UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
FORM U-9C-3
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO RULE 58 OF
THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
For the Calendar Quarter Ended September 30, 2000
Consolidated Natural Gas Company
(Name of registered holding company)
120 Tredegar Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(Address of principal executive offices)
Table of Contents
Page
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Item 1. Organization Chart 2
Item 2. Issuance and Renewals of Securities
and Capital Contributions 3
Item 3. Associate Transactions 4
Item 4. Summary of Aggregate Investment 5
Item 5. Other Investments 6
Item 6. Financial Statements and Exhibits 6
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ITEM 1 - ORGANIZATION CHART
Name of Energy or Date of State of %of voting Nature
Reporting Gas Related Organiz- Incorpor- Securities of
Company Company ation ation Held Business
_________ ___________ ________ _________ __________ ________
Consolidated
Natural Gas
Company ("CNG")(a)
Dominion Field Gas Related 03/23/77 Delaware 100% (b)
Services, Inc.
("Field
Services")(c)
(a) As a result of a merger (the "Merger") of CNG into a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Dominion Resources, Inc. ("DRI") on January 28, 2000,
CNG became a directly owned, and Field Services became an indirectly
owned, subsidiary of DRI.
(b) Field Services is engaged in activities involving Appalachian natural
gas supply, including gathering and the administration of supply
contracts.
(c) The name of Field Services was changed from "CNG Field Services
Company" to "Dominion Field Services, Inc." on March 20, 2000.
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ITEM 2 - ISSUANCES AND RENEWALS OF SECURITIES AND CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Company Company
Contributing Receiving Type and Amount of
Capital Capital Capital Infusion
____________ _________ __________________
(d)
(d) Field Services participates in the CNG System Money Pool ("Money
Pool"). During the calendar quarter, Field Services contributed
$26,195,000 to, and withdrew $37,998,000 from, the Money Pool. It had
a borrowing of $79,587,000 from the Money Pool at September 30, 2000.
Additionally, as of September 30, 2000 there remained outstanding
$60,920,370 in CNG guarantees of Field Services obligations.
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ITEM 3 - ASSOCIATE TRANSACTIONS
Part I - Transactions Performed by Reporting Companies on Behalf of
Associate Companies
Reporting Associate
Company Company Types of Direct Indirect Cost Total
Rendering Receiving Services Costs Costs of Amount
Service Service Rendered Charged Charged Capital Billed
_________ _________ ________ _______ ________ _______ ______
None(e)
Part II - Transactions Performed by Associate Companies on Behalf of
Reporting Companies
Associate Reporting
Company Company Types of Direct Indirect Cost Total
Rendering Receiving Services Costs Costs of Amount
Services Service Rendered Charged Charged Capital Billed
_________ _________ ________ ________ ________ _______ ________
None (e)(f)
(e) As per Rules 80 and 81, natural gas supply, storage or transportation
capacity transactions are not reported hereunder.
(f) Field Services haS entered into standard at-cost service agreements
with Consolidated Natural Gas Service Company, Inc. and Dominion
Resources Services, Inc. Information with respect to transactions
under such agreements is not provided in this report, but is provided
by Form U-13-60.
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ITEM 4 - SUMMARY OF AGGREGATE INVESTMENT
Investments in energy-related companies (in thousands):
Total consolidated capitalization as
of September 30, 2000 $4,069,164 Line 1
Total capitalization multiplied by 15%
(Line 1 multiplied by 0.15) 610,375 Line 2
Greater of $50 million or line 2 610,375 Line 3
Total current aggregate investment:
(categorized by major line of
energy-related business) None Line 4
Difference between the greater of $50
million or 15% of capitalization and
the total aggregate investment of the
registered holding system
(line 3 less line 4) 610,375
Investments in gas-related companies
(in thousands):
Total current aggregate investment:
(categorized by major line of
gas-related business)
Gas sales and storage services $ 24,658
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ITEM 5 - OTHER INVESTMENTS
Major Line of Other Invest- Other Invest- Reason for
Energy-Related ment in Last ment in this Difference in
Business U-9C-3 Report U-9C-3 Report Other Investment
______________ _____________ _____________ ________________
None
ITEM 6 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
A. Financial Statements
Balance sheet as of September 30, 2000 and income statements for the
three and six months ending September 30, 2000 of Field Services.
(Filed under confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 104(b))
B. Exhibits
A copy of a service agreement, dated May 22, 1991, between Field
Services (formerly called "CNG Storage Service Company") and Dominion
Transmission, Inc. (formerly called "CNG Transmission Corporation") is
attached as Exhibit A to the Form U-9C-3 filed for the first quarter
of 1999.
The certificate as to filing with interested state commissions is
attached hereto as Exhibit B.
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SIGNATURE
The undersigned registered holding company has duly caused this
quarterly report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned officer
thereunto duly authorized pursuant to the requirements of the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
CONSOLIDATED NATURAL GAS COMPANY
By: N. F. Chandler
Its Attorney
November 29, 2000
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Exhibit B
CERTIFICATE
The undersigned certifies that he is the duly designated and acting
attorney of Consolidated Natural Gas Company, a Delaware corporation
("CNG") and that:
CNG's Quarterly Report on Form U-9C-3 filed pursuant to Rule 58 for
the quarter ended June 30, 2000 was filed with each state commission
having jurisdiction over the retail rates of the public utility companies
that are associate companies of any of the reporting companies.
The names and addresses of such state utility commissions are:
Utilities Department
Public Utility Commission of Ohio
180 Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43266-0573
Executive Secretary
West Virginia Public Service Commission
201 Brooks Street
Charleston, WV 25301
Secretary
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
North Office Building
Commonwealth Avenue and North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
General Counsel
Virginia State Corporation Commission
1300 East Main Street
10th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219
Chief Clerk
North Carolina Utilities Commission
4325 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4325
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as of the 29th day of
November, 2000.
N. F. Chandler
Attorney for
Consolidated Natural Gas Company
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