SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
FORM U-6B-2
Certificate of Notification
Filed by a registered holding company or subsidiary thereof pursuant to
Rule U-20-(d) [Reg. Section 250.20, Paragraph 36,652] or U-47 [Reg. Section
250.47, Paragraph 36,620] adopted under the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935
Certificate is filed by: Public Service Company of Colorado (the "Company")
This certificate is notice that the above named company has issued,
renewed or guaranteed the security or securities described herein which issue,
renewal or guaranty was exempted from the provisions of Section 6(a) of the Act
and was neither the subject of a declaration or application on Form U-1 nor
included within the exemption provided by Rule U-48 [Reg. Section 250.48,
Paragraph 36,621].
1. Type of the security or securities:
Series A Senior Notes - unsecured
2. Issue, renewal or guaranty:
Issue
3. Principal amount of each security:
$200,000,000
4. Rate of interest per annum of each security:
6 7/8%
5. Date of issue, renewal or guaranty of each security:
July 16, 1999
6. If renewal of security, give date of original issue:
Not applicable
7. Date of maturity of each security:
July 15, 2009
8. Name of the person to whom each security was issued, renewed or guaranteed:
Public issue
9. Collateral given with each security, if any:
Not applicable - unsecured
10. Consideration received for each security:
$198,450,000
11. Application of proceeds of each security:
The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including
capital expenditures, repayment of short-term debt and refunding of
long-term debt on maturity or otherwise.
12. Indicate by a check after the applicable statement below whether the issue,
renewal or guaranty of each security was exempt from the provisions of
Section 6(a) because of:
a) the provisions contained in the first sentence of Section 6(b):
Not applicable
b) the provisions contained in the fourth sentence of Section 6(b):
Not applicable
c) the provisions contained in any rule of the commission other than
Rule U-48:
Applicable statement
13. If the security or securities were exempt from the provisions of Section
6(a) by virtue of the first sentence of Section 6(b), give the figures
which indicate that the security or securities aggregate (together with all
other than outstanding notes and drafts of a maturity of nine months or
less, exclusive of days of grace, as to which such company is primarily or
secondarily liable) not more than 5 per centum of the principal amount and
par value of the other securities of such company then outstanding.
(Demand notes, regardless of how long they may have been outstanding, shall
be considered as maturing in not more than nine months for purposes of the
exemption from Section 6(a) of the Act granted by the first sentence of
Section 6(b).
Not applicable.
14. If the security or securities are exempt from the provisions of Section 6(a)
because of the fourth sentence of Section 6(b), name the security
outstanding on January 1, 1935, pursuant to the terms of which the security
or securities herein described have been issued.
Not applicable.
15. If the security or securities are exempt from the provisions of Section 6(a)
because of any rule of the Commission other than Rule U-48 [Reg. Section
250.48, Paragraph 36,621] designate the rule under which exemption is
claimed.
Rule 52(a)
Public Service Company of Colorado
By: /s/ Nancy E. Felker
Nancy E. Felker
Assistant Treasurer
Date: July 26, 1999
