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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 25, 2002
Registration No. 333-100577
 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 

 
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 

 
Virginia
 
23-7048405
(State or jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
*    *    *
 
Innsbrook Corporate Center
4201 Dominion Boulevard
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060
Telephone (804) 747-0592
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive office)
Daniel M. Walker
Innsbrook Corporate Center
4201 Dominion Boulevard
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060
Telephone (804) 747-0592
(Name, Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Carl F. Lyon, Jr.
 
Richard W. Gregory
 
Cada T. Kilgore, III
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
666 Fifth Avenue
 
LeClair Ryan,
A Professional Corporation
 
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
999 Peachtree Street, N.E.
New York, NY 10103
 
4201 Dominion Boulevard
 
Atlanta, GA 30309
(212) 506-5000
 
Glen Allen, VA 23060
 
(404) 853-8000
   
(804) 968-2987
   
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:    From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
 

 
If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or reinvestment plans please check the following box. ¨
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. x
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. ¨
 

 
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
 

 


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INTRODUCTORY NOTE
 
This registration statement relates to debt securities which may be issued from time to time, including an initial series of bonds which Old Dominion Electric Cooperative intends to issue shortly after this registration statement becomes effective. Therefore this registration statement includes:
 
 
 
a preliminary prospectus supplement to the base prospectus with respect to Old Dominion Electric Cooperative’s offering of its 2002 Series B Bonds due 2028; and
 
 
 
a base prospectus relating to the debt securities of Old Dominion Electric Cooperative.


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The information in this prospectus supplement is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell the securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission becomes effective. This prospectus supplement is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED NOVEMBER 25, 2002
Prospectus Supplement
(To Prospectus dated November 25, 2002)
 
LOGO
 
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
 
$300,000,000
 
        % 2002 Series B Bonds Due 2028
 
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative is offering 2002 Series B Bonds that will mature on December 1, 2028. We will pay interest on the bonds semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing on June 1, 2003. The bonds will be subject to mandatory pro rata sinking fund redemption at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the bonds being redeemed, plus accrued interest, commencing December 1, 2005 and on December 1 of each year afterwards to and including December 1, 2027. The bonds also will be subject to optional, make-whole redemption at a price which may include a premium. See “DESCRIPTION OF THE BONDS.” We will issue the bonds in multiples of $1,000.
 
Payment of the bonds initially will be secured by a first lien on substantially all of our tangible and some of our intangible properties, equally and ratably with all other obligations issued under our Indenture of Trust and Deed of Mortgage, dated as of May 1, 1992, as supplemented and amended. The lien will be released when all obligations issued by us under the indenture prior to September 1, 2001 cease to be outstanding or the holders of those obligations consent to the release of the lien. After that time, the bonds will be unsecured general obligations, ranking equally and ratably with our other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations, subject to some exceptions. See “DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES” in the accompanying prospectus.
 
INVESTING IN THE BONDS INVOLVES RISKS. SEE “RISK FACTORS” BEGINNING ON PAGE 1 OF THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
 

    
Principal Amount
    
Price to Public
    
Discounts and Commissions
    
Proceeds to Old Dominion









2002 Series B Bonds
  
$
300,000,000
    
 
        %
    
 
        %
    
 
            %
Total
  
$
300,000,000
    
$
            
    
$
            
    
$
            









 
The price to the public for the bonds includes accrued interest, if any, from the date of issuance of the bonds. The proceeds to us do not reflect the expenses we will pay in connection with the offering other than underwriting discounts and commissions. See “UNDERWRITING.”
 
We expect the bonds will be available for delivery in New York, New York in book entry form on or about             , 2002 through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company against payment for the bonds in immediately available funds.
 
Neither of the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are truthful and complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
JPMorgan                                           Goldman, Sachs & Co.
 
            , 2002


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This document consists of two parts. The first part is this prospectus supplement, which describes the specific terms of the bonds we are offering and also adds to and updates information contained in the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in that prospectus. The second part, the accompanying prospectus, gives more general information about debt securities we may offer from time to time, including debt securities other than the bonds we are offering in this prospectus supplement. If information in this prospectus supplement is inconsistent with the accompanying prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference in that prospectus, you should rely on this prospectus supplement.
 
You should read and consider all of the information contained in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus and all information incorporated by reference in either document in making your investment decision. You also should read and consider the information in the documents we have referred you to in “WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE” in this prospectus supplement.
 
We include cross-references in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus to captions in these materials where you can find additional related discussions. The table of contents in this prospectus supplement provides the pages on which these captions are located.
 
You should rely only on the information contained in or explicitly incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. You should not assume that the information provided by this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus or any information incorporated by reference in either document is accurate as of any date other than the date of that information.
 
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SUMMARY OF OFFERING
 
The following summary contains information about our company, the offering and the terms of the bonds that we believe is important. You should read this entire prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus and all information incorporated by reference in either document for a complete understanding of our company, the offering and the bonds. This prospectus supplement contains forward-looking statements based on our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about us and our business and industry. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results could differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors. We will not update any forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future, except as required by law.
 
Old Dominion
We were formed in 1948 as a not-for-profit power supply cooperative. We provide wholesale electric services to our members. Our members include twelve customer-owned electric distribution cooperatives that sell electric services to customers in portions of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia. We also sell power to another member, TEC Trading, Inc., which is owned by our member distribution cooperatives.
 
 
Our principal office is located at 4201 Dominion Boulevard, Glen Allen, Virginia 23060. Our telephone number is (804) 747-0592.
 
 
In this prospectus, the words “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Old Dominion Electric Cooperative unless the context indicates otherwise.
 
Bonds Offered
$300,000,000 principal amount of 2002 Series B Bonds due December 1, 2028. The bonds will be issued in multiples of $1,000.
 
