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U. S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Form U-6B-2
CERTIFICATE OF NOTIFICATION
Filed by registered holding company or subsidiary company
thereof pursuant to Rule 20(d) or 47 adopted under the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
Certificate is filed by: MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY
This certificate is notice that the above-named company
has issued, renewed, or guaranteed the security or securities
described herein which issue, renewal, or guaranty was exempted
from the provisions of Section 6(a) of the Act and was neither
the subject of a declaration or application on Form U-1 nor
included within the exemption provided by Rule 48.
1. Type of the security or securities * ("draft", "promissory note").
Promissory Note
2. Issue, renewal, or guaranty. (Indicate nature of transaction by a check.)
Issue
3. Principal amount of each security.
$10,145,000
4. Rate of interest per annum of each security.
4.50%
5. Date of issue, renewal or guaranty of each security.
March 31, 1998
6. If renewal of security, give date of original issue.
Not Applicable
7. Date of maturity of each security. (In the case of demand
notes, indicate "on demand.")
March 1, 2003
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* If reporting for more than one security, each security may
be identified by symbol which symbol should be used for each
subsequent item. If more convenient, information may be
supplied by tabular statement using the serial arrangement
of this form.
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8. Name of the person to whom each security was issued,
renewed, or guaranteed.
Chase Manhattan Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee
9. Collateral given with each security, if any.
Deed for pollution control facilities
10. Consideration received for each security.
$10,091,941.65 Pleasants County Pollution Control Bonds (99.477%)
11. Application of proceeds of each security.
The net proceeds from the bond sale, together with other
corporate funds, will be used to pay at maturity a
$10,145,000 note of the Company plus accrued interest to
the redemption date and to pay issuance expenses in
connection with the issuance by the Pleasants County
Commission of $10,145,000 of its Pollution Control
Revenue Bonds (Monongahela Power Company Willow Island
Project), 1998 Series C, the proceeds of which will be
used by the County Commission to redeem $10,145,000 of
Pollution Control Revenue Bonds (Monongahela Power
Company Willow Island Project), 1988 Series B.
12. Indicate by a check after the applicable statement below
whether the issue, renewal, or guaranty of each security was
exempt from the provisions of Section 6(a) because of:
a. the provisions contained in the first sentence of
Section 6(b). _______________________________
b. the provisions contained in the fourth sentence of
Section 6(b). _______________________________
c. the provisions contained in any rule of the
Commission other than Rule 48. X
(If reporting for more than one security, insert
the identifying symbol after the applicable statement).
13. If the security or securities were exempt from the
provisions of Section 6(a) by virtue of the first sentence
of Section 6(b), give the figures which indicate that the
security or securities aggregate (together with all other
then outstanding notes and drafts of a maturity of nine
months or less, exclusive of days of grace, as to which such
company is primarily or secondarily liable) not more than 5
per centum of the principal amount and par value** of the
other securities of such company then outstanding. (Demand
notes, regardless of how long they may have been
outstanding, shall be considered as maturing in not more
than nine months for purposes of the exemption from Section
6(a) of the Act granted by the first sentence of Section
6(b).)
Not Applicable
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** If a security had no principal amount or par value, use the
fair market value as of the date of issue of such security
and indicate how determined.
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14. If the security or securities are exempt from the provisions
of Section 6(a) because of the fourth sentence of Section
6(b), name the security outstanding on January 1, 1935,
pursuant to the terms of which the security or securities
herein described have been issued.
Not Applicable
15. If the security or securities are exempt from the provisions
of Section 6(a) because of any rule of the Commission other
than Rule 48, designate the rule under which exemption is
claimed.
Rule 52
MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY
(Name of Company)
Date: April 2, 1998 By: /s/ Thomas C. Sheppard, Jr.
Thomas C. Sheppard, Jr.
Assistant Secretary
