-----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, JbztRaaGSJVNf88RE0RXDv5+VEop63AL/cyq3BZsFHpeo+U7g6ecuUS3gEImGvjS dQCLfoRiOiQ0KdCupcPrHg== 0000922423-98-000500.txt : 19980518 0000922423-98-000500.hdr.sgml : 19980518 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000922423-98-000500 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: U-1/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19980515 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000060251 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931] IRS NUMBER: 111019782 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: U-1/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 070-09157 FILM NUMBER: 98622924 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 175 E OLD COUNTRY RD CITY: HICKSVILLE STATE: NY ZIP: 11801 BUSINESS PHONE: 5165455184 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 175 E. OLD COUNTRY RD CITY: HICKSVILLE STATE: NY ZIP: 11801 U-1/A 1 AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM U-1 APPLICATION File No. 70-09157 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM U-1 APPLICATION UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935 BL Holding Corp. One MetroTech Center Brooklyn, New York 11201 (Name of company filing this statement and address of principal executive offices) None (Name of top registered holding company parent of each applicant or declarant) Robert R. Wieczorek Kathleen A. Marion Vice President, Secretary Vice President and and Treasurer Corporate Secretary KeySpan Energy Corporation Long Island Lighting Company One MetroTech Center 175 East Old Country Road Brooklyn, New York 11201 Hicksville, New York 11801 (Name and address of agents for service) The Commission is requested to mail copies of all orders, notices and communications to: Lance D. Myers Leonard P. Novello Cullen and Dykman Senior Vice President and General Counsel 177 Montague Street Long Island Lighting Company Brooklyn, New York 11201 175 East Old Country Road Hicksville, New York 11801 This Amendment No. 2 on Form U-1/A to the Form U-1 of BL Holding Corp. is being filed for the following purposes: 1. To amend the seventh paragraph of Item 1 to read as follows: Item 1. Description of the Proposed Transactions. Description of the Parties 2. BL Holding Corp. (a) KeySpan Energy Corporation (i) Brooklyn Union distributes natural gas in the New York City Boroughs of Brooklyn, Staten Island and Queens and is regulated by the Public Service Commission of the State of New York ("NYSPSC"). Brooklyn Union is a "gas utility company" under section 2(a)(4) of the Act. As of December 31, 1997, Brooklyn Union had approximately 1,138,096 active meters, of which approximately 1,093,000 were residential. Also as of December 31, 1997, Brooklyn Union had total revenues of approximately $1,356.9 million. Brooklyn Union's service territory is approximately 187 square miles. The population of the territory served is approximately 4 million persons. 2. To amend the fifteenth paragraph of Item 3 to read as follows: Item 3. Applicable Statutory Provisions. 3. Discussion Treatment of T&D Manager under Section 2(a)(3) In evaluating the activities of the T&D Manager, the Applicant believes that the following factors demonstrate that the T&D Manager is not an "electric utility company." 3. To amend the first paragraph of Item 5 to read as follows: Item 5. Procedure. The Commission issued and published the requisite notice under Rule 23 with respect to the filing of the Application on March 6, 1998 (Release No. 35-26838) and such notice specified a date not later than March 30, 1998 by which comments were to be entered. The Commission is respectfully requested to reserve jurisdiction over the Application as it relates to the Combination pending completion of the record and to issue its order granting and permitting this Application as it relates to the Modified Combination and the LIPA Transaction as soon as practicable. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the undersigned company has duly caused this amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. BL HOLDING CORP. By: LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY By: /s/ Theodore A. Babcock -------------------------- Name: Theodore A. Babcock Title: Vice President and Treasurer By: KEYSPAN ENERGY CORPORATION By: /s/ Anne C. Jordan ---------------------- Name: Anne C. Jordan Title: Vice President Date: May 15, 1998 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----