COLUMBIA ENERGY GROUP
U-12-IB, 1999-02-05
NATURAL GAS TRANSMISISON & DISTRIBUTION
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                      FORM U-12(I)-B (THREE-YEAR STATEMENT)
                    [As last amended in Release No. 35-26031,
                     effective May 31, 1994, 59 F.R. 21992.]

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                Washington, D.C.

                               Calendar Year 1998

                                 FORM U-12(I)-B

          STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(i) OF PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING
           COMPANY ACT OF 1935 BY A PERSON EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY A
             REGISTERED HOLDING COMPANY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF AND
                   WHOSE EMPLOYMENT CONTEMPLATES ONLY ROUTINE
                       EXPENSES AS SPECIFIED IN RULE 71(b)

  (To be filed in DUPLICATE. If acknowledgment is desired, file in triplicate)

1.    Name and business address of person filing statement.

      BARRY R. LAWSON
      12801 FAIR LAKES PARKWAY
      P.O. BOX 10146
      FAIRFAX, VA  22030-0146

2.    Names and business addresses of any persons through whom the undersigned
      proposes to act in matters included within the exemption provided by
      paragraph (b) of Rule U-71.

      NONE

3.    Registered holding companies and subsidiary companies by which the
      undersigned is regularly employed or retained.

      COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

4.    Position or relationship in which the undersigned is employed or retained
      by each of the companies named in item 3, and brief description of nature
      of services to be rendered in each such position or relationship.

      REGULATORY ASSOCIATE - RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING AND REPORTING TO
      MANAGEMENT ACTIONS OF PUBLIC BODIES, COMPETITORS, AND CUSTOMERS REGARDING
      THE REGULATION OF THE NATURAL GAS AND ELECTRIC ENERGY INDUSTRIES.

5.    (a) Compensation received during the current year and estimated to be
      received over the next two calendar years by the undersigned or others,
      directly or indirectly, for services rendered by the undersigned, from
      each of the companies designated in item 3. (Use column (a) as
      supplementary statement only.)


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                                       Salary or other
                                        compensations
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Name of recipient                    received     to be           Person or company from whom
                                                 received     received or to be received
                                      (a)           (b)
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Barry R. Lawson                        *             *        Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

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* confidential treatment requested
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          (b) Basis for compensation if other than salary.

6.    (To be answered in supplementary statement only. See instructions.)
      Expenses incurred by the undersigned or any person named in item 2,
      above, during the calendar year in connection with the activities
      described in item 4, above, and the source or sources of reimbursement
      for same.

   (a)  Total amount of routine expenses charged to client: $--9,328.55-------

   (b) Itemized list of all other expenses:

Date: 1/26/99                 (Signed) /s/ Barry R. Lawson
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            Section 12(i) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
provides that it shall be unlawful for any person employed or retained by any
registered holding company, or any subsidiary company thereof, to present,
advocate, or oppose any matter affecting any registered holding company or any
subsidiary company thereof, before the Congress or any Member or committee
thereof, or before the Commission or Federal Power Commission, or any member,
officer, or employee of either such Commission, unless appropriate reports are
filed as the Commission may prescribe.

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RULE U-71, STATEMENTS TO BE FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(i) OF THE ACT.

            (a)    TEN-DAY STATEMENT.

            Any person who engages in any activity within the scope of Section
12(i) of the Act shall file with the Commission within 10 days after the date
of such activity a statement on Form U-12(I)-A, except as to activity within
the scope of any advance statement on Form U-12(I)-B, which is duly filed in
accordance with paragraph (b).

            (b)    ADVANCE STATEMENT.

            An advance statement, covering anticipated activity for the
remainder of the present calendar year and the next two calendar years, may be
filed on form U-12(I)-B by any person (whether or not the compensation of such
person has been fixed in advance) who is a salaried officer or employee or an
attorney, accountant or other expert regularly retained by any company or by
companies in the same holding-company system, or any person specially retained
in connection with a particular proceeding or enterprise which is expected to
involve a series of appearances or activities, if such employment or retainer
does not contemplate any expenses other than ordinary personal, traveling or
sustenance expenses, stationery, postage, telephone and telegraphic service,
stenographic and clerical assistance, expenditures for the printing of briefs
or other documents to be submitted to any agencies specified in Section 12(i)
of the Act, and similar items.

            (c)    SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENT.

            Any person filing an advance statement on Form U-12(I)-B shall file
a supplement to such advance statement within 30 days after the end of the
period covered thereby, and in no event later than January 30 of the following
year, giving the information specified in Items 5 and 6 thereof. Any such
person renewing such advance statement may combine the renewal and supplement
in the same statement.

                                  INSTRUCTIONS

            GENERAL INSTRUCTION.

            Advance statement on this form shall continue in effect until
January 30 of the year following the end of the three-year period covered by
the advance statement, unless and except as previously supplemented or renewed.
Supplementary statements during the three-year period may be filed in the event
of material changes such as in information called for by items 1 through 6.
Changes of rank or salary within the organization would not ordinarily be
deemed materials.


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ITEM 1.

            Statements shall be signed and filed by the person employed or
retained, whether an individual, partnership, corporation, or association. If
filed by a corporation, the statement shall be executed on its behalf by a duly
authorized officer. If the person reporting was employed or retained by the
holding company or subsidiary company in his capacity as a member or employee
of a partnership or an officer or employee of a corporation, he shall state the
name of such partnership or corporation and his position therein.

ITEM 3.

            Reports with respect to any number of different companies, whether
or not they are members of the same holding-company system, may be included in
a single statement.  Companies may be designated by description, e.g., "X
Company and all its subsidiaries except . . ."

ITEM 4.

            The character of the duties for which the person reporting is
employed or retained shall be described briefly, indicating generally the
relative time devoted to each class of activities.

ITEM 5(a).

            Column (a) to be used only in supplementary statement.  See General
Instruction.

            Compensation received from different persons or companies, even
though members of the same holding company system, shall be separately stated
as to each, but compensation from the same person or company for different
services need not be segregated.

ITEM 6

            To be answered in supplementary statement.  See General
            Instruction.

            "Expenses" includes obligations incurred.

            "Routine expenses" are those described in italicized portion of
            Rule U-71(b) above.

Note that since Form U-12(I)-B is available only when the activity contemplated
only routine expenses, other expenses, if any, must be reported on Form
U-12(I)-A. The answer to Item 6(b) should either state "No other expenses" or
should refer to filings on Form U-12(I)-A.




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