Interest
The bonds will bear interest at     % per annum. We will pay interest on these bonds on June 1 and December 1, beginning June 1, 2003.
 
Sinking Fund Redemption
The bonds will be subject to mandatory pro rata sinking fund redemption at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount of the bonds being redeemed, plus accrued interest, commencing December 1, 2005, and on December 1 of each year afterwards to and including December 1, 2027. See “DESCRIPTION OF THE BONDS—Sinking Fund Redemption.”
 
Make-Whole Redemption
We may redeem the bonds, in whole or in part, prior to their stated maturity, at our option. The redemption price for the bonds will be equal to the greater of:
 
 
 
100% of the principal amount of the bonds being redeemed plus interest accrued through the redemption date but not yet due and payable; and

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the sum of the present values of the remaining principal and interest payments on the bonds being redeemed, discounted at a rate equal to the sum of (1) the yield to maturity on the U.S. Treasury security having a life equal to, or the average yield to maturity on two U.S. Treasury securities closely corresponding to, the remaining life of the bonds being redeemed and trading in the secondary market at the price closest to par and (2)              basis points;
 
 
plus, in either case, interest due and payable but unpaid on the bonds being redeemed. See “DESCRIPTION OF THE BONDS—Make-Whole Redemption.”
 
Indenture
Payment of the bonds will be secured initially by a first lien on substantially all of our tangible and some of our intangible properties, equally and ratably with all other obligations issued under our Indenture of Trust and Deed of Mortgage, dated as of
 
May 1, 1992, as supplemented and amended (the “Existing Indenture”). A supplemental indenture to the Existing Indenture which we entered into in 2001 will become effective upon the issuance of the 2002 Series B Bonds and will amend several provisions of the Existing Indenture. We refer to the Existing Indenture as amended by the amendments in the 2001 supplemental indenture as the “Amended Indenture.” See “DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES—Changes to the Existing Indenture—Amended Indenture” in the accompanying prospectus.
 
 
In 2001, we also entered into an Amended and Restated Indenture which, if it becomes effective, will amend and restate the Amended Indenture (the “Restated Indenture”). The Restated Indenture will become effective when all obligations issued by us under the Existing Indenture prior to September 1, 2001, cease to be outstanding or the holders of those obligations consent to the release of the lien, assuming no event of default exists or would occur immediately following the effectiveness of the Restated Indenture. After that time, the bonds will be unsecured general obligations, ranking equally and ratably with our other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations, subject to some exceptions. The earliest date we expect the Restated Indenture could become effective is December 1, 2003. When we refer to the “Indenture” in this prospectus supplement, we mean the Existing Indenture, the Amended Indenture or the Restated Indenture, whichever is then in effect. See “DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES—Changes to the Existing Indenture—Restated Indenture” in the accompanying prospectus.

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Reporting Obligations
We do not intend to register the bonds under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We will, however, be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act because we have another series of securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act. We intend to continue reporting under the Securities Exchange Act for so long as we have any publicly held debt securities.
 
Market for Bonds
We do not intend to list the bonds on any securities exchange or have them quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System. As a result, there may not be a secondary market for the bonds. The underwriters intend, but are not obligated, to make a market in the bonds. See “UNDERWRITING.”

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OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
 
We were formed in 1948 as a not-for-profit power supply cooperative. We provide wholesale electric services to our members. Our members include twelve customer-owned electric distribution cooperatives that sell electric services to customers in portions of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia. Through our member distribution cooperatives, we provide retail electric service to more than 449,000 electric customers (meters) representing approximately 1.1 million people. We also sell power to another member, TEC Trading, Inc., which is owned by our member distribution cooperatives.
 
Our principal office is located at 4201 Dominion Boulevard, Glen Allen, Virginia 23060. Our telephone number is (804) 747-0592.
 
WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
 
We file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You may read and copy any document that we file with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room at 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. You also may access our SEC filings on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
INCORPORATION OF INFORMATION WE FILE WITH THE SEC
 
The Securities and Exchange Commission allows us to “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus supplement the information in documents we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you directly to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus supplement, and later information that we file with the SEC automatically will update and supersede this information, the accompanying prospectus and the information incorporated by reference in those documents. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act until we sell all of the bonds:
 
 
 
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2001;
 
 
 
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002;
 
 
 
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as amended, for the quarter ended June 30, 2002;
 
 
 
Our Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 9, 2002;
 
 
 
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as amended, for the quarter ended September 30, 2002; and
 
 
 
Our Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 25, 2002.
 
You may request a free copy of any of these filings by writing or telephoning us at:
 
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
4201 Dominion Boulevard
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060
Attn: Assistant Vice President and Controller
Telephone: (804) 747-0592

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SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA
 
The summary financial data below present selected historical information relating to our financial condition and results of operations. The financial data for the five years ended December 31, 2001 are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements. The financial data for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 are derived from our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The unaudited financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, which we consider necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position and results of operations for these periods. You should read the information contained in this table together with the financial data included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement. See “WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE.”
 
