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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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CONSOLIDATED NATURAL GAS COMPANY : CERTIFICATE
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : of
: NOTIFICATION
CNG COAL COMPANY : NO. 2
CNG PRODUCING COMPANY :
CNG PIPELINE COMPANY : TRANSACTIONS
CNG RESEARCH COMPANY : DURING PERIOD
CNG STORAGE SERVICE COMPANY : _____________
CNG ENERGY SERVICES CORPORATION :
(Formerly CNG GAS SERVICES CORPORATION : October 1, 1994
CNG TRANSMISSION CORPORATION : through
CONSOLIDATED NATURAL GAS SERVICE : December 31, 1994
COMPANY, INC. :
CONSOLIDATED SYSTEM LNG COMPANY :
HOPE GAS, INC. :
THE EAST OHIO GAS COMPANY :
THE PEOPLES NATURAL GAS COMPANY :
VIRGINIA NATURAL GAS INC. :
WEST OHIO GAS COMPANY :
:
File No. 70-8415 :
:
(Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935) :
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TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION:
By Order dated June 27, 1994 (HCAR No. 26072), the Securities and
Exchange Commission permitted the Application-Declaration of
Consolidated Natural Gas Company ("Consolidated") and its
above-mentioned subsidiaries ("Subsidiaries") to become effective,
thereby authorizing Consolidated and its Subsidiaries to engage in
various securities transactions to finance said Subsidiary companies
through June 30, 1995.
This Certificate is filed in accordance with Rule 24, as a
notification that of the various transactions authorized by the Order,
the following have been carried out in accordance with the terms and
conditions of and for the purposes represented by the
Application-Declaration and the Order:
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1. Sale of Commercial Paper.
During the period, Consolidated issued and sold commercial
paper. The maximum amount of Consolidated's commercial paper
outstanding at any time during this period ended December 31,
1994, was $457,775,000 principal amount.
Amount Outstanding - December 31, 1994 - $440,000,000
2. Borrowings under Commercial Paper Backup Lines of Credit.
There were no borrowings or repayments during this period.
3. Short-Term Advances to Subsidiaries for Gas Storage and Working
Capital.
Short-term advances to Subsidiaries for gas storage and
working capital were taken through the Consolidated Natural Gas
System Money Pool (SEC File No. 70-7258, HCAR No. 24128).
4. Long Term Loans.
During the period the following long-term notes were issued to
the subsidiaries:
CNG Transmission Corporation $27,000,000
Hope Gas, Inc. 6,419,500
West Ohio Gas Company 2,250,000
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5. Sales of Capital Stock by Subsidiaries.
The following capital stock sales occurred during the period:
Par
Shares Value Amount
_______ _______ ___________
CNG Transmission
Corporation 9,000 $10,000 $90,000,000
Hope Gas, Inc. 9,000 100 900,000
The Peoples Natural
Gas Company 180,000 100 18,000,000
West Ohio Gas Company 490 10,000 4,900,000
Effective September 15, 1994, West Ohio Gas Company had a one
for two-thousand reverse stock split. As a result, the par value of
its common stock increased from $5 to $10,000 per share and the number
of authorized shares decreased from 2,000,000 shares to 1,000 shares.
The number of issued and outstanding shares decreased from 1,737,683
shares to 869 shares.
Effective November 28, 1994, the number of shares of West Ohio Gas
Company common stock authorized to be outstanding was increased to
3,000 shares.
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The "past tense" opinion required by paragraph F(2) of the
instructions as to exhibits for Form U-1 is to be filed as Exhibit A-3
to this certificate.
CONSOLIDATED NATURAL GAS COMPANY
CNG COAL COMPANY
CNG PRODUCING COMPANY
CNG PIPELINE COMPANY
CNG RESEARCH COMPANY
CNG STORAGE SERVICE COMPANY
CNG ENERGY SERVICES CORPORATION
CNG TRANSMISSION CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED NATURAL GAS SERVICE
COMPANY, INC.
CONSOLIDATED SYSTEM LNG COMPANY
HOPE GAS, INC.
THE EAST OHIO GAS COMPANY
THE PEOPLES NATURAL GAS COMPANY
VIRGINIA NATURAL GAS INC.
WEST OHIO GAS COMPANY
J. M. Hostetler
Their Attorney
Dated this 31st day
of January, 1995
