SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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IN THE MATTER OF
NEW CENTURY ENERGIES, INC., ET AL. CERTIFICATE
PURSUANT TO
File No. 70-9199 RULE 24
(Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935)
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This Certificate of Notification (the "Certificate") is filed by New
Century Energies, Inc. ("NCE"), a registered holding company under the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended (the "Act"), and its
wholly-owned subsidiaries, Public Service Company of Colorado ("PSCo") and NC
Enterprises, Inc. ("Enterprises"), in connection with the transactions proposed
in the Form U-1 Application-Declaration (the "Application-Declaration"), as
amended, of NCE and such subsidiaries (collectively, the "Applicants") in File
No. 70-9199. These transactions were authorized by order of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") dated May 28, 1999, as extended by orders
dated August 24, 1999 and November 22, 1999 (together, the "Order"). The
Applicants hereby certify the matters set forth below pursuant to Rule 24 of the
rules under the Act:
i. All of the transactions approved by the Commission in the Order
have been carried out in accordance with the terms and conditions of, and for
the purposes requested in, the Application-Declaration, and in accordance with
the terms and conditions of the Order.
ii. Filed herewith as Exhibit F-1 is a "past-tense" Opinion of Counsel
for the Applicants.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935, as amended, the undersigned companies have duly caused this Certificate
to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
NEW CENTURY ENERGIES, INC.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF
COLORADO
NC ENTERPRISES, INC.
By: /s/ Richard C. Kelly
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Name: Richard C. Kelly
Title: Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of
New Century Energies, Inc.;
Executive Vice President of
Public Service Company of
Colorado; and Executive
Vice President of
NC Enterprises, Inc.
December 23, 1999
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