DETROIT EDISON CO
U-7D, 1999-09-29
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                                                                 File No. 32-457

                                              FORM U-7D

                             CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO RULE 7(d) UNDER THE

                             PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935

                                          Amendment No. 15

         The undersigned certifies that this certificate accurately summarizes,
as required in the instructions hereto, the information requested as to the
contract relating to nuclear fuel identified herein and the transactions for the
financing thereof. All capitalized terms used herein and in Schedule A hereto
shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Credit Agreements (as hereinafter
defined).


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<S>      <C>                                          <C>
1.       Buyer public-utility company:                See Amendment No. 10 as filed with the  Securities
                                                      and  Exchange  Commission  on  September  28, 1994
         Address:                                     ("Amendment No. 10").

2.       Date:                                        1988  Amended  and  Restated   Nuclear  Fuel  Heat
                                                      Purchase  Contract  dated as of  October  4, 1988;
                                                      as amended by a First  Amendment  thereto dated as
                                                      of February 1, 1990,  a Second  Amendment  thereto
                                                      dated as of September  1, 1993, a Third  Amendment
                                                      thereto  dated as of  August  31,  1994,  a Fourth
                                                      Amendment  thereto  dated as of March 8,  1996,  a
                                                      Fifth  Amendment  thereto  dated as of August  29,
                                                      1996,  a  Sixth  Amendment  thereto  dated  as  of
                                                      August 28, 1997 a Seventh  Amendment thereto dated
                                                      as of  August  27,  1998 and an  Eighth  Amendment
                                                      dated  as  of  August   26,   1999  (the   "Eighth
                                                      Amendment") (the "Contract") .

2a.      Date facility was placed in service:         See Amendment No. 10.

3.       Regulatory Authority which has acted on
         transaction:                                 See Amendment No. 10.

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<S>     <C>                                           <C>
                                                      The term of the Contract (as amended by the
4.       Term of Contract:                            Eighth Amendment) expires on August 25, 2000,
                                                      subject to renewal upon the terms and conditions
                                                      set forth in Schedule A hereto.

5.       Brief description of facility:               See Amendment No. 10.

6.       Manufacturer or Supplier:                    See Amendment No. 10.

7.       Cost of facility:                            See Amendment No. 10.

8.       Basic Charges:                               See Amendment No. 10.

9.       Holder of legal title to facility:           See Amendment No. 10.

10.      Holders of beneficial interests:             See Amendment No. 10.

11.      If part or all of the financing is
         supplied by a loan on which only
         principal and interest is payable,
         state:

         Amount borrowed:                             Up to $400,000,000.

         Number of lenders:                           Barclays  Bank PLC, New York Branch,  as agent and
                                                      bank, and eighteen  (18)* other banks  signatories
                                                      to the credit  agreements  described in Schedule A
                                                      hereto.  The  purchase of the nuclear fuel is also
                                                      financed   through  the  issuance  by  Renaissance
                                                      Energy  Company of  commercial  paper notes in the
                                                      commercial  paper  market,  such that,  at any one
                                                      time,  there will be a variable  number of holders
                                                      of Renaissance  Energy Company's  commercial paper
                                                      notes.

         Interest rate:                               Variable.*

         Terms of repayment:                          Variable.*

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* See Schedule A hereto.
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<S>                                                   <C>
         Date executed:                               (a)    $200,000,000  Multi-Year  Credit  Agreement
                                                             dated as of  September 1, 1993 (the "3 Year
                                                             Credit  Agreement"),  as amended by a First
                                                             Amendment  thereto  dated as of August  31,
                                                             1994,  a Second  Amendment  thereto (in the
                                                             form of extension  letters)  dated June 30,
                                                             1995, a Third  Amendment  thereto  dated as
                                                             of  March  8,  1996,  a  Fourth   Amendment
                                                             thereto (the "4th  Amendment")  dated as of
                                                             September  1,  1996  and a Fifth  Amendment
                                                             thereto  dated as of August 28,  1997 (such
                                                             Fifth Amendment,  the "3 Year  Amendment"),
                                                             among   Renaissance   Energy  Company,   as
                                                             Borrower,  The Detroit Edison  Company,  as
                                                             Guarantor,  the  Banks  named  therein  and
                                                             Barclays  Bank  PLC,  New York  Branch,  as
                                                             Agent.   See  Schedule  A.  The  Multi-Year
                                                             Credit  Agreement was formerly known as the
                                                             3  Year  Credit  Agreement.  The  name  was
                                                             changed pursuant to the 4th Amendment.
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                                                      (b)    $200,000,000   364-Day   Credit   Agreement
                                                             dated  as  of   September   1,   1993  (the
                                                             "364-Day  Credit  Agreement";  the  3  Year
                                                             Credit  Agreement  and the  364 Day  Credit
                                                             Agreement,    collectively,   the   "Credit
                                                             Agreements"),   as   amended   by  a  First
                                                             Amendment  thereto  dated as of August  31,
                                                             1994,  a Second  Amendment  thereto (in the
                                                             form of extension  letters)  dated June 30,
                                                             1995, a Third  Amendment  thereto  dated as
                                                             of  March  8,  1996,  a  Fourth   Amendment
                                                             thereto  dated as of  August  29,  1996,  a
                                                             Fifth Amendment  thereto dated as of August
                                                             28, 1997, a Sixth  Amendment  thereto dated
                                                             as  of  August  27,   1998  and  a  Seventh
                                                             Amendment  thereto  dated as of August  26,
                                                             1999 (such Seventh Amendment,  the "364 Day
                                                             Amendment"),   among   Renaissance   Energy
                                                             Company,  as Borrower,  The Detroit  Edison
                                                             Company,  as  Guarantor,  the  Banks  named
                                                             therein,  and  Barclays  Bank PLC, New York
                                                             Branch, as Agent.  See Schedule A.
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Date executed:  September 10, 1999


