SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549 CERTIFICATE
In the Matter of OF
Cinergy Corp. et al. NOTIFICATION
File No. 70-8933
(Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935)
With reference to the transactions (a) proposed in the
Application-Declaration on Form U-1, as amended, in the above docket filed
by Cinergy Corp. ("Cinergy"), a Delaware corporation and registered holding
company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (the "Act"),
Cinergy Investments, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly-owned
nonutility subsidiary of Cinergy ("Cinergy Investments"), and Cinergy
Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly-owned service
company subsidiary of Cinergy ("Cinergy Services") and (b) authorized by
the Commission in its order dated February 7, 1997, Rel. No. 35-26662,
Cinergy Services hereby provides the following information:
1. The following summary, covering the quarterly period ended September
30, 1998 ("Third Quarter 1998"), updates the business activities of
Cinergy Solutions, Inc. ("Cinergy Solutions"), a Delaware corporation
and direct, wholly-owned nonutility subsidiary of Cinergy Investments,
as previously reported in this file:
a. Energy Management Services. As previously reported, Cinergy
Solutions has discontinued marketing its "On-Site Energy Manager"
program.
b. Asset Management Services. As previously reported, Cinergy
Solutions has discontinued marketing its large and small asset
management services. Cinergy Business Solutions ("CBS"), a
wholly-owned nonutility subsidiary of Cinergy Solutions, was
recently formed to market similar utility asset management
services. (For more information on CBS, see Cinergy's quarterly
reports on Form U-9C-3.) In the Third Quarter 1998, Cinergy
Solutions continued marketing to municipals, cooperatives,
universities, governmental institutions and similar entities
various transmission and distribution engineering, procurement
and construction services, including construction of transmission
and distribution lines, procurement of materials, construction of
substations, complete turnkey projects, and project management.
c. Technical/Consulting Services. Cinergy Solutions formed a new,
wholly-owned subsidiary, Cinergy Customer Care, Inc., to market
utility billing services and/or utility call center services to
utility companies. This subsidiary is currently inactive.
d. QF Project Development and Ownership. See Cinergy's quarterly
reports on Form U-9C-3 for information concerning Cinergy
Solutions' joint venture with Trigen Energy Corporation.
e. Consumer Services. In partnership with an outside provider,
Cinergy Solutions continued offering to residential customers on
a pilot basis a service contract program (called "Appliance
Protection Plus") covering parts and labor for mechanical
breakdowns of existing appliances and HVAC systems.
f. Customer Financing. In tandem with a bank, Cinergy Solutions
continued marketing "Quick Credit," a financial services program
providing residential, commercial, and institutional customers
with financing for retrofit or replacement of their HVAC systems
and other types of energy-related projects.
g. Third-Party Alliances. See Cinergy's quarterly reports on Form
U-9C-3 for information concerning Cinergy Solutions' joint
venture with Trigen Energy Corporation.
2. During the Third Quarter 1998, Cinergy Services provided accounting,
executive, legal, information systems, marketing and customer
relations, and engineering and construction services to Cinergy
Solutions for a total cost of approximately $1,698,000. During that
same period, The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company, PSI Energy, Inc.
and The Union Light, Heat and Power Company provided engineering and
construction and project management services to Cinergy Solutions
totaling approximately $43,000, $21,000 and $1,000, respectively.
3. During the Third Quarter 1998, (a) Cinergy issued no guarantees of
financial or performance obligations of Cinergy Solutions, and (b)
Cinergy Investments made net open-account advances to Cinergy
Solutions totaling $3,264,486.70 at annual interest rates ranging from
5.69% to 5.95%.
4. During the Third Quarter 1998, Cinergy Solutions did not enter into
any long-term contract by which Cinergy Solutions performs long-term
operations, load control or network control of any electric
generation, transmission or distribution facility.
5. Unaudited financial statements for Cinergy Solutions dated September
30, 1998 are being concurrently filed under a request for confidential
treatment pursuant to rule 104 under the Act.<PAGE>
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S I G N A T U R E
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the undersigned company has
duly caused this document to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.
Date: November 20, 1998
CINERGY SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/William L. Sheafer
Vice President and Treasurer
