-----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, G/lhzI0e3FLqfTyp0n/H2XI4sQIZrpZTxvmlpYr38JSIXIFumjkb1rziRzxY3KoD AeCIH+RKM+Ne7/jv4LiEHQ== 0000893220-97-000604.txt : 19970327 0000893220-97-000604.hdr.sgml : 19970327 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000893220-97-000604 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 35-CERT PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19970326 SROS: NONE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000022099 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION [4923] IRS NUMBER: 131594808 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 35-CERT SEC ACT: 1935 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 070-08471 FILM NUMBER: 97563193 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 12355 SUNRISE VALLEY DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 300 CITY: RESTON STATE: VA ZIP: 20191-3458 BUSINESS PHONE: 7032950394 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 12355 SUNRISE VALLEY DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 300 CITY: RESTON STATE: VA ZIP: 20191-3458 35-CERT 1 RULE 24 THE COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM, INC 3/6/97 1 March 21, 1997 Securities and Exchange Commission Judiciary Plaza 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20549 Certificate Under Rule 24 of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 The Columbia Gas System, Inc. ("Columbia") et al. The Individual Applicant-Declarants are Listed on the Signature Page File No. 70-8471 Gentlemen: In compliance with the terms and conditions of Rule 24 under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, and the Orders of the Commission dated December 22, 1994, March 14, 1995, November 8, 1995, January 25, 1996, February 16, 1996, and July 11, 1996, authorizing the financing transactions as more fully described in the Joint Application/Declaration, as amended (the "Application"), the undersigned certify to the Commission that, during the calendar quarter from October 1, 1996, through December 31, 1996, the Subsidiaries sold and Columbia purchased Common Stock and Installment Promissory Notes, and the Subsidiaries received short-term funds through Intra system Money Pool Advances, and the Subsidiaries made funds available to the Intra system Money Pool in accordance with the attached schedules. 2 SUBSIDIARY FINANCING ($000)
Money Pool Aggregate Amount Maximum Amount Under Application During Quarter --------------------- --------------------------- Installment Common Long-Term Company Stock Debt Borrowings Investments ------- ----- ----------- ---------- ----------- $000 $000 $000 $000 CKY................ ** ** 18,534 -0- COH................ ** ** 235,710 -0- CMD................ 3,000 5,500 3,850 -0- COS ............... ** ** ** ** CPA................ ** ** 87,577 -0- CNR................ * -0- -0- 31,878 CGT................ * 6,700 3,535 9,420 CS................. -0- 2,000 8,647 7,790 CPI................ * 4,500 3,977 2,935 CLG................ * * -0- 4,757 CPC................ * * 1,111 -0- CES................ * * -0- 32,742 CAT................ * * * 664 TVC................ * * * 19,160 TCC................ -0- * * 110 TPL***............. * * * 11 TPG***............. * * * 18 TBL***............. * * * 1,451 TBG***............. * * * 564 TVL***............. * * * 1,360 TVG***............. * * * 158 TRL***............. * * * 469 TCO................ * * * 69,747 CEM. . . . . . . . * * * 14,886 CSP. . . . . . . . * * * 333 - ------------------- * Authorization for such financing not requested in Application. ** Reported via Form U-6B-2 pursuant to Rule 52. *** A TriStar Ventures Subsidiary.
3 SIGNATURE The undersigned further certifies that all financing transactions were carried out in accordance with the terms and conditions of, and for the purposes represented by, the Application, and the Orders of the Commission with respect thereto. THE COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM, INC. By: //s//J. W. Trost -------------------------------------------- J. W. Trost, Vice President COLUMBIA GAS OF OHIO, INC. COLUMBIA GAS OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC. COLUMBIA GAS OF KENTUCKY, INC. COLUMBIA GAS OF MARYLAND, INC. COMMONWEALTH GAS SERVICES, INC. COLUMBIA GULF TRANSMISSION COMPANY COLUMBIA PROPANE CORPORATION COMMONWEALTH PROPANE, INC. COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM SERVICE CORPORATION COLUMBIA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. COLUMBIA ATLANTIC TRADING CORPORATION COLUMBIA LNG CORPORATION COLUMBIA ENERGY SERVICES CORPORATION COLUMBIA SERVICE PARTNERS, INC. COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION COLUMBIA COAL GASIFICATION CORPORATION COLUMBIA ENERGY MARKETING CORPORATION By: //s//J. W. Trost -------------------------------------------- J. W. Trost, Vice President TRISTAR VENTURES CORPORATION TRISTAR CAPITAL CORPORATION TRISTAR PEDRICK LIMITED CORPORATION TRISTAR PEDRICK GENERAL CORPORATION TRISTAR BINGHAMTON LIMITED CORPORATION TRISTAR BINGHAMTON GENERAL CORPORATION TRISTAR VINELAND