
   
By: /s/ M. Susan Hardwick
   
M. Susan Hardwick
   
Vice President and Controller
 
 

 
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
The following Exhibits are filed as part of this Report to the extent described in Item 8.01:
 
Exhibit
Number
  
 
Description
     
99.1
  
Vectren Seeks Approval of Agreement to Mitigate Temperature Impact on Customer Bills
 
99.2
  
Cautionary Statement for Purposes of the "Safe Harbor" Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995