POS EX 1 posex.txt POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 Registration No. 333-72408 ================================================================================ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 -------------------- FORM S-3 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 to REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 -------------------- DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Pennsylvania 25-0451600 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 411 Seventh Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 (412) 393-6000 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) David R. High, Esq. Vice President and General Counsel DQE, Inc. 411 Seventh Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 (412) 393-1143 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agents for service) Copies to: J. Anthony Terrell, Esq. M. Douglas Dunn, Esq. Catherine C. Hood, Esq. Robert B. Williams, Esq. Thelen Reid & Priest LLP Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP 40 West 57th Street 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza New York, New York 10019 New York, NY 10005 (212) 603-2000 (212) 530-5000 -------------------- APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement as determined by market conditions. PART II. INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS. Reference is made to the Exhibit Index on page II-3 hereof, such Exhibit Index being incorporated by such reference in this Item 16. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this post-effective amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on May 10, 2002. Duquesne Light Company (Registrant) BY: /s/ Victor A. Roque -------------------------------- Victor A. Roque, President Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this post-effective amendment to the registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May 10, 2002. SIGNATURE TITLE --------- ----- /s/ Victor A. Roque ------------------------------------ PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR VICTOR A. ROQUE (PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER) /w/ Frosina C. Cordisco ------------------------------------ VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER FROSINA C. CORDISCO (PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER) /s/ Stevan R. Schott ------------------------------------ VICE PRESIDENT AND CONTROLLER STEVAN R. SCHOTT (PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING OFFICER) FRANK A. HOFFMANN, MORGAN K. O'BRIEN DIRECTORS AND ALEXIS TSAGGARIS BY: /s/ Frosina C. Cordisco -------------------------------- FROSINA C. CORDISCO ATTORNEY-IN-FACT DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3 ----------- EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Description and Method of Filing ------- -------------------------------- 1.2(a) Underwriting Agreement used with respect to Filed herewith. the Company's First Mortgage Bonds, Series O 1.2(b) Underwriting Agreement used with respect Filed herewith. to the Company's First Mortgage Bonds, Series P