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EXHIBIT O
(Proposed Notice Pursuant to Rule 22f)
(Release No. 35- )
FILINGS UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935 ("ACT")
June , 2000
Notice is hereby given that the following filing(s) has/have been made with
the Commission pursuant to provisions of the Act and rules promulgated
thereunder. All interested persons are referred to the application(s) and/or
declaration(s) for complete statements of the proposed transaction(s)
summarized below. The application(s) and/or declaration(s) and any
amendments thereto is/are available for public inspection through the
Commission's Office of Public Reference. Interested persons wishing to
comment or request a hearing on the application(s) and/or declaration(s)
should submit their views in writing by June , 2000 to the Secretary,
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC 20549, and serve a copy
on the relevant applicant(s) and/or declarant(s) at the address(es) specified
below. Proof of service (by affidavit or, in case of an attorney at law, by
certificate) should be filed with the request. Any request for hearing shall
identify specifically the issues of fact or law that are disputed. A person
who so requests will be notified of any hearing, if ordered, and will receive
a copy of any notice or order issued in the matter. After said date, the
application(s) and/or declaration(s), as filed or as amended, may be granted
and/or permitted to become effective.
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Dominion Resources, Inc., et al. (70-9679)
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Dominion Resources, Inc. ("Dominion"), 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond,
Virginia 23219, a registered holding company; and its wholly-owned
subsidiaries; Virginia Electric Power Company, 701 East Carey Street,
Richmond, Virginia 23219-3932; Dominion Energy, Inc. 120 Tredegar Street,
Richmond, Virginia 23219; Consolidated Natural Gas Company ("CNG"), 120
Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219; and various subsidiaries of the
three foregoing companies as listed on Appendix A to the filing, have filed
an application-declaration under Sections 6(a), 7, 9(a), 10 and 12(c) of the
Act and Rules 42, 43, 45 and 46 thereunder.
The applicants request authorization, through June 30, 2005, (i) to
engage in enumerated nonutility business activities, many of which are
energy-related but not covered by Rule 58, (ii) to engage in such activities
in nonutility companies anywhere in the Dominion System, including newly
formed companies, and (iii) to restructure nonutility business components
anywhere within the Dominion System, without the need for any additional
prior Commission order. Dominion also requests that, for all purposes under
the Act and the rules thereunder, its and CNG's retained earnings be adjusted
to obviate the elimination of the retained earnings of CNG due to accoounting
technicalities resulting from the merger of a predecessor company into CNG on
January 28, 2000.
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For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant
to delegated authority.
Jonathan G. Katz
Secretary
