-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, EXhBWUgsNZXNgVVti3gcWv6L/ai6pGaRyscPBRGRvfQLH7Q+6QKkWYfzb/SuUPjd t+9z9nT354PeVHgL16o+Cw== 0000950120-01-000055.txt : 20010224 0000950120-01-000055.hdr.sgml : 20010224 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950120-01-000055 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: POS AMC PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20010216 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WISCONSIN POWER & LIGHT CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000107832 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931] IRS NUMBER: 390714890 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: POS AMC SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 070-09735 FILM NUMBER: 1549277 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 222 W WASHINGTON AVE CITY: MADISON STATE: WI ZIP: 53703 BUSINESS PHONE: 6082523311 POS AMC 1 0001.txt POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM U-1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 16, 2001 File No. 70-9735 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ----------------------------------- POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO Form U-1 Application or Declaration Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ----------------------------------- Alliant Energy Corporation Wisconsin Power and Light Company South Beloit Water, Gas & Electric Company 222 West Washington Avenue Madison, Wisconsin 53703 American Transmission Company LLC c/o ATC Management Inc. N16 W23217 Stone Ridge Drive Waukesha, Wisconsin 53187 ATC Management Inc. c/o Wisconsin Electric Power Company N16 W23217 Stone Ridge Drive Waukesha, Wisconsin 53187 (Names of companies filing this statement and addresses of principal executive offices) ----------------------------------- ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION (Name of top registered holding company parent) ----------------------------------- Edward M. Gleason, Vice President-Treasurer And Corporate Secretary Alliant Energy Corporation 222 West Washington Avenue Madison, Wisconsin 53703 (Name and address of agent for service) The Commission is requested to send copies of all notices, orders and communications in connection with this Application-Declaration to: Barbara J. Swan, General Counsel Joanne C. Rutkowski Alliant Energy Corporation LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae 222 West Washington Avenue 1875 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Madison, Wisconsin 53703 Washington, D.C. 20009-5728 Walter T. Woelfle, Vice President, William T. Baker, Jr. Legal and Secretary Thelen Reid & Priest LLP ATC Management Inc. 40 West 57th Street N16 W23217 Stone Ridge Drive New York, New York 10019 Waukesha, Wisconsin 53187 2 This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to File 70- 9735 amends and restates Post-Effective Amendment No. 1. Alliant Energy Corporation ("Alliant Energy"), a registered holding company, its utility subsidiary, Wisconsin Power and Light Company ("WPL"), WPL's utility subsidiary, South Beloit Water, Gas & Electric Company ("South Beloit," and, together with Alliant Energy and WPL, the "Alliant Energy Applicants"), American Transmission Company LLC ("Transco"), a Wisconsin limited liability company, and ATC Management Inc., a Wisconsin corporation ("Corporate Manager," and, together with Transco, the "Transco Applicants," and together with Alliant Energy, WPL, South Beloit and Transco, "Applicants"), previously filed an application-declaration ("Original Application") with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") under sections 6(a), 7, 9(a), 10, 12 and 13(b) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act, as amended, ("Act") and Rules 42, 43, 44, 54, 90 and 91. The Alliant Energy Applicants have principal executive offices located in Madison, Wisconsin and the Transco Applicants have principal executive offices in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The Commission granted the requested authority, subject to certain reservations of jurisdiction, in Holding Company Act Release No. 27331 (December 29, 2000) ("Order"). ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS In the Original Application, Applicants sought various grants of authority, including authority to incur short-term debt under a credit agreement between Transco and Bank One, N.A., as agent ("Credit Facility") and through the sale of commercial paper. Borrowings under the Credit Facility were limited to $125 million. Transco was also authorized to incur long-term debt consisting of debentures, bank borrowing and other forms of long-term financing. The total amount of short-term and long-term debt outstanding was limited to $400 million. Applicants requested authority to use the proceeds from these financings for "general corporate purposes, including working capital requirements, and to fund construction spending to undertake large scale capital improvements to the Wisconsin transmission system necessary to maintain reliability." Applicants are not seeking a variance in the amount or terms of financings authorized in the Order. Rather, Applicants are requesting that the Commission expressly authorize them to use the proceeds from the issuance of the securities authorized in the Order to engage in the transactions set forth in Section 3.10 of the Operating Agreement of American Transmission Company LLC (Operating Agreement); this requested use of security proceeds is in addition to (and not in lieu of) the uses of proceeds already authorized in the Order. Section 3.10 of the Operating Agreement (filed as Exhibit A-2 to the Original Application) provides that: (a) The Company shall use its best efforts to issue, within 90 days following the Operations Date, long-term debt in an amount equal to approximately 50% of its total initial capitalization. (b) The net proceeds of such financing shall be distributed to the Members that contributed Transmission Assets in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests, exclusive of the Percentage Interests held by Members 3 that did not contribute Transmission Assets, and the Corporate Manager shall revise Schedule A to reflect such distribution. Members Units redeemed shall be valued at the initial value, as set forth in the definition of Member Unit.1 As