-----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, ITyiGo3d7h+zQlXVPEKivlDvisGkgvWUkVM4QGxmuG5UWPiS65uDAChmNIyQLjvm PXaspd9gRZM2ixinM/NYbA== 0000893220-95-000665.txt : 19951024 0000893220-95-000665.hdr.sgml : 19951024 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000893220-95-000665 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: U-1/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 19951023 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: U-1/A SEC ACT: 1935 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 070-08471 FILM NUMBER: 95583186 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 20 MONTCHANIN RD CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19807 BUSINESS PHONE: 3024295000 U-1/A 1 AMENDMENT NO. 7 TO FORM U-1 1 PAGE 1 File No. 70-8471 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to Form U-1 JOINT APPLICATION-DECLARATION UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935 THE COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM, INC. COLUMBIA ENERGY SERVICES CORPORATION COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM SERVICE CORPORATION COLUMBIA ENERGY MARKETING CORPORATION COLUMBIA LNG CORPORATION 121 Hill Pointe Drive COLUMBIA ATLANTIC TRADING CORPORATION Suite 100 TRISTAR VENTURES CORPORATION Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 15317 TRISTAR CAPITAL CORPORATION TRISTAR PEDRICK LIMITED CORPORATION COLUMBIA GULF TRANSMISSION COMPANY TRISTAR PEDRICK GENERAL CORPORATION COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION TRISTAR BINGHAMTON LIMITED CORPORATION 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E. TRISTAR BINGHAMTON GENERAL CORPORATION Charleston, WV 25314 TRISTAR VINELAND LIMITED CORPORATION TRISTAR VINELAND GENERAL CORPORATION COLUMBIA GAS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TRISTAR RUMFORD LIMITED CORPORATION One Riverway TRISTAR GEORGETOWN GENERAL CORPORATION Houston, TX 77056 TRISTAR GEORGETOWN LIMITED CORPORATION TRISTAR FUEL CELLS CORPORATION COMMONWEALTH PROPANE, INC. TVC NINE CORPORATION COLUMBIA PROPANE CORPORATION TVC TEN CORPORATION 9200 Arboretum Parkway, Ste 140 20 Montchanin Road Richmond, VA 23236 Wilmington, DE 19807 COLUMBIA GAS OF KENTUCKY, INC. COLUMBIA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC COLUMBIA GAS OF OHIO, INC. COLUMBIA COAL GASIFICATION CORPORATION COLUMBIA GAS OF MARYLAND, INC. 900 Pennsylvania Avenue COLUMBIA GAS OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC. Charleston, WV 25302 COMMONWEALTH GAS SERVICES, INC. 200 Civic Center Drive Columbus, OH 43215
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Names of company or companies filing this statement and addresses of principal executive offices) THE COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM, INC. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of top registered holding company parent of each applicant or declarant) L. J. Bainter, Treasurer THE COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM, INC. 20 Montchanin Road Wilmington, DE 19807 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name and address of agent for service) (Other Agents for Service are Listed on the Reverse Side of the Front Cover) 2 PAGE 2 Names and Addresses of Subsidiary Company Agents for Service: W. H. HARMON, Treasurer H. F. HAYES, Treasurer Columbia Natural Resources, Inc. Commonwealth Propane, Inc. Columbia Coal Gasification Corp. Columbia Propane Corporation 900 Pennsylvania Avenue 9200 Arboretum Parkway, Ste 140 Charleston, West Virginia 25302 Richmond, Virginia 23236 D. DETAR, Treasurer D. L. GELBAUGH, Vice President TriStar Ventures Corporation Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. TriStar Pedrick Limited Corporation Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. TriStar Pedrick General Corporation Commonwealth Gas Services, Inc. TriStar Binghamton Limited Corporation Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. TriStar Binghamton General Corporation Columbia Gas of Maryland, Inc. TriStar Vineland Limited Corporation 200 Civic Center Drive TriStar Vineland General Corporation Columbus, Ohio 43215 TriStar Rumford Limited Corporation TriStar Georgetown Limited Corporation S. L. PARKS-DOWNEY, Asst. Treasurer TriStar Georgetown General Corporation Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation TriStar Fuel Cells Corporation Columbia Gulf Transmission Company TVC Nine Corporation 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E. TVC Ten Corporation Charleston, West Virginia 25314 20 Montchanin Road Wilmington, Delaware 19807 J. R. LISENBY, Treasurer Columbia Gas Development Corporation S. J. MacQueen, Treasurer One Riverway Columbia LNG Corporation Houston, Texas 77056 Columbia Atlantic Trading Corp. 20 Montchanin Road ROBERT GUSTAFSON, Controller Wilmington, Delaware 19807 Columbia Energy Services Corporation Columbia Energy Marketing Corporation L. J. BAINTER, Vice President 121 Hill Pointe Drive Columbia Gas System Service Corp. Suite 100 TriStar Capital Corporation Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 15317 20 Montchanin Road Wilmington, Delaware 19807