    
Nine Months Ended
September 30,

  
Years Ended December 31,

 
    
2002

    
2001

  
2001

    
2000

    
1999

    
1998

    
1997

 
    
(in thousands, except ratios)
 
Operating revenues
  
$
375,928
 
  
$
364,635
  
$
487,287
 
  
$
422,031
 
  
$
390,060
 
  
$
364,221
 
  
$
  358,505
 
Operating expenses
  
 
342,661
 
  
 
332,426
  
 
(442,392
)
  
 
(377,335
)
  
 
(336,735
)
  
 
(298,026
)
  
 
(286,169
)
Operating margin
  
 
33,267
 
  
 
32,209
  
 
44,895
 
  
 
44,696
 
  
 
53,325
 
  
 
66,195
 
  
 
72,336
 
Net margin
  
 
7,563
 
  
 
5,830
  
 
8,440
 
  
 
8,229
 
  
 
9,839
 
  
 
12,094
 
  
 
12,799
 
Net electric plant
  
 
839,034
 
  
 
663,921
  
$
695,008
 
  
$
648,898
 
  
$
699,531
 
  
$
766,966
 
  
$
811,084
 
Total assets
  
 
1,306,208
 
  
 
1,268,531
  
 
1,256,150
 
  
 
1,010,572
 
  
 
1,050,512
 
  
 
1,126,544
 
  
 
1,130,256
 
Patronage capital
  
 
233,101
 
  
 
222,928
  
 
225,538
 
  
 
224,598
 
  
 
216,369
 
  
 
206,530
 
  
 
197,552
 
Long-term debt
  
 
627,286
 
  
 
663,495
  
 
625,232
 
  
 
449,823
 
  
 
509,606
 
  
 
584,630
 
  
 
605,878
 
Total capitalization
  
 
843,357
 
  
 
888,145
  
 
851,168
 
  
 
674,165
 
  
 
723,659
 
  
 
791,857
 
  
 
803,774
 
Margins for interest ratio
  
 
1.20
 
  
 
1.20
  
 
1.20
 
  
 
1.20
 
  
 
1.20
 
  
 
1.20
 
  
 
1.20
 
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
  
 
0.97
 
  
 
1.15
  
 
1.14
 
  
 
1.16
 
  
 
1.16
 
  
 
1.17
 
  
 
1.17
 
Equity ratio
  
 
27.1
%
  
 
25.1
  
 
26.5
%
  
 
33.3
%
  
 
29.8
%
  
 
26.1
%
  
 
24.6
%
 
We establish the rates we charge our member distribution cooperatives to achieve a margins for interest ratio at least equal to the ratio required in our Indenture. See “DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES—Rate Covenant” in the accompanying prospectus. We do not take the ratio of earnings to fixed charges or the equity ratio into account in setting our rates. Our ratio of earnings to fixed charges and our equity ratio are less than that of many investor-owned utilities because we operate on a not-for-profit basis and establish rates to collect sufficient revenue to recover our cost of service and produce margins sufficient to meet financial coverage requirements and accumulate additional equity required by our board of directors.
 
We calculate the margins for interest ratio by dividing our margins for interest by our interest charges. See “DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES—Rate Covenant” in the accompanying prospectus for a description of the calculations of margins for interest and interest charges under the Existing Indenture.
 
We calculate the ratio of earnings to fixed charges by dividing our earnings (net margins plus fixed charges reduced by interest capitalized during the period) by our fixed charges. Our fixed charges consist of all of our interest costs, whether expensed or capitalized, amortization of debt issue costs and discount or premium related to our indebtedness, and the interest portion of our rent expense.
 
Our equity ratio equals our patronage capital divided by the sum of our long-term indebtedness and patronage capital. Patronage capital consists of our aggregate net margins that we have not distributed to our members.

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PLAN OF FINANCE AND USE OF PROCEEDS
 
We are developing three combustion turbine facilities in Cecil County, Maryland and Louisa County and Fauquier County, Virginia. These facilities are known as Rock Springs, Louisa and Marsh Run, respectively.
 
We expect the net proceeds of this offering to be $     million after the payment of underwriting discounts and offering expenses. We will use the net proceeds to:
 
 
 
repay approximately $160 million we anticipate will be outstanding under lines of credit, and
 
 
 
finance capital expenditures relating to our generating facilities, including a portion of the future costs to develop and construct the combustion turbine facilities.
 
Until applied for these purposes, we may temporarily invest the net proceeds of this offering or use the net proceeds for general corporate or working capital purposes.
 
The development and construction of Rock Springs, Louisa and Marsh Run requires significant capital expenditures over several years. We currently expect the yearly cost to develop and construct these facilities, including capitalized interest, to be as follows:
 
    
Actual

  
Projected

Facility

  
2000

  
2001

  
2002

  
2003

  
2004

  
Facility Total

    
(in millions)
Rock Springs
  
$
10.6
  
$
33.5
  
$
88.1
  
$
17.4
  
$
—  
  
$
149.6
Louisa
  
 
18.4
  
 
34.6
  
 
121.0
  
 
64.9
  
 
—  
  
 
238.9
Marsh Run
  
 
12.3
  
 
6.5
  
 
42.7
  
 
112.9
  
 
24.9
  
 
199.3
    

  

  

  

  

  

Yearly Total
  
$
41.3
  
$
74.6
  
$
251.8
  
$
195.2
  
$
24.9
  
$
587.8
    

  

  

  

  

  

 
At September 30, 2002, we had expended or loaned our subsidiaries owning the combustion turbine facilities an aggregate of $270.7 million in connection with the construction and development of the facilities since 2000. The sources of these funds have been our internally generated funds and the net proceeds of a previous issuance of indebtedness under the Indenture.
 
Including internally generated funds, we anticipate that, following this offering, we will have sufficient funds to finance the continued development and construction of the combustion turbine facilities until the third quarter of 2003. We expect the funding for the remaining $317.1 million required to develop and construct the facilities will be obtained through:
 
 
 
a portion of the net proceeds of this offering,
 
 
 
our internally generated funds, and
 
 
 
the net proceeds of future offerings of debt securities under the Indenture.
 
In the third and fourth quarters of 2002, we have used, as an interim measure, internally generated funds to finance costs related to the development and construction of the combustion turbine facilities. To reimburse ourselves for the use of these funds, we anticipate that in December, 2002 we will borrow approximately $160 million under committed lines of credit. The commitments under the lines of credit we obtained primarily for the purpose of providing interim funding for the development and construction of the combustion turbine facilities total $140 million and the commitments under the general working capital lines of credit total $95 million.

