Troutman Sanders LLP
600 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30308
March 3, 1999
Securities & Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549-1004
In Re: Amendment No. 11 (Post-Effective Amendment No. 8) in
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 File No. 70-8733
Pertaining To Mobile Energy Services Company, Noticed Through
Release No. 35-26899 (July 23, 1998)
Gentlemen:
In HCAR No. 35-26899 (July 23, 1998), the Commission issued public
notice of post-effective Amendment No. 11 in File No. 70-8733 pertaining to a
proposed restructuring of Mobile Energy Services Company. This is to advise that
the Applicants no longer request that the Commission process the
above-referenced post-effective amendment and withdraw the same without
prejudice to the continued effectiveness of currently effective declaration, as
amended, that is the subject of that file.
Please consider this letter as Amendment No. 12 in this file (post
effective amendment No. 8) and maintain the same in the file.
Sincerely,
/s/Robert P. Edwards, Jr.
Robert P. Edwards, Jr.
Counsel for Applicants
The Southern Company, et al.
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