File No. 70-9625
(Mountaineer Gas Acquisition)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 3 to FORM U-1
APPLICATION/DECLARATION UNDER
THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
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Allegheny Energy, Inc.
10435 Downsville Pike
Hagerstown, Maryland 21740
Monongahela Power Company
(d/b/a Allegheny Power)
1310 Fairmont Avenue
Fairmont, West Virginia 26554
Mountaineer Gas Company
414 Summers Street
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
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Allegheny Energy, Inc.
10435 Downsville Pike
Hagerstown, Maryland 21740
The Commission is requested to send copies of all notices, orders
and communications in connection with this Application/Declaration to:
Thomas K. Henderson, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel
Allegheny Energy, Inc.
10435 Downsville Pike
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Robert R. Winter, Esq.
Deputy General Counsel
Allegheny Power
1310 Fairmont Avenue
Fairmont, West Virginia 26554
Anthony Wilson, Esq.
Senior Attorney
Allegheny Energy Service Company
10435 Downsville Pike
Hagerstown, MD 21740
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1. Applicants hereby amend the application deleting the
second sentence of Item 1, subsection A, and part 2,
which reads:
ECA is exempt from registration under section 3(a)(1)
of the Act and by Rule 2 under the Act.
And replacing it with the following sentence:
Both ESC and ECA are exempt from registration under
section 3(a)(1) of the Act and by Rule 2 under the Act.
2. Applicants hereby amend the application deleting the
fourth sentence of the last paragraph in Item 1,
subsection D, which reads:
The interest rates, fees, and expenses for all
financing for which authorization is requested shall be
comparable to those obtainable by comparable utilities
issuing comparable securities with the same or similar
terms and maturities.
And replacing it with the following sentence:
The interest rates, fees, and expenses for all
financing for which authorization is requested shall be
comparable to those obtainable by comparable entities
issuing comparable securities with the same or similar
terms and maturities.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, the undersigned company has
duly caused this statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
ALLEGHENY ENERGY, INC
/S/ THOMAS K. HENDERSON
By _____________________________
Thomas K. Henderson
MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY
/S/ THOMAS K. HENDERSON
By _____________________________
Thomas K. Henderson
Dated: July 3, 2000
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