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No amounts are outstanding under any of these lines of credit as of the date of this prospectus supplement. A $5.0 million letter of credit was issued against one of the general working capital lines of credit to secure our obligations to PJM Interconnection, LLC in connection with the construction of transmission facilities relating to Rock Springs. After this offering, we currently do not expect to draw amounts under the construction-related or the general working capital lines of credit.
 
On December 2, 2002, we intend to redeem approximately $176.6 million of our 8.76% First Mortgage Bonds, 1992 Series A due 2022. We intend to use approximately $71.9 million of the proceeds of liquidated investments purchased with cash accumulated under our Strategic Plan Initiative to pay a portion of the redemption price of these bonds. See “MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS—Factors Affecting Results—Strategic Plant Initiative” in Part 1, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2001. We will fund the remaining portion of the redemption price, approximately $120.1 million, with internally generated funds or other available cash. The redemption price will include a premium of approximately $15.4 million.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE BONDS
 
The following description of the particular terms of the 2002 Series B Bonds supplements and, to the extent inconsistent, replaces the description of the general terms and provisions of the debt securities set forth in the accompanying prospectus. Some defined terms in the Indenture are used in this summary without capitalization; those terms have the meanings given to them in the accompanying prospectus or the Indenture. The bonds are “debt securities” referred to in the accompanying prospectus.
 
The bonds will be issued and secured initially under the Existing Indenture. SunTrust Bank, as successor to Crestar Bank, currently acts as trustee under the Existing Indenture. Upon the issuance of the bonds and following the delivery of a consent by the underwriters, as the initial registered holders of the bonds, the Amended Indenture and amendments to the definition of interest charges in the Amended Indenture and the Restated Indenture will become effective. See “DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES—Changes to the Existing Indenture” in the accompanying prospectus.
 
In 2001, we entered into the Restated Indenture which, if it becomes effective, will amend and restate the Amended Indenture. As long as no event of default exists or would result immediately following its effectiveness, the Restated Indenture will become effective when all obligations under the Existing Indenture issued prior to September 1, 2001 cease to be outstanding or when the holders of those obligations consent to the release of the lien of the Amended Indenture and the effectiveness of the Restated Indenture (the “Release Date”). The earliest date that we expect the Restated Indenture may become effective is December 1, 2003. See “DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES—Changes to the Existing Indenture—Restated Indenture.”
 
When we refer to the “Indenture” in this prospectus supplement, we mean the Existing Indenture, the Amended Indenture or the Restated Indenture, whichever is in effect. Obligations of all series which have been or may be issued under the Indenture, including those issued pursuant to this prospectus supplement or any future prospectus supplement relating to the accompanying prospectus may be referred to as “Obligations.”
 
General
 
The bonds will mature on December 1, 2028. We will pay interest on the bonds at the annual rate of         % (on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months), from the date of issuance or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or provided for, payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year. The first interest payment date will be June 1, 2003. On each interest payment date, we will pay interest to the person in whose name the bonds are registered at the close of business on the regular record date for that interest payment, which is the 15th day (whether or not a business day) of the calendar month next preceding the interest payment date. If interest on the bonds is not punctually paid or duly provided for, we will pay that amount instead to each registered holder of the bonds on a special record date not more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment. Principal of, and premium (if any) and interest on, the bonds will be payable, and the transfer of interests in the bonds will be effected, through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, as described under “DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES—Book-Entry System; Exchangeability” in the accompanying prospectus. The bonds will be issued in multiples of $1,000.
 
Make-Whole Redemption
 
We may redeem the bonds, in whole or in part, on any date prior to their maturity, at our option. We must give at least 30 days, but not more than 60 days, prior notice of redemption mailed to the registered address of each holder of bonds being redeemed except as otherwise required by the procedures of The Depository Trust Company. The redemption price for the bonds will be equal to the greater of:
 
 
 
100% of the principal amount of the bonds being redeemed plus interest accrued through the redemption date but not yet due and payable; and
 
 
 
the sum of the present values of the remaining principal and interest payments on the bonds being redeemed, discounted on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a rate equal to the sum of (1) the yield to maturity on the U.S. Treasury security having a

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life equal to the remaining life of the maturity of bonds being redeemed and trading in the secondary market at the price closest to par and (2)             basis points;
 
plus, in either case, interest due and payable but unpaid on the bonds being redeemed.
 
If there is no U.S. Treasury security having a life equal to the life of the bonds being redeemed, the discount rate will be calculated using a yield to maturity determined on a straight-line basis (rounding to the nearest calendar month, if necessary) from the average yield to maturity of two U.S. Treasury securities having lives most closely corresponding to the remaining life of the bonds and trading in the secondary market at the price closest to par.
 
If less than all of the outstanding bonds are redeemed, the bonds will be redeemed by the trustee in any method it deems fair and appropriate and the portion of the bonds not so redeemed will be in multiples of $1,000.
 
If we give notice of the optional redemption of the bonds but the trustee does not have enough funds on deposit to pay the full redemption price of the bonds to be redeemed, those bonds will remain outstanding as though no redemption notice had been given. The failure of the trustee to have sufficient funds to effectuate the redemption will not constitute a payment or other default by us under the Indenture and we will not be liable to any holder of the bonds as a result of the failed redemption. If the trustee has enough designated funds on deposit to effect a redemption at the time we give notice of the redemption, then we are obligated to redeem the bonds as provided in that notice.
 