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Names and Addresses of Other Agents for Service) 3 PAGE 3 The Application-Declaration as previously filed is hereby amended as follows: Item 6. Exhibits and Financial Statements. (a) Exhibit F-3 Opinion of Counsel. 4 PAGE 4 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the undersigned companies have duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment 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. THE COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM, INC. Date: October 23, 1995 By: /s/ L. J. BAINTER --------------------------------- L. J. Bainter, Treasurer 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 GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION COLUMBIA GAS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION COLUMBIA PROPANE CORPORATION COMMONWEALTH PROPANE, INC. COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM SERVICE CORPORATION COLUMBIA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. COLUMBIA ATLANTIC TRADING CORPORATION COLUMBIA COAL GASIFICATION CORPORATION COLUMBIA LNG CORPORATION COLUMBIA ENERGY SERVICES CORPORATION COLUMBIA ENERGY MARKETING CORPORATION TRISTAR VENTURES CORPORATION TRISTAR CAPITAL CORPORATION Dated: October 23, 1995 By: /s/ L. J. BAINTER ---------------------------------- L. J. Bainter, Vice President TRISTAR VENTURES 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 GEORGETOWN GENERAL CORPORATION TRISTAR GEORGETOWN LIMITED CORPORATION TVC NINE CORPORATION TVC TEN CORPORATION Dated: October 23, 1995 By: /s/ D. DETAR ---------------------------------- D. Detar, Treasurer 5 PAGE 1 EXHIBIT INDEX (a) Exhibit F-3 Opinion of Counsel. EX-99.F3 2 OPINION OF COUNSEL 1 PAGE 1 October 19, 1995 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Judiciary Plaza 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Gentlemen: Re: The Columbia Gas System, Inc., et al. File No. 70-8471 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 for filing as Exhibit F-3 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Joint Application-Declaration on Form U-1 (File No. 70-8471) of Columbia and certain of its subsidiary companies, including Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc., Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc., Columbia of Pennsylvania, Inc., Commonwealth Gas Services, Inc., Columbia of Maryland, Inc., Columbia LNG Corporation, Columbia Gas Development Corporation, Columbia Gulf Transmission Company, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation ("Gas Transmission"), Columbia Atlantic Trading Corporation, Columbia Coal Gasification Corporation, Columbia Energy Services Corporation, Columbia Energy Marketing Corp. ("Energy Marketing"), Commonwealth Propane, Inc., Columbia Propane Corporation, Columbia Gas System Service Corporation, TriStar Ventures Corporation, TriStar Capital Corporation, and Columbia Natural Resources, Inc. (hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Subsidiaries"), relating to the participation by Gas Transmission and Energy Marketing as investors but not borrowers in the Intrasystem Money Pool, as more fully described in Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 (hereinafter referred to as the "Proposed Transactions"). In connection with the above, I have examined: (i) The Application-Declaration as amended by Amendment No. 1 and Post-Effective Amendment Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (hereinafter the "Application-Declaration"); (ii) a copy of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Columbia, as amended; 2 PAGE 2 (iii) the Order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware dated August 2, 1991 authorizing ordinary course financing between Columbia and the Subsidiaries; (iv) The Notice of Proposed Transaction dated September 15, 1995 (HCAR No. 26375) and the Order previously issued dated December 22, 1994 (HCAR No. 26201); and (v) such other documents, records and matters of law I deemed necessary to enable me to render this Opinion. Based upon the foregoing and relying thereupon, I am of the opinion that, assuming the Proposed Transactions are consummated in accordance with the Application-Declaration, and all taxes and Government charges in connection with such transactions are paid: (a) all state laws applicable to the Proposed Transactions will have been complied with; (b) Columbia, Gas Transmission and Energy Marketing advancing funds under the terms of the System Money Pool will have a valid claim against each of the Subsidiaries, to whom funds were advanced pursuant to the Money Pool, for the amounts so advanced; and (e) the consummation of the Proposed Transactions will not violate the legal rights of the holders of any securities issued by Columbia, the Subsidiaries, Gas Transmission or Energy Marketing, or by any associate company thereof. I hereby consent to the filing of this Opinion as an Exhibit to the Application-Declaration. Very truly yours, //s// Joyce Koria Hayes Joyce Koria Hayes Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Columbia Gas System Service Corporation -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----