LIMITED CORPORATION TRISTAR VINELAND GENERAL CORPORATION TRISTAR RUMFORD LIMITED CORPORATION TRISTAR FUEL CELLS CORPORATION TRISTAR GAS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. TRISTAR GEORGETOWN GENERAL CORPORATION TRISTAR GEORGETOWN LIMITED CORPORATION TVC NINE CORPORATION TVC TEN CORPORATION By: //s//D. P. Detar -------------------------------------------- D. P. Detar, Treasurer Attachment 4 COLUMBIA GAS - ------------ [COLUMBIA SYSTEM GAS SYSTEM LOGO] MARK A. CLEAVES Senior Attorney March 21, 1997 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: The Columbia Gas System, Inc., et al. File No. 70-8471 ---------------- Gentlemen: As Counsel for The Columbia Gas System, Inc. ("Columbia"), a Delaware corporation and holding company registered under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (the "Act"), I deliver to you this Opinion which accompanies the Rule 24 Certificate dated March 21, 1997, relating to the above-referenced Joint Application-Declaration (the "Certificate"), of Columbia and certain of its subsidiary companies, including Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc., Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc., Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc., Commonwealth Gas Services, Inc., Columbia Gas of Maryland, Inc., Columbia LNG Corporation, Columbia Gas Development Corporation, Columbia Gulf Transmission Company, Columbia Atlantic Trading Corporation, Columbia Coal Gasification Corporation, Columbia Energy Services Corporation, Commonwealth Propane, Inc., Columbia Propane Corporation, Columbia Gas System Service Corporation, TriStar Ventures Corporation ("TVC"), TriStar Capital Corporation and Columbia Natural Resources, Inc., (the "Subsidiaries") and by certain subsidiaries of TVC, namely: TriStar Pedrick Limited Corporation, TriStar Pedrick General Corporation, TriStar Binghamton Limited Corporation, TriStar Binghamton General Corporation, TriStar Vineland Limited Corporation, TriStar Vineland General Corporation, TriStar Rumford Limited Corporation, TriStar Georgetown General Corporation, TriStar Georgetown Limited Corporation, TriStar Fuel Cells Corporation, TVC Nine Corporation, and TVC Ten Corporation (hereinafter referred to collectively as the "TriStar Subsidiaries"), relating to the participation by the TriStar Subsidiaries as investors but not as borrowers in the Intrasystem Money Pool, as more fully described herein (hereinafter referred to as the "Transactions"). The Commission previously issued six orders (HCAR No. 26201, dated December 22, 1994; HCAR No. 26251, dated March 14, 1995; HCAR No. 26404, dated November 8, 1995; HCAR No. 26462, dated Columbia Gas System Service Corporation, Suite 300, 12355 Sunrise Valley Dr., Reston, Virginia 20191-3420 Tel.: (703) 295-0365, FAX: (703) 758-3968, (Confirmation: (703) 295-0375) "Customers Create Columbia" 5 Securities and Exchange Commission March 21, 1997 Page 2 January 25, 1996; HCAR No. 26471, dated February 16, 1996; and HCAR No. 26541, dated July 11, 1996) with respect to this Application (File No. 70-8471)(the "Orders"), I also note that on December 20, 1996, the Commission issued a Supplemental Order (the "Supplemental Order") which authorized Columbia Gas of Maryland, Inc. ("CMD") to refinance certain long-term debt, which was the subject of the January 1996 Order, as more fully described in the Supplemental Order. In connection with the above, I have examined: (i) the Joint Application-Declaration as amended by Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 and Post-Effective Amendment Nos. 1 through 15: (ii) the Order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware dated August 2, 1991; (iii) the Notice of Proposed Transactions dated February 3, 1995 (HCAR No. 26228) and the Order previously issued dated December 22, 1994 (HCAR No. 26201); (iv) copies of the Orders and Supplemental Order; (v) a copy of each of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Columbia, as amended; and (vi) such other documents, records and matters of law as I deemed necessary to enable me to render this Opinion. Based upon the foregoing and relying thereupon and after considering the Supplemental Order and the actions taken thereunder, I am of the opinion that: (a) the Transactions have been carried out in accordance with the Joint Application-Declaration. (b) all state laws applicable to the Transaction have been complied with; 6 Securities and Exchange Commission March 21, 1997 Page 3 (c) the Subsidiaries advancing funds under the terms of the System Money Pool have a valid claim against each of the Subsidiaries, to whom funds are advanced pursuant to the Intrasystem Money Pool, for the amounts so advanced; and (d) the transactions did not violate the legal rights of the holders of any securities issued by Columbia, the Subsidiaries, the TriStar Subsidiaries, or by any associate company thereof. I hereby consent to the filing of this Opinion with the Certificate. Very truly yours, Mark A. Cleaves MAC:bgb Enclosures -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----