Sinking Fund Redemption
 
The bonds will be redeemed, on a pro rata basis, through the operation of a mandatory sinking fund, commencing on December 1, 2005, and continuing on December 1 in each year afterwards to the maturity date for the bonds upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to each holder (a person in whose name a bond is registered in the register maintained by the trustee) of bonds being redeemed at the holder’s registered address. The sinking fund redemption price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the bonds being redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date, including interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the redemption date. The principal amount of the bonds being redeemed and the redemption dates as well as the principal amount payable on the maturity date, are set forth below.
 
Date

    
Amount

December 1, 2005
      
December 1, 2006
      
December 1, 2007
      
December 1, 2008
      
December 1, 2009
      
December 1, 2010
      
December 1, 2011
      
December 1, 2012
      
December 1, 2013
      
December 1, 2014
      
December 1, 2015
      
December 1, 2016
      
December 1, 2017
      
December 1, 2018
      
December 1, 2019
      
December 1, 2020
      
December 1, 2021
      
December 1, 2022
      
December 1, 2023
      
December 1, 2024
      
December 1, 2025
      
December 1, 2026
      
December 1, 2027
      
December 1, 2028(1)
      

(1)
 
The final maturity date of the bonds.

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The bonds that we acquire and surrender for cancellation or redeem (other than by means of sinking fund redemptions) will be credited against future sinking fund payments for the bonds and the principal payment to be made on the maturity date of the bonds, in proportion to the respective amounts of those sinking fund and principal payments.
 
Book-Entry System
 
The bonds will be issued in the form of one or more global bonds, which will be deposited with, and on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, called DTC, and registered in the name of Cede & Co., DTC’s nominee. Beneficial interests in the global bonds will be represented through book-entry accounts of financial institutions acting on behalf of beneficial owners as direct and indirect participants in DTC. Investors may elect to hold interests in the bonds through DTC if they are participants in that system, or indirectly through organizations which are participants in the system. A more detailed description of the procedures of DTC, with respect to the bonds is set forth in the accompanying prospectus under “DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES—Book-Entry System; Exchangeability.”

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UNDERWRITING
 
Subject to the terms and conditions in the underwriting agreement, dated the date of this prospectus supplement, between us and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as representative of the underwriters, we have agreed to sell to each of the underwriters the amount of the bonds set forth below opposite the name of the underwriter:
 
Underwriter

  
Amount of 2002 Series B Bonds Due 2028

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
  
$
210,000,000
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
  
$
90,000,000
    

Total
  
$
300,000,000
    

 
The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the underwriters to pay for and accept delivery of the bonds are subject to approval of related legal matters by its counsel and to other conditions. The underwriters are committed to purchase all of the bonds if they purchase any of the bonds.
 
The underwriters propose to offer all or part of the bonds directly to the public at the offering price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus supplement. After the initial offering, the public offering price may be changed.
 
We estimate that our expenses in connection with the sale of the bonds, other than underwriting discounts, will be $            . This estimate includes the expenses we will pay relating to printing, rating agency fees, insurance, trustees’ fees and legal fees, including the fees of counsel to the underwriters, among other expenses.
 
We have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against some civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or to contribute to payments the underwriters may be required to make in connection with the sale of the bonds.
 
The bonds are a new issue of securities with no established trading market. We cannot give any assurances to you concerning the liquidity of, or the existence of a trading market for, the bonds. The underwriters may make a market in the bonds, but are not obligated to do so and may discontinue making a market at any time without notice.
 
In order to facilitate the offering of the bonds, the underwriters may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of the bonds. Specifically, the underwriters, may overallot in connection with the offering, creating short positions in the bonds for their own accounts. In addition, to cover overallotments or to stabilize the price of the bonds, the underwriters may bid for, and purchase the bonds in the open market. Any of these activities may stabilize or maintain the market price of the bonds above independent market levels. The underwriters are not required to engage in these activities and may end any of the activities at any time. The underwriters may also impose a penalty bid. This occurs when one underwriter repays to another underwriter a portion of the underwriting discount received by it because repurchased bonds have been sold by or for the account of the repaying underwriter in stabilizing or short covering transactions.
 
We may engage in other transactions with the underwriters and their affiliates from time-to-time in the ordinary course of business.
 
LEGAL OPINIONS
 
LeClair Ryan, a Professional Corporation, and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP will pass upon the legality and enforceability of the bonds for us. Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP will pass upon other legal matters in connection with the bonds for the underwriters.

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EXPERTS
 
The consolidated financial statements of Old Dominion Electric Cooperative as of and for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 appearing in Old Dominion Electric Cooperative’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2001, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in their report thereon included therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
The consolidated income statement for the year ended December 31, 1999 incorporated in this prospectus supplement by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2001 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

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APPENDIX A
 
MEMBER FINANCIAL AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION
 
Our member distribution cooperatives operate their systems on a not-for-profit basis. Accumulated margins remaining after payment of expenses and provision for depreciation constitute patronage capital of the customers of these members. Refunds of accumulated patronage capital to the individual customers are made from time to time on a patronage basis subject to each member distribution cooperative’s policies and in conformity with limitations contained in each member distribution cooperative’s mortgage. For those member distribution cooperatives receiving loans from the Rural Utilities Service (“RUS”) since 1995, the new form of RUS mortgage generally prohibits such distributions unless, after any such distribution, the member distribution cooperative’s total equity will equal at least 30% if its total assets, except that distributions may be made of up to 25% of the margins and patronage capital received by the member distribution cooperative in the preceding year provided that equity is at least 20%. To the extent a member distribution cooperative has not obtained a new loan from RUS since 1995, the prior form of RUS mortgage generally prohibits such distribution unless, after any such distribution, the member distribution cooperative’s total equity will equal at least 40% of its total assets, except that distributions may be made of up to 25% of the margins and patronage capital received by the member distribution cooperative in the preceding year.
 