                                                      RENAISSANCE ENERGY COMPANY

                                                      By: /s/ Dwight Jenkins
                                                          ------------------
                                                          Dwight Jenkins
                                                          Vice President


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STATE OF NEW YORK   )
                    :  ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK  )

         The undersigned being duly sworn deposes and says that he, being duly

authorized, has executed the attached Certificate for and on behalf of

Renaissance Energy Company; that he is a Vice President of said corporation;

that he has read the foregoing Certificate and knows the contents thereof; and

that the facts therein stated are true to the best of his knowledge, information

and belief.


                                                      /s/ Dwight Jenkins
                                                      ------------------
                                                          Dwight Jenkins


Subscribed to and sworn to before me this 10th day of September, 1999.

/s/ Mary L. Brady
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Notary Public
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 43-4771923
Qualified in Richmond County
Certificate Filed in New York County
Commission Expires May 31, 2000


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                                  SCHEDULE A to

            Amendment No. 14 to Form U-7D (the "Form U-7D Amendment")

                             SUMMARY OF TRANSACTION


         The descriptions of (i) the Contract; (ii) the Credit Agreement and

(iii) the 1988 Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of October 4, 1988,

as amended by a First Amendment and Second Amendment thereto dated as of

February 1, 1990 and September 1, 1993 (as so amended, the "Loan Agreement"), in

each case between the Fuel Company and Detroit Edison (as defined below), set

forth in Schedule A to Amendment Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 to Form

U-7D are hereby incorporated by reference, subject to the amendments to the

Contract and the Credit Agreements set forth below.

         Capitalized terms used in this Schedule without definition shall have

the meaning ascribed thereto in the Form U-7D Amendment to which this Schedule

is attached.

1.       HEAT PURCHASE CONTRACT - EIGHTH AMENDMENT

         The Eighth Amendment modified the term of the Contract as follows:


         (i)    The term of the Contract was extended to August 25,
2000 (the "Expiration Date").

         (ii)   The Contract, as amended, gives Detroit Edison the right to

renew the Contract term, within 90 days prior to the then current Expiration

Date, to an expiration date (i) not later than September 1, 2003 (the "Outside

Expiration Date"), if the Michigan Public Service Commission (the "MPSC") has

authorized the Contract; or (ii) not later than the earlier to occur of the

Outside Expiration Date and twelve months from the then current Expiration Date,

if the MPSC has not authorized the Contract.



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         Except as specifically amended by the Seventh Amendment, the terms of

the Contract remain in full force and effect.

2.       THE 364 DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT - SIXTH AMENDMENT

         (i)    Seventh  Amendment to the 364 Day Credit Agreement. The 364 Day

Amendment effected the following amendments to the 364 Day Credit Agreement:

                (1) so long as the 364 Day Credit Agreement is not earlier

terminated due to (a) the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default

under the 364 Day Credit Agreement or (b) the optional termination of the

Commitments (as defined in the 364 Day Credit Agreement) by the Fuel Company,

the term of the 364 Day Agreement expires on August 24, 2000 (the "364 Day

Termination Date"), unless at least 30 days but not more than 60 days prior to

the 364 Day Termination Date then in effect, the Fuel Company requests a 364 day

extension to such Termination Date, and Detroit Edison, the Agent and the

Majority Banks (as defined in the 364 Day Credit Agreement) have consented

thereto. In such event, the 364 Day Termination Date shall be extended for an

additional 364 days.

                (2) The Adjustable CD Rate is no longer available as an

alternative interest rate in the 346 Day Credit Agreement.

         (ii)   The Facility Fee payable on the last Business Day of March,

June, September and December in the year and on the Termination Date, on the

full amount of each Bank's Commitment was amended as follows: (i) if the Rating

Level (as defined in the 364 Day Credit Agreement) is I, the Facility Fee shall

equal 0.125% of the bank's Commitment; (ii) if the Rating Level is II, the

Facility Fee shall equal 0.15% of the Bank's Commitment; (iii) if the Rating

Level is III, the Facility Fee shall equal 0.25% of the Bank's Commitment; and

(iv) if the Rating Level is IV, the Facility Fee shall equal 0.425% of the

Bank's Commitment.




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                (3) The Applicable Margin with respect to a Eurodollar Rate

Advance was amended as follows: (i) if the Rating Level (as defined in the 364

Day Credit Agreement) is I, the Applicable Margin shall equal 0.375%, (ii) if

the Rating Level is II, the Applicable Margin shall equal 0.475%, if the Rating

Level is III, the Applicable Margin shall equal 0.50%, and (iv) if the Rating

Level is IV, the Applicable Margin shall equal 0.825%; provided that the

Applicable Margin will increase by (A) 0.125% at any time the aggregate Advances

outstanding are equal to or greater than 33.33% but less than 66.66% of the

aggregate Commitments or (B) 0.25% at any time the aggregate Advances

outstanding are equal to or greater than 66.66% of the aggregate Commitments;

and provided further that during any period in which the Guarantor's Commercial

Paper (as defined in the 364 Day Credit Agreement) unsupported by letters of

credit or similar credit enhancement facilities is rated at or below A-2 by S&P

or at or below P-2 by Moody's or shall cease to be rated by either or both, the

Applicable Margin shall be 0.825% per annum.




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