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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: Southwestern Public Service Company (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: Commercial Paper
2. Issue, renewal or guaranty: renewal of $300 million commercial paper program
3. Principal amount of each security: Not applicable
4. Rate of interest per annum of each security: will be determined upon issue
5. Date of issue, renewal or guaranty of each security: March 10, 2000
6. If renewal of security, give date of original issue: program initiated May, 1994
7. Date of maturity of each security: date to be determined upon issue, not to exceed 270 days
8. Name of the person to whom each security was issued, renewed or guaranteed: public issue
9. Collateral given with each security, if any: The commercial paper program is backed
by credit facilities in an amount
equal to the size of the program.
10. Consideration received for each security: Not applicable
11. Application of proceeds of each security: Net proceeds will be used for current transactions.
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:
All issuances.
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 percentum 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) or 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)
Southwestern Public Service Company
By: /s/ Nancy E. Felker
Nancy E. Felker
Assistant Treasurer
Date: March 15, 2000
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