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                                                    As Filed with the Securities
                                                         and Exchange Commission
                                                                 on May 30, 2001



                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


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In the Matter of                                  INTERIM CERTIFICATE

Conectiv                                                   OF

File No. 70-9573                                      NOTIFICATION

(Public Utility Holding Company                   PURSUANT TO RULE 24
Act of 1935)

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This Certificate of Notification pursuant to Rule 24 (17 C.F.R. ss. 250.24) is
filed by Conectiv, a Delaware corporation and its nonutility subsidiaries,
Conectiv Solutions LLC ("Solutions"), ATE Investment, Inc. ("ATE") and King
Street Assurance Ltd. ("KSA"), in connection with transactions proposed in
Conectiv's Form U-1 Application-Declaration (the "Application-Declaration") on
November 2, 1999 and amended by Amendment No. 1 filed under the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended (the "Act") on February 9, 2000, and
authorized by the order of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") dated February 10, 2000 (the "Order"), the undersigned hereby
submits the following information applicable to the quarter ending March 31,
2001:


         There was no activity during the period pursuant to the Order.


The transactions described above were carried out in accordance with the terms
and conditions of, and for the purposes requested in, the
Application-Declaration, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Order.


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                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,
the undersigned companies have duly caused this document to be signed on their
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

The signatures of the applicants and of the persons signing on their behalf are
restricted to the information contained in this application which is pertinent
to the application of the respective companies.


DATE:                                       Conectiv
                                            Conectiv Solutions, LLC
                                            ATE Investment, Inc.
                                            King Street Assurance Ltd.


May 30, 2001                                By: /s/Philip S. Reese
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                                            Philip S. Reese
                                            Vice President & Treasurer