File No. 70-8831
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 4
TO
APPLICATION/DECLARATION
ON FORM U-1
under
THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
(The "Act")
HEC INC. HEC ENERGY CONSULTING CANADA INC.
24 Prime Parkway 285 Yorkland Blvd
Natick, MA 01760 Willowdale, Ontario
M2J 1S5
HEC INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION
24 Prime Parkway
Natick, MA 01760
(Name of company filing this statement and address of
principal executive office)
NORTHEAST UTILITIES
(Name of top registered holding company)
Jeffrey C. Miller
Assistant General Counsel
Northeast Utilities Service Company
P.O. Box 270
Hartford, CT 06141-0270
(Name and address of agent for service)
The Commission is requested to mail signed copies of all orders, notices and
communications to:
Jeffery D. Cochran, Counsel
Northeast Utilities Service Company
P.O. Box 270
Hartford, CT 06141-0270
The Application/Declaration in File No. 70-8831 (the "Application"), as
previously amended, is hereby further amended as follows:
In ITEM 1, the paragraph numbered as "5." is deleted and the following
substituted in lieu thereof.
5. recommendations for acquisition and/or the brokering of cost effective
energy (i.e., electricity, natural gas, oil, propane, wood chips and
refuse-derived fuels) or marketing of energy fuels (i.e., natural gas,
oil, propane, wood chips and refuse-derived fuels, but not electricity);
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<F6> Applicants request that the Commission reserve jurisdiction
over their provision of the above services outside the United
States and over their retail marketing of natural gas
within the United States.
Energy brokering services would be where Applicants function as
intermediaries bringing an energy buyer and seller together.
Applicants would not purchase or sell energy; they would be agents
or representatives for energy buyers or sellers. For example,
Applicants may bring an energy marketer to a customer and receive a
commission on energy sales between the energy marketer and the
customer. Applicants would not take title to energy nor would they
enter into contracts to sell or acquire energy in the future;
instead, Applicants would negotiate and arrange contracts between
non-associates and their customers, for their customers to buy or
sell energy.
Marketing of energy fuels would be where Applicants actually
contract to acquire such energy fuels on behalf of their customers.
Applicants believe that some customers would prefer a single
transaction to acquire these energy fuels. Applicants would
respond to that preference by providing comprehensive services for
such customers relating to these fuels. Specifically, Applicants
would identify and analyze alternative options available to meet
their customers' needs, select the most beneficial options and
execute contracts to purchase energy fuels and resell such fuels to
their customers.
In providing the above services, Applicants will not acquire energy
production, transportation or storage facilities. In addition,
Applicants will not make recommendations for the acquisition of or
broker electricity for NU system operating companies or for those
companies' customers.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935, the undersigned companies have duly caused this amendment to their
application/declaration to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.
HEC INC.
HEC ENERGY CONSULTING CANADA INC.
HEC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
By /s/Jeffery D. Cochran
Their Attorney
Dated: August 21, 1996
