UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Application of Dominion ) CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO
Resources, Inc. and ) RULE 24 UNDER THE PUBLIC
Consolidated Natural Gas ) UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT
Company on Form U-1 (File ) OF 1935
No. 70-9477) )
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Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 24 under the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, as amended (the "Act"), Dominion Resources, Inc. ("DRI"), a
Virginia corporation, certifies that the merger of Consolidated Natural Gas
Company ("CNG") into DRI, as proposed in the Application/Declaration to the
Commission on Form U-1 (File No. 70-9477) of DRI and CNG, and authorized by
order of the Commission in Public Utility Holding Company Act Release No.
35-27113, dated December 15, 1999, has been carried out in accordance with the
terms and conditions of and for the purposes represented by the
Application/Declaration and of the Commission's order with respect thereto.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, DRI has duly caused this Certificate to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dominion Resources, Inc.
By: /s/ James F. Stutts
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Name: James F. Stutts
Title: Vice President and
General Counsel
Dated: February 7, 2000.