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Form U-13-60
Mutual and Subsidiary Service Companies
Revised February 7, 1980
ANNUAL REPORT
For the Period
Beginning January 1, 1997 and Ending December 31, 1997
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To The
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
OF
COLUMBIA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
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(Exact Name of Reporting Company)
A Subsidiary Service Company
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("Mutual" or "Subsidiary")
Date of Incorporation September 26, 1986
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State or Sovereign Power under which Incorporated or Organized Delaware
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Location of Principal Executive Offices of Reporting Company:
205 Van Buren Street, Suite 120, Herndon, Virginia 20170
DENNIS P. DETAR, TREASURER & CONTROLLER
205 Van Buren Street, Suite 120
Herndon, Virginia 20170
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(Name, title and address of officer to whom correspondence concerning
this report should be addressed)
COLUMBIA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
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(Name of Principal Holding Company whose Subsidiaries are served by
Reporting Company)
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED FOR ENTIRE DOCUMENT.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935 and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission issued thereunder, the undersigned company has duly caused this
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned officer thereunto duly
authorized.
COLUMBIA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
By: /s/ D. P. Detar
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Dennis P. Detar
Treasurer and Controller
Date: April 30, 1998
