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) May 25, 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 May 25, 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 the Public Service Commission of West Virginia
issued an order on May 23, 1995 approving the undertaking of 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 May 25, 1995, with respect to the
order issued by the Public Service Commission on May
23, 1995 approving the undertaking of the planned
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: May 30, 1995
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Sequentially
Exhibit Description Numbered Page
20(a) News Release, dated May 25, 5
1995, with respect to the
order issued by the Public
Service Commission on May
23, 1995 approving the
undertaking of the planned
merger of Allegheny &
Western Energy Corporation
with a subsidiary of Energy
Corporation of America.
Exhibit
20(a)
ALLEGHENY & WESTERN ENERGY CORPORATION
AND ENERGY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
ANNOUNCE ORDER OF PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA, CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, May 25, 1995/PRNewswire/--
Allegheny & Western Energy Corporation (Nasdaq: ALGH) (A&W) and
Energy Corporation of America (ECA) announced that at a session
of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (PSCWV) in the
City of Charleston on May 23, 1995, the PSCWV issued an order
approving the undertaking of the planned merger of A&W with a
subsidiary of ECA, on the condition that Mountaineer Gas
Company, a West Virginia corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary
of A&W (Mountaineer), be prohibited from being a party to any
debt obligation of ECA or any other affiliated company.
The order of the PSCWV should become final within thirty
days barring an appeal by a party to the proceeding.
The order of the PSCWV was the result of a petition filed
by Eastern Systems Corporation, a West Virginia corporation and
wholly-owned subsidiary of ECA, on November 17, 1994 requesting
approval of the acquisition. A public hearing regarding the
planned merger had been held on April 25, 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.
