8-K 1 form8k_scrubber.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

March 12, 2007 (March 16, 2007)

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

Commission

File Number

  

Name of Registrant

State of Incorporation

Address of Principal Executive

Offices and Telephone Number

  

IRS Employer

Identification Number

 

1-267

  

 

ALLEGHENY ENERGY, INC.

(A Maryland Corporation)

800 Cabin Hill Drive

Greensburg, Pennsylvania 15601

Telephone (724) 837-3000

  

 

13-5531602

 

 

 

 

 

0-14688

 

MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY

(An Ohio Corporation)

1310 Fairmont Avenue

Fairmont, West Virginia 26554

Telephone (304) 366-3000

 

 

13-3079675

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


Item 1.01         Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On March 12, 2007, Monongahela Power Company (“Monongahela”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allegheny Energy, Inc. (“Allegheny”) entered into an agreement (the “Fort Martin Agreement”) with Washington Group International (“WGI”) in connection with its plans to install flue gas desulfurization equipment, or “scrubbers,” at its coal-fired Fort Martin Power Station, which is located near Maidsville, West Virginia (“Fort Martin”). A press release announcing the Fort Martin Agreement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Under the terms of the Fort Martin Agreement, WGI agreed to perform certain engineering, procurement and construction services for the balance of the flue gas desufurization project at Fort Martin, as well as certain related construction management, site management and safety program administration services, all as more fully described in the Fort Martin Agreement and related job specifications, on a cost reimbursable basis, plus an additional fee. The Fort Martin Agreement contains representations and warranties of the parties and other terms and conditions customary for agreements of its nature. A copy of the Fort Martin Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Additionally, on March 12, 2007, Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Allegheny, entered into a First Amendment (the “Amendment”) to its EPC Agreement, dated as of July 13, 2006, with WGI relating to its scrubber construction project at its Hatfield’s Ferry Power Station, which is located near Masontown, Pennsylvania. A copy of the Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

 

Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

10.1

 

Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2007, between Monongahela and WGI

 

10.2

 

First Amendment, dated as of March 12, 2007, to EPC Agreement No. 1002 between Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC and WGI

 

99.1

 

Press Release

 

 


SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

ALLEGHENY ENERGY, INC.

 

 

 


Date: March 16, 2007




By:




/s/ Philip L. Goulding

 

Name:

Philip L. Goulding

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY




Dated: March 16, 2007




By:




/s/ Philip L. Goulding

 

Name:

Philip L. Goulding

 

Title:

Vice President


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

10.1

 

Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2007, between Monongahela and WGI

10.2

 

First Amendment, dated as of March 12, 2007, to EPC Agreement No. 1002 between Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC and WGI

99.1

 

Press Release