contemplated by this provision, Applicants intend to use the proceeds from the issuance of the securities authorized in the Order to redeem Member Units from certain Members as described in Section 3.10 of the Operating Agreement. Applicants do not assert or concur that the Membership Units, which are recorded in book form, are securities but are submitting this post-effective amendment in the event that the Commission finds that the proposed transaction requires approval under the Act. The redemption contemplated in the Operating Agreement will bring the Percentage Interests of all Members to the level allowed by Wisconsin Statutes ss. 196.485(5)(b)4, and bring Transco's common equity ratio to approximately 50%, which is more congruent with industry standards than its current 100% ratio. ITEM 2. FEES, COMMISSIONS AND EXPENSES Applicants expect to incur approximately $50,000 in fees and commissions related to the redemption of Member Units as proposed in this post-effective amendment. ITEM 3. APPLICABLE STATUTORY PROVISIONS Sections 6(a), 7, 9(a), 10, 12 and 13(b) of Act and Rules 42, 43, 44, 54, 90 and 91 thereunder were applicable to the Original Application. Section 12(c) and (d) and Rules 43 and 44 of the Act apply to this post-effective amendment. Section 12(c) makes it unlawful for "any registered holding company or any subsidiary company thereof, by use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or otherwise, to declare to pay any dividend on any security of such company or to acquire, retire, or redeem any security of such ------ company in contravention of such rules and regulations or orders." (Emphasis added.) Transco is currently a subsidiary of Alliant Energy, a registered holding company, and accordingly Applicants seek the Commission's authority for the proposed redemption of Member Units. Similarly, as subsidiaries of a registered holding company, WPL and South Beloit can not undertake to sell their Member Units to Transco until the Commission permits their declaration under Section 12(d) and Rules 43 and 44, which govern sales of securities between registered holding company affiliates, to become effective. Accordingly Applicants request authority for WPL and South Beloit to enter into the transactions proposed in this application-declaration, as amended. - ------------------------ 1 All capitalized terms used in this post-effective amendment and not defined herein have the same definition as in the Operating Agreement. 4 ITEM 4. REGULATORY APPROVALS Transco has submitted an application, which is included in Exhibit D-1, to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") under Section 204 of the Federal Power Act. ITEM 5. PROCEDURE It is requested that the Commission issue and publish no later than February 9, 2001 such notice specifying February 28, 2001 as the date by which comments may be entered and the date on which an order granting and permitting this post-effective amendment to become effective may be entered by the Commission and that the Commission enter not later than March 1, 2001, an appropriate order granting and permitting this Application-Declaration to become effective. The Applicants respectfully request that appropriate and timely action be taken by the Commission in this matter. No recommended decision by a hearing officer or other responsible officer of the Commission is necessary or required in this matter. The Division of Investment Management of the Commission may assist in the preparation of the Commission's decision in this matter. There should be no thirty-day waiting period between the issuance and effective date of any order issued by the Commission in this matter, and it is respectfully requested that any such order be made effective immediately upon the entry thereof. ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS a) EXHIBITS Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit ---------- ---------------------- D-1 Application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (to be filed by amendment) D-2 Order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (to be filed by amendment) F-1 Opinion of Counsel (to be filed by amendment). F-2 "Past Tense" Opinion of Counsel (to be filed by amendment). H-1 Proposed Form of Notice (Revised). 5 b) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS No. Description of Financial Statement - --- ---------------------------------- 1.1 Consolidated Balance Sheet and Statement of Income of Alliant Energy and WPL as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2000 (incorporated by reference to the combined Form 10-Q filed by Alliant Energy, IES Utilities, Inc. and WPL, filed November 13, 2000, SEC File No. 1-9894). 1.2 Consolidated Balance Sheet and Statement of Income of Alliant Energy and WPL as of and for the year ended December 31, 1999 (incorporated by reference to the combined Form 10-K filed by Alliant Energy, IES Utilities, Inc. and WPL, filed March 29, 2000, SEC File No. 1-9894). ITEM 7. INFORMATION AS TO ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS None of the matters that are the subject of this Application-Declaration involve a "major federal action" nor do they "significantly affect the quality of the human environment" as those terms are used in Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act. None of the proposed transactions that are the subject of this Application-Declaration will result in changes in the operation of the Applicants that will have an impact on the environment. The Applicants are not aware of any federal agency which has prepared or is preparing an environmental impact statement with respect to the transactions proposed herein. 