IN THE MATTER OF
NIAGARA MOHAWK HOLDINGS, INC.
File No. 70-9339
(Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935)
CERTIFICATE OF NOTIFICATION
This Certificate of Notification is filed by Niagara Mohawk Holdings, Inc.
("NMH") in connection with the transactions proposed in the Application on Form
U-1, as amended, in File No. 70-9339 (the "Application"), in the above
proceeding filed by NMH and authorized by the order ("Order") of the Securities
and Exchange Commission ("Commission") March 4, 1999 (Release No.
35-26986). NMH hereby notifies the Commission that:
i. The transactions described in the Application have been carried out on
March 18, 1999, in accordance with the terms and conditions of, and for
the purposes requested in, the Application, and in accordance with the
terms and conditions of the Order.
ii. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation has distributed as a dividend to NMH
all the common stock of Opinac North America, Inc.
iii. Filed herewith as Exhibit 8-2 is the past-tense opinion of counsel for
NMH.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, as amended, the undersigned company has duly caused this document to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
NIAGARA MOHAWK HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/ William F. Edwards
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William F. Edwards
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Dated: April 13, 1999
