December 9, 1998
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: The Connecticut Light and Power Company
(CIK - 0000023426; CCC - sfz5k$sy)
Certificate of Notification on Form U-6B-2
File Number 040-00403
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Enclosed herewith for filing via EDGAR is the Certificate of
Notification on Form U-6B-2 of The Connecticut Light and Power Company
(the "Company") with respect to modifications to the transactions
referred to in the Company's Forms U-6B-2 filed on May 22, 1996, January
31, 1997, and January 21, 1998.
Sincerely,
/s/ Richard J. Wasserman
Day, Berry & Howard LLP
CityPlace I
Hartford, CT 06103-3499
(860) 275-0142 - direct
(860) 275-0343 - fax
[email protected]
Enclosure
cc (w/enc.):Randy A. Shoop
Denis G. Downing
Jeffrey C. Miller, Esq.
Jane P. Seidl, Esq.
Leonard Rodriguez, Esq.
Flossie K.S. Davis, Esq.
Barbara A. Lewis
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM U-6B-2
Certificate of Notification
of
The Connecticut Light and Power Company
with respect to Financing of Pollution Control Facilities
Certificate is filed by: The Connecticut Light and Power Company (the
"Company").
This certificate is notice that the above-named company has issued,
renewed or guaranteed the security or securities described herein which
issue, renewal or guaranty was exempted from the provisions of Section
6(a) of the Act and was neither the subject of a declaration or
application on Form U-1 nor included within the exemption provided by
Rule U-48.
Reference is made to File Number 040-00403 and the Company's Forms
U-6B-2 filed on May 22, 1996, January 31, 1997, and January 21, 1998 (the
"Original Forms") describing the transactions entered into on May 21,
1996, January 23, 1997, and January 21, 1998. Except as otherwise
defined herein, terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Original Forms.
1. Type of the security or securities: See Original Forms for general
description. On December 9, 1998, the Company, Societe Generale, New
York Branch (the "Standby Bank"), and State Street Bank and Trust
Company, as successor trustee (the "Trustee"), entered into Amendment No.
2 dated December 9, 1998 ("Amendment No. 2") to the Standby Bond Purchase
Agreement dated January 23, 1997, as amended, among the Company, the
Standby Bank, and the Trustee. Pursuant to Amendment No. 2, the
expiration date of the liquidity facility issued by the Standby Bank in
support of the Bonds was extended from January 19, 1999 to December 7,
1999.
2 through 15. See Original Forms.
THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
By_________________________/s/Richard J. Wasserman
Richard J. Wasserman
For Day, Berry & Howard LLP
CityPlace I
Hartford, CT 06103-3499
Its Attorney
Date: December 9, 1998