6 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Applicants have duly caused this Application-Declaration to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. Dated: February 16, 2001 ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION WISCONSIN POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY SOUTH BELOIT WATER, GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY By: /s/ Barbara J. Swan ------------------------------------ Name: Barbara J. Swan Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel AMERICAN TRANSMISSION COMPANY LLC By: ATC Management Inc., Its Manager By: /s/ Walter T. Woelfle ------------------------------------ Name: Walter T. Woelfle Title: Vice President, Legal and Secretary ATC MANAGEMENT INC. By: /s/ Walter T. Woelfle ------------------------------------ Name: Walter T. Woelfle Title: Vice President, Legal and Secretary 7 EX-99 2 0002.txt EXHIBIT H-1 Exhibit H-1 Proposed Form Of Notice SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (Release No. 35- ) ----- Filings under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended ("Act") , 2001 - -- Notice is hereby given that the following filing(s) has/have been made with the Commission pursuant to provisions of the Act and rules promulgated thereunder. All interested persons are referred to the application(s) and/or declaration(s) for complete statements of the proposed transaction(s) summarized below. The application(s) and/or declaration(s) and any amendments thereto is/are available for public inspection through the Commission's Office of Public Reference. Interested persons wishing to comment or request a hearing on the application(s) and/or declaration(s) should submit their views in writing by , -- 2001 to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 5th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and serve a copy on the relevant applicant(s) and/or declarant(s) at the address(es) as specified below. Proof of service (by affidavit or, in case of an attorney at law, by certificate) should be filed with the request. Any request for hearing shall identify specifically the issues of fact or law that are disputed. A person who so requests will be notified of any hearing, if ordered, and will receive a copy of any notice or order issued in the matter. After , 2001, the application(s) and/or declaration(s), as -- filed or as amended, may be granted and/or permitted to become effective. * * * * * Alliant Energy Corporation, ATC Management Inc. (70-9735) Alliant Energy Corporation ("Alliant Energy"), a registered holding company, its utility subsidiary, Wisconsin Power and Light Company ("WPL"), WPL's utility subsidiary, South Beloit Water, Gas & Electric Company ("South Beloit," and, together with Alliant Energy and WPL, the "Alliant Energy Applicants"), American Transmission Company LLC ("Transco"), a Wisconsin limited liability company, and ATC Management Inc., a Wisconsin corporation ("Corporate Manager," and, together with Transco, the "Transco Applicants," and together with Alliant Energy, WPL, South Beloit and Transco, "Applicants"), previously filed an application-declaration ("Original Application") with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") under sections 6(a), 7, 9(a), 10, 12 and 13(b) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act, as amended, ("Act") and Rules 42, 43, 44, 54, 90 and 91. The Commission approved the requested authority, subject to certain reservations of jurisdiction, in Holding Company Act Release No. 27331 (December 29, 2000) ("Order"). The Alliant Energy Applicants have principal executive offices located in Madison, Wisconsin and the Transco Applicants have principal executive offices in Waukesha, Wisconsin. In the Original Application, Applicants sought various grants of authority, including authority to incur short-term debt under a credit agreement between Transco and Bank One, N.A., as agent ("Credit Facility") and through the sale of commercial paper. Borrowings under the Credit Facility were limited to $125 million. Transco was also authorized to incur long-term debt consisting of debentures, bank borrowing and other forms of long-term financing. The total amount of short-term and long-term debt outstanding was limited to $400 million. Applicants requested authority to use the proceeds from these financings for "general corporate purposes, including working capital requirements, and to fund construction spending to undertake large scale capital improvements to the Wisconsin transmission system necessary to maintain reliability." Applicants are requesting that the Commission expressly authorize them to use the proceeds from the issuance of the securities authorized in the Order to engage in the transactions set forth in Section 3.10 of the Operating Agreement of American Transmission Company LLC (Operating Agreement); this requested use of security proceeds is in addition to (and not in lieu of) the uses of proceeds already authorized in the Order. Section 3.10 of the Operating Agreement Operating Agreement provides that: (a) The Company shall use its best efforts to issue, within 90 days following the Operations Date, long-term debt in an amount equal to approximately 50% of its total initial capitalization. (b) The net proceeds of such financing shall be distributed to the Members that contributed Transmission Assets in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests, exclusive of the Percentage Interests held by Members that did not contribute Transmission Assets, and the Corporate Manager shall revise Schedule A to reflect such distribution. Members Units redeemed shall be valued at the initial value, as set forth in the definition of Member Unit.1 Section 12(c) makes it unlawful for "any registered holding company or any subsidiary company thereof, by use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or otherwise, to declare to pay any dividend on any security of such company or to acquire, retire, or redeem any security of such ------ company in contravention of such rules and regulations or orders." (Emphasis added.) Transco is currently a subsidiary of Alliant Energy, a registered holding company, and accordingly Applicants seek the Commission's authority for the proposed redemption of Member Units. Similarly, as subsidiaries of a registered holding company, WPL and South Beloit can not undertake to sell their Member Units to Transco until the Commission permits their declaration under Section 12(d) and Rules 43 and 44, which govern sales of securities between registered holding company affiliates, to become effective. Accordingly Applicants request authority for WPL and South Beloit to enter into the transactions proposed in this application-declaration, as amended. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant to delegated authority. Jonathan G. Katz Secretary - ------------------------ 1 All capitalized terms not defined herein have the same definition as in the Operating Agreement of American Transmission Company LLC. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----