The member distribution cooperatives are not our subsidiaries, but rather our owners. We have no legal interest in the properties, liabilities, equity, revenues or margins of the member distribution cooperatives. The revenues of our member distribution cooperatives are not pledged to us, but their revenues are the source from which they pay for power and energy received from us. Revenues of the member distribution cooperatives are, however, pledged under their respective mortgages or other financial documents.
 
Financial and statistical information relating to the member distribution cooperatives is set forth below. This information about our member distribution cooperatives may not be indicative of their future results. The recent enactment of legislation enabling retail customers to choose their supplier of electric service, but not transmission and distribution service, may significantly affect the member distribution cooperatives’ future results and financial conditions.
 
The information contained in these tables has been taken from RUS Financial and Statistical Reports (RUS Form 7) prepared by our member distribution cooperatives. Neither we nor the RUS has independently verified this information. We have compiled the information in the “Total” columns for informational purposes only.

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TABLE 1
 
OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
 
SELECTED STATISTICS OF EACH MEMBER*
(As of December 31)
 
      
A&N

    
BARC

    
Choptank

    
Community

    
Delaware

2001
                                  
Full time employees
    
41
    
51
    
155
    
31
    
116
Total miles energized
    
1,178
    
1,885
    
5,284
    
1,444
    
5,203
Average monthly residential revenue ($ per consumer)
    
83.12
    
89.58
    
102.00
    
118.00
    
92.67
Average monthly residential KWh (per consumer)
    
892
    
841
    
1,097
    
1,350
    
1,056
Average residential revenue (cents per KWh)
    
9.32
    
10.65
    
9.30
    
8.74
    
8.77
Times interest earned ratio
    
2.15
    
2.16
    
1.62
    
3.74
    
1.85
Debt service coverage
    
2.10
    
2.18
    
2.38
    
3.05
    
3.01
Total equity as a percentage of assets
    
40.0
    
36.4
    
42.8
    
53.6
    
48.9
                                    
2000
                                  
Full time employees
    
40
    
48
    
159
    
30
    
115
Total miles energized
    
1,167
    
1,864
    
5,207
    
1,430
    
5,027
Average monthly residential revenue ($ per consumer)
    
75.77
    
74.94
    
99.43
    
111.03
    
90.34
Average monthly residential KWh (per consumer)
    
874
    
828
    
1,064
    
1,346
    
1,031
Average residential revenue (cents per KWh)
    
8.67
    
9.05
    
9.34
    
8.25
    
8.76
Times interest earned ratio
    
1.55
    
1.37
    
1.55
    
2.81
    
2.41
Debt service coverage
    
2.37
    
1.61
    
2.32
    
2.93
    
3.34
Total equity as a percentage of assets
    
39.3
    
36.1
    
42.2
    
51.1
    
48.2
                                    
1999
                                  
Full time employees
    
40
    
48
    
157
    
30
    
112
Total miles energized
    
1,154
    
1,843
    
5,137
    
1,415
    
4,902
Average monthly residential revenue ($ per consumer)
    
73.19
    
72.69
    
99.23
    
104.79
    
87.76
Average monthly residential KWh (per consumer)
    
849
    
811
    
1,056
    
1,280
    
1,013
Average residential revenue (cents per KWh)
    
8.62
    
8.97
    
9.40
    
8.19
    
8.67
Times interest earned ratio
    
1.51
    
1.34
    
2.16
    
2.47
    
2.56
Debt service coverage
    
2.34
    
1.66
    
2.91
    
2.62
    
3.40
Total equity as a percentage of assets
    
42.3
    
37.3
    
43.1
    
49.6
    
47.2

*
 
These figures were compiled from Form 7 Financial and Statistical Reports

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TABLE 1—(Continued)
 
OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
 
SELECTED STATISTICS OF EACH MEMBER*
(As of December 31)
 
