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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
____________________________________________
CONSOLIDATED NATURAL GAS COMPANY :
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania :
:
CNG COAL COMPANY : AMENDMENT NO. 1
CNG PRODUCING COMPANY : TO
CNG PIPELINE COMPANY :
CNG RESEARCH COMPANY : MASTER
CNG POWER SERVICES CORPORATION : CERTIFICATE
CNG POWER COMPANY : OF
CNG TRANSMISSION CORPORATION : NOTIFICATION
CNG PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, INC. : NO. 14
CNG RETAIL SERVICES CORPORATION :
CNG MARKET CENTER SERVICES, INC. :
CNG FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. : TRANSACTIONS
CONSOLIDATED NATURAL GAS SERVICE : DURING PERIOD
COMPANY, INC. : _____________
CONSOLIDATED SYSTEM LNG COMPANY :
HOPE GAS, INC. : July 1, 1999
THE EAST OHIO GAS COMPANY : through
THE PEOPLES NATURAL GAS COMPANY : September 30, 1999
VIRGINIA NATURAL GAS INC. :
:
File No. 70-8667 (Part A) :
:
Also Reported at Part B :
File Nos. 70-7258, 70-7508, 70-7641, :
70-8577, 70-8853, and 70-8883 :
:
:
(Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935) :
____________________________________________ :
TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION:
This Amendment No. 1 amends the Master Rule 24 Certificate (the
"Certificate") filed on November 29, 1999 under the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935 for the third calendar quarter of 1999 under File No.
70-8667. The purpose of Amendment No. 1 is to provide notification, which
was not included in the November 29 filing, concerning a public offering
and sale of 7 1/4% Notes Due October 1, 2005 of Consolidated Natural Gas
Company ("Consolidated" or "CNG") during the quarter.
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Part A of the Certificate gives notification of external financing by
Consolidated for the quarter. Accordingly, the response under Section 3,
"Long Term Debt," of Part A of the Certificate is restated to read as
follows.
"On September 21, 1999, Consolidated sold $400,000,000 principal
amount of 7 1/4% Notes Due October 1, 2005 through an underwritten
public offering. The price to the public was 99.77%, the underwriting
discount was 0.6% and the proceeds to Consolidated was $396,680,000
(99.17%). The underwriters were Chase Securities Inc., Banc One
Capital Markets, Inc., McDonald Investments Inc., Mellon Financial
Markets, Inc. and PNC Capital Markets, Inc. The sale occurred
pursuant to Consolidated's shelf registration, Registration Statement
No. 333-25347, including an additional $61,712,444 registered on Form
S-3, on September 14, 1999, pursuant to Rule 462(b) under The
Securities Act of 1933. The registration statement and the Rule
424(b) prospectus relating to the 7 1/4% Notes, filed with the
Commission on September 22, 1999, are hereby incorporated by
reference."
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935, the undersigned companies have duly caused this amendment to be
signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
CONSOLIDATED NATURAL GAS COMPANY
CNG COAL COMPANY
CNG PRODUCING COMPANY
CNG PIPELINE COMPANY
CNG RESEARCH COMPANY
CNG FIELD SERVICES COMPANY
CNG POWER COMPANY
CNG TRANSMISSION CORPORATION
CNG PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, INC.
CNG MARKET CENTER SERVICES, INC.
CNG FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
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.
By N. F. Chandler
Their Attorney
Dated this 1st day
of December, 1999
