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File No. 70-9417
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
NEW ENGLAND ELECTRIC SYSTEM
(Name of company filing this statement)
25 Research Drive
Westborough, Massachusetts 01582
(Address of principal executive offices)
NEW ENGLAND ELECTRIC SYSTEM
(Name of top registered holding company parent of applicant)
John G. Cochrane Kirk L. Ramsauer
Treasurer Associate General Counsel
25 Research Drive 25 Research Drive
Westborough, MA 01582 Westborough, MA 01582
(Names and addresses of agents for service)
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Form U-1 Application/Declaration filed under the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, File No. 70-9417, as previously amended, is hereby
further amended as follows:
Item 1, Description of Proposed Transactions is amended as follows:
The final two paragraphs (added by Amendment No. 2) are deleted.
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SIGNATURE
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935, the undersigned company has duly caused this Amendment No. 3 to Form
U-1 Application/Declaration (Commission's File No. 70-9417) to be signed on
its behalf, as indicated by the undersigned officer thereunto duly authorized.
NEW ENGLAND ELECTRIC SYSTEM
s/David C. Kennedy
By
David C. Kennedy
Vice President
Date: January 26, 1999
The name "New England Electric System" means the trustee or trustees for the
time being (as trustee or trustees but not personally) under an agreement and
declaration of trust dated January 2, 1926, as amended, which is hereby
referred to, and a copy of which as amended has been filed with the Secretary
of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Any agreement, obligation or liability
made, entered into or incurred by or on behalf of New England Electric System
binds only its trust estate, and no shareholder, director, trustee, officer or
agent thereof assumes or shall be held to any liability therefor.
