SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported) April 4, 1995
Allegheny & Western Energy Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
West Virginia 0-10618 55-0612692
(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission (IRS Employer
incorporation) File Number) ID Number)
300 Capitol Street, Suite 1600, Charleston, WV 25301
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number,
including area code: (303) 343-4567
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5. Other Events
On April 4, 1995, Allegheny & Western Energy Corporation
(the "Registrant") and Energy Corporation of America ("ECA")
issued a news release, set forth as Exhibit 20(a) hereto,
announcing that they had been notified of the termination of the
waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements
Act of 1976 relating to the pending merger of the Registrant
with
a subsidiary of ECA.
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information
and Exhibits
20(a) News Release, dated April 4, 1995, with respect to the
termination of the waiting period under the
Hart-Scott-
Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 relating to
the pending merger of Allegheny & Western Energy
Corporation with a subsidiary of Energy Corporation of
America.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
ALLEGHENY & WESTERN ENERGY
CORPORATION
By:/s/ W. Merwyn Pittman
Name: W. Merwyn Pittman
Title: Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
Dated: April 6, 1995
EXHIBIT INDEX
Sequentially
Exhibit Description Numbered Page
20(a) News Release, dated April 4, 5
1995, with respect to the
termination of the waiting
period under the Hart-Scott-
Rodino Antitrust Improvements
Act of 1976 relating to the
pending merger of Allegheny &
Western Energy Corporation
with a subsidiary of Energy
Corporation of America.
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Exhibit
20(a)
ALLEGHENY & WESTERN ENERGY CORPORATION
AND ENERGY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
ANNOUNCE TERMINATION OF WAITING PERIOD
UNDER HART-SCOTT-RODINO ACT
DATELINE: Charleston, West Virginia
April 4, 1995
Allegheny & Western Energy Corporation (Nasdaq: ALGH)
("A&W") and Energy Corporation of America ("ECA") announced that
they had been notified of the termination of the waiting period
under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976
applicable to the pending merger of A&W with a subsidiary of
ECA.
The West Virginia Public Service Commission has previously
announced that it will hold a public hearing with respect to
such
merger on April 25, 1995. Additionally, A&W currently
anticipates that it will hold its annual meeting, at which
stockholders will be asked to approve the merger, on May 16,
1995.
Allegheny & Western Energy Corporation, based in
Charleston,
West Virginia, is a diversified natural gas company, and owns
Mountaineer Gas Company, a gas distribution utility in West
Virginia.
Energy Corporation of America is a privately held
diversified oil and gas company which, together with its
subsidiaries, owns oil and gas properties located primarily in
the Appalachian area.
CONTACT: W. Merwyn Pittman of Allegheny & Western Energy
Corporation, 304-343-4567. Joseph E. Casabona of Energy
Corporation of America, 303-694-2667.
