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(a) Exhibits
D-1 (a)(1)Petition of Massachusetts ElectricIncorporated by
Company and New England Power Reference
Company and Eastern Edison Company
to the Massachusetts Department of
Telecommunications and Energy with
respect to merger
D-2 (a)(1)Certified copy of the Order of the Incorporated by
Massachusetts Department of Reference
Telecommunications and Energy with
respect to mergers
F-2 Opinion of CounselTo be filed by
Amendment
H-1 Proposed Form of NoticeFiled herewith
(b) Financial Statements
1Balance Sheets of National Grid Filed herewith
and of National Grid and Subsidiaries
Consolidated, Mass. Electric,
Nantucket, Narragansett, and Service
Company as of March 31, 2000
2Statements of Income and Retained Filed herewith
Earnings of National Grid and
National Grid and Subsidiaries
Consolidated, Mass. Electric,
Nantucket, Narragansett, and Service
Company for the twelve months ended
March 31, 2000, on an actual basis
3Estimated Sources and ApplicationsIncorporated by
of Funds and Capitalization for Reference
each of the Borrowing Companies.
Financial Data Schedules Filed herewith
