EXHIBIT D-9
STATE OF ILLINOIS
ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION
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) Thirty-day notice of the transfer of property
) located in Winnebago County, Illinois,
SOUTH BELOIT WATER, GAS ) pursuant to Section 16-111(g) of the
AND ELECTRIC COMPANY ) Public Utilities Act, as amended by the
) Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate
) Relief Law of 1997.
SOUTH BELOIT WATER, GAS, AND ELECTRIC COMPANY'S
NOTICE OF PROPERTY TRANSFER
Pursuant to Section 16-111(g) of the Public Utilities Act, as amended by
the Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997 ("Act") (220
ILCS 5/16-111(g)), South Beloit Water, Gas and Electric Company ("SBWGE")
submits this Notice of Property Transfer ("Notice") and states as follows:
1. SBWGE has reached agreement to transfer its ownership and control
of its federal jurisdictional transmission assets, consisting of less than a
mile of 345 kV transmission facilities and approximately ten miles of 69 kV
transmission facilities located in Winnebago County, Illinois (the "Property"),
to the American Transmission Company, LLC. (The facilities to be transferred are
shown on the map attached hereto as Exhibit A, and do not include any facilities
operated at voltages lower than 50 kV, or any facilities used to serve retail
customers directly.) The transferred facilities represent less than 15% of the
total depreciated original cost investment of SBWGE's transmission and
distribution facilities. As required by Section 16-111(g) of the Act, SBWGE is
providing the Commission with thirty days notice of the transfer.
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2. SBWGE will record entries on its books and records of account in
connection with the transfer of the Property as shown on the Schedule of
Accounting Entries attached hereto as Exhibit B.
3. SBWGE has attached to this Notice as Exhibit C a statement by
Arthur Andersen certifying that the foregoing entries are in accord with
generally accepted accounting principles.
4. SBWGE has attached to this Notice as Exhibit D a statement by John
Kratchmer, SBWGE's chief accounting officer, certifying that the foregoing
entries are in accordance with the Commission's previously approved guidelines
for cost allocations between SBWGE and its affiliates.
5. SBWGE will use the proceeds from the transfer of the property to
reduce debt.
6. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) must approve the
transaction pursuant to Section 203 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. ss.
824b,1 and the Securities Exchange Commission must approve certain aspects of
the transaction under the Public Utilities Holding Company Act. No Illinois
State agency approvals are required prior to transferring the Property.
7. SBWGE irrevocably commits that it will not, as a result of
transferring the Property, impose any stranded costs charges that it might
otherwise be allowed to charge retail customers under federal law.
8. SBWGE irrevocably commits that it will not, as a result of
transferring the Property, increase the transition charges that it is otherwise
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1 On September 27, 2000, FERC issued its Order approving this transfer in
Docket No. EC00-120-000.
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entitled to collect under Section 16 of the Public Utilities Act, as amended by
the Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997.
By:
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Attorney for
South Beloit Water, Gas and
Electric Company
Kent M. Ragsdale, Managing Attorney
Alliant Energy Corporate Services
200 First Street, SE
Post Office Box 351
Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-0351
Phone: (319) 398-7765
Fax: (319) 398-4533
[email protected]
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STATE OF ILLINOIS
ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION
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) Thirty-day notice of the transfer of property
) located in Winnebago County, Illinois,
SOUTH BELOIT WATER, GAS ) pursuant to Section 16-111(g) of the
AND ELECTRIC COMPANY ) Public Utilities Act, as amended by the
) Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate
) Relief Law of 1997.
NOTICE OF FILING
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TO: Ms. Mary Selvaggio
Financial Analysis Division
Illinois Commerce Commission
527 East Capitol Avenue
Springfield, Illinois 62706
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on this date we have sent by Federal Express
for filing with the Illinois Commerce Commission, 527 East Capitol Avenue,
Springfield, Illinois 62706, the original and three copies of South Beloit
Water, Gas and Electric Company's Notice of Property Transfer.
DATED this day of , 2000.
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Attorney for
SOUTH BELOIT WATER, GAS AND
ELECTRIC COMPANY
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ATTACHMENT D
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 16-111(G)(I)
I, John E. Kratchmer, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for
Alliant Energy Corporation, state that I am the chief accounting officer for
South Beloit Water, Gas & Electric Company and hereby certify that the pro forma
adjustments shown in Attachment B to the notice, dated November __, 2000, of
South Beloit Water, Gas & Electric Company pursuant to Section 16-111(g) of the
Public Utilities Act, 220 ILCS 5/16-111, are in accord with the Service Company
Agreement (Public Utility) entered into by South Beloit Water, Gas & Electric
Company as of April 23, 1998 and approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission on
September 11, 1998 in Docket No. 98-0011.
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