Mecklenburg

  
Northern Neck

  
Northern Virginia

  
Prince George

    
Rappahannock

  
Shenandoah Valley

  
Southside

  
Total

                                      
123
  
52
  
293
  
34
    
279
  
111
  
153
  
1,439
4,179
  
1,828
  
5,120
  
1,074
    
10,546
  
4,766
  
7,446
  
49,952
88.07
  
94.15
  
123.09
  
113.52
    
115.47
  
106.88
  
114.54
  
108.33
936
  
971
  
1,159
  
1,247
    
1,205
  
1,197
  
1,064
  
1,110
9.41
  
9.69
  
10.62
  
9.11
    
9.58
  
8.93
  
10.77
  
9.76
2.62
  
2.50
  
5.01
  
2.53
    
2.00
  
3.29
  
1.98
  
2.84
2.41
  
2.39
  
3.95
  
2.55
    
2.08
  
3.01
  
2.06
  
2.75
40.6
  
50.9
  
57.0
  
46.8
    
42.7
  
46.0
  
33.9
  
46.7
                                      
                                      
122
  
48
  
315
  
34
    
267
  
113
  
156
  
1,447
4,145
  
1,806
  
4,950
  
1,058
    
10,294
  
4,701
  
7,340
  
48,989
79.20
  
85.61
  
102.74
  
104.84
    
109.78
  
87.34
  
97.63
  
97.04
931
  
948
  
1,150
  
1,335
    
1,229
  
1,206
  
1,079
  
1,107
8.51
  
9.03
  
8.93
  
7.85
    
8.93
  
7.24
  
9.05
  
8.76
1.72
  
1.48
  
3.46
  
2.44
    
2.10
  
1.88
  
1.46
  
2.25
1.82
  
2.24
  
2.66
  
2.66
    
2.21
  
1.99
  
1.69
  
2.32
38.4
  
50.2
  
52.6
  
47.9
    
43.4
  
44.8
  
32.0
  
45.0
                                      
                                      
126
  
48
  
288
  
31
    
258
  
111
  
150
  
1,399
4,107
  
1,779
  
4,927
  
1,045
    
9,984
  
4,638
  
7,210
  
48,141
78.01
  
82.90
  
106.50
  
100.94
    
103.56
  
85.31
  
92.06
  
95.12
924
  
928
  
1,205
  
1,290
    
1,179
  
1,173
  
1,043
  
1,063
8.45
  
8.94
  
8.84
  
7.83
    
8.78
  
7.27
  
8.83
  
8.57
1.55
  
1.52
  
3.25
  
2.31
    
1.77
  
1.70
  
1.20
  
2.16
2.00
  
2.57
  
2.91
  
2.41
    
1.77
  
1.97
  
1.45
  
2.32
40.2
  
51.2
  
51.3
  
52.2
    
42.5
  
44.1
  
33.1
  
44.5

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TABLE 2
 
OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
 
AVERAGE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS SERVED BY EACH MEMBER*
(As of December 31)
 
      
A&N

    
BARC

    
Choptank

    
Community

    
Delaware

2001
                                  
Residential Service (Farm & Non-Farm)
    
9,791
    
10,844
    
38,246
    
7,995
    
54,665
Commercial & Industrial—Small
    
630
    
582
    
3,107
    
1,462
    
4,647
Commercial & Industrial—Large
    
2
    
2
    
14
    
2
    
1
Irrigation
    
78
    
0
    
0
    
10
    
182
Other Electric Service
    
129
    
0
    
274
    
27
    
426
      
    
    
    
    
Total Customers Served
    
10,630
    
11,428
    
41,641
    
9,496
    
59,921
                                    
2000
                                  
Residential Service (Farm & Non-Farm)
    
9,692
    
10,669
    
37,765
    
7,907
    
53,237
Commercial & Industrial—Small
    
611
    
583
    
2,722
    
1,423
    
3,974
Commercial & Industrial—Large
    
2
    
2
    
15
    
2
    
2
Irrigation
    
67
    
0
    
0
    
9
    
167
Other Electric Service
    
127
    
0
    
265
    
28
    
403
      
    
    
    
    
Total Customers Served
    
10,499
    
11,254
    
40,767
    
9,369
    
57,783
                                    
1999
                                  
Residential Service (Farm & Non-Farm)
    
9,544
    
10,460
    
37,175
    
7,795
    
51,928
Commercial & Industrial—Small
    
577
    
582
    
2,505
    
1,391
    
3,974
Commercial & Industrial—Large
    
2
    
2
    
14
    
2
    
1
Irrigation
    
61
    
0
    
0
    
8
    
167
Other Electric Service
    
116
    
0
    
247
    
24
    
403
      
    
    
    
    
Total Customers Served
    
10,300
    
11,044
    
39,941
    
9,220
    
56,473

*
 
These figures were compiled from Form 7 Financial and Statistical Reports

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TABLE 2—(Continued)
 
OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
 
AVERAGE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS SERVED BY EACH MEMBER*
(As of December 31)
 
Mecklenburg

  
Northern Neck

  
Northern Virginia

  
Prince George

    
Rappahannock

  
Shenandoah Valley

  
Southside

  
Total

                                      
27,722
  
14,717
  
97,255
  
8,623
    
73,932
  
28,845
  
44,209
  
416,844
1,397
  
861
  
6,685
  
877
    
3,890
  
4,642
  
1,521
  
30,301
10
  
0
  
29
  
6
    
207
  
17
  
248
  
538
0
  
0
  
0
  
0
    
0
  
0
  
0
  
270
268
  
76
  
15
  
91
    
636
  
0
  
182
  
2,124

  
  
  
    
  
  
  
29,397
  
15,654
  
103,984
  
9,597
    
78,665
  
33,504
  
46,160
  
450,077
                                      
27,392
  
14,480
  
92,394
  
8,308
    
71,297
  
28,229
  
43,319
  
404,689
1,347
  
845
  
6,443
  
829
    
3,768
  
4,449
  
1,472
  
28,466
12
  
0
  
29
  
33
    
193
  
14
  
232
  
536
0
  
0
  
0
  
0
    
0
  
0
  
0
  
243
261
  
75
  
15
  
91
    
547
  
0
  
169
  
1,981

  
  
  
    
  
  
  
29,012
  
15,400
  
98,881
  
9,261
    
75,805
  
32,692
  
45,192
  
435,915
                                      
26,976
  
14,210
  
88,315
  
7,915
    
68,684
  
27,619
  
42,156
  
392,777
1,302
  
835
  
6,089
  
801
    
3,678
  
4,167
  
1,412
  
27,313
12
  
0
  
28
  
30
    
182
  
14
  
217
  
504
0
  
0
  
0
  
0
    
0
  
0
  
0
  
236
258
  
75
  
18
  
90
    
516
  
0
  
150
  
1,897

  
  
  
    
  
  
  
28,548
  
15,120
  
94,450
  
8,836
    
73,060
  
31,800
  
43,935
  
422,727

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TABLE 3
 
OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
 
ANNUAL MEGAWATT-HOUR SALES BY CUSTOMER CLASS OF EACH MEMBER*
(As of December 31)
 
      
A&N

    
BARC

    
Choptank

    
Community

    
  Delaware  

2001
                                  
Residential Service (Farm & Non-Farm)
    
104,748
    
109,503
    
503,267
    
129,491
    
692,917
Commercial & Industrial—Small
    
24,447
    
29,601
    
144,847
    
17,478
    
121,680
Commercial & Industrial—Large
    
71,245
    
19,734
    
76,854
    
3,235
    
10,317
Irrigation
    
981
    
0
    
0
    
267
    
1,498
Other Electric Service
    
1,748
    
0
    
487
    
7,869
    
5,728
      
    
    
    
    
