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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT



     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 13, 2003




                             SOUTHERN UNION COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



        Delaware                        1-6407                   75-0571592
(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation                                              Identification No.)



            One PEI Center                                        18711
      Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania                               (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)



       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (570) 820-2400
















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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

On March 13, 2003, CMS Energy Corporation and Southern Union Company received
requests for additional information ("Second Requests") from the Federal Trade
Commission under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act relating to
Southern Union's acquisition of Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company. CMS Energy
and Southern Union intend to respond to the Second Requests as quickly as
practicable, but unless issues raised by the FTC can be accommodated through a
consent order settlement, the Second Requests will delay the closing of the
transaction beyond March 31, 2003. The sale has been approved by the
Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy and is pending before
the Missouri Public Service Commission.


This release and other Company reports and statements issued or made from time
to time contain certain "forward-looking statements" concerning projected future
financial performance, expected plans or future operations. Southern Union
Company cautions that actual results and developments may differ materially from
such projections or expectations. Investors should be aware of important factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking
projections or expectations. These factors include, but are not limited to:
weather conditions in the Company's service territories; cost of gas; regulatory
and court decisions; the receipt of timely and adequate rate relief; the
achievement of operating efficiencies and the purchase and implementation of any
new technologies for attaining such efficiencies; impact of relations with labor
unions of bargaining-unit employees; the effect of any stock repurchases; and
the effect of strategic initiatives (including: any recent, pending or potential
acquisitions or merger, recent corporate restructuring activities, any sales of
non-core assets, and any related financing arrangements including refinancings
and debt repurchases) on earnings and cash flow.







                                   SIGNATURES



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                              SOUTHERN UNION COMPANY
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                                                   (Registrant)



Date     March 14, 2003               By  DAVID J. KVAPIL
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                                          David J. Kvapil
                                          Executive Vice President and
                                          Chief Financial Officer