EX-32.3 6 k80344exv32w3.htm CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION exv32w3
 

Exhibit 32-3

CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT

      I, Anthony F. Earley, Jr., Chairman, President, Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer of Michigan Consolidated Gas Company (the “Company”), certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that to the best of my knowledge and belief:

        (1) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2003 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and
 
        (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

  /S/ ANTHONY F. EARLEY, JR.
  _______________________________________
  Anthony F. Earley, Jr.
  Chairman, President, Chief Executive and
  Chief Operating Officer of
  Michigan Consolidated Gas Company

Dated: November 7, 2003