Total MWH Sales
    
203,169
    
158,837
    
725,456
    
158,340
    
832,140
                                    
2000
                                  
Residential Service (Farm & Non-Farm)
    
101,650
    
106,006
    
482,329
    
127,674
    
658,847
Commercial & Industrial—Small
    
24,040
    
29,597
    
134,679
    
17,623
    
113,859
Commercial & Industrial—Large
    
72,790
    
17,691
    
77,753
    
2,764
    
10,536
Irrigation
    
721
    
0
    
0
    
205
    
771
Other Electric Service
    
1,677
    
0
    
205
    
7,111
    
5,444
      
    
    
    
    
Total MWH Sales
    
200,878
    
153,294
    
694,966
    
155,377
    
789,457
                                    
1999
                                  
Residential Service (Farm & Non-Farm)
    
97,284
    
101,772
    
470,997
    
119,730
    
630,960
Commercial & Industrial—Small
    
22,613
    
25,855
    
132,458
    
17,827
    
107,286
Commercial & Industrial—Large
    
67,759
    
20,280
    
72,564
    
1,561
    
9,725
Irrigation
    
858
    
0
    
0
    
135
    
2,478
Other Electric Service
    
1,627
    
0
    
352
    
6,628
    
5,009
      
    
    
    
    
Total Megawatt Sales
    
190,141
    
147,907
    
676,371
    
145,881
    
755,458

*
 
These figures were compiled from Form 7 Financial and Statistical Reports

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TABLE 3—(Continued)
 
OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
 
ANNUAL MEGAWATT-HOUR SALES BY CUSTOMER CLASS OF EACH MEMBER*
(As of December 31)
 
Mecklenburg

 
Northern Neck

 
Northern Virginia

 
Prince George

  
Rappahannock

  
Shenandoah Valley

 
Southside

 
Total

                               
311,316
 
171,543
 
1,352,553
 
128,990
  
1,068,980
  
414,478
 
564,282
 
5,552,067
60,134
 
31,159
 
602,381
 
22,910
  
100,746
  
98,828
 
20,387
 
1,274,599
115,143
 
0
 
281,401
 
48,828
  
915,094
  
170,867
 
91,226
 
1,803,944
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
  
0
  
0
 
0
 
2,746
25,330
 
1,504
 
2,710
 
30,708
  
5,839
  
0
 
22,828
 
104,750

 
 
 
  
  
 
 
511,922
 
204,206
 
2,239,044
 
231,436
  
2,090,658
  
684,173
 
698,723
 
8,738,106
                               
                               
306,040
 
164,760
 
1,275,375
 
133,127
  
1,051,670
  
408,656
 
560,760
 
5,376,894
60,987
 
30,786
 
618,612
 
8,982
  
99,945
  
95,156
 
19,730
 
1,253,996
116,043
 
0
 
261,955
 
60,400
  
936,254
  
167,782
 
85,789
 
1,809,757
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
  
0
  
0
 
0
 
1,697
25,036
 
1,443
 
2,678
 
30,046
  
6,082
  
0
 
11,069
 
90,791

 
 
 
  
  
 
 
508,106
 
196,989
 
2,158,620
 
232,555
  
2,093,951
  
671,594
 
677,348
 
8,533,135
                               
                               
299,011
 
158,183
 
1,276,941
 
122,488
  
971,747
  
388,920
 
527,393
 
5,165,426
58,859
 
30,564
 
601,058
 
8,178
  
95,343
  
97,472
 
18,720
 
1,216,233
103,205
 
0
 
186,621
 
53,989
  
884,887
  
160,099
 
78,690
 
1,639,380
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
  
0
  
0
 
0
 
3,471
23,880
 
1,365
 
2,462
 
28,979
  
5,292
  
0
 
7,936
 
83,530

 
 
 
  
  
 
 
484,955
 
190,112
 
2,067,082
 
213,634
  
1,957,269
  
646,491
 
632,739
 
8,108,040

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TABLE 4
 
OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
 
ANNUAL REVENUES BY CUSTOMER CLASS OF EACH MEMBER*
(As of December 31)
 
      
A&N

    
BARC

    
Choptank

    
Community

    
Delaware

2001
                                            
Residential Service (Farm & Non-Farm)
    
$
9,766,132
    
$
11,657,348
    
$
46,813,497
    
$
11,320,453
    
$
60,788,404
Commercial & Industrial—Small
    
 
2,310,651
    
 
2,792,251
    
 
12,217,194
    
 
1,632,842
    
 
9,383,937
Commercial & Industrial—Large
    
 
4,640,489
    
 
1,471,847
    
 
4,555,199
    
 
208,281
    
 
621,447
Irrigation
    
 
100,336
    
 
0
    
 
0
    
 
37,856
    
 
147,529
Other Electric Service
    
 
184,626
    
 
0
    
 
96,216
    
 
646,509
    
 
732,747
      

    

    

    

    

Total Electric Sales
    
 
17,002,234
    
 
15,921,446
    
 
63,682,106
    
 
13,845,941
    
 
71,674,064
Other Operating Revenue
    
 
281,594
    
 
268,878
    
 
1,053,261
    
 
153,591
    
 
1,080,185
      

    

    

    

    

Total Operating Revenue
    
$
17,283,828
    
$
16,190,324
    
$
64,735,367
    
$
13,999,532
    
$
72,754,249
      

    

    

    

    

2000
                                            
Residential Service (Farm & Non-Farm)
    
$
8,812,142
    
$
9,594,712
    
$
45,058,674
    
$
10,534,632
    
$
57,712,465
Commercial & Industrial—Small
    
 
2,111,398
    
 
2,275,994
    
 
11,440,508
    
 
1,575,090
    
 
8,849,499
Commercial & Industrial—Large
    
 
4,228,437
    
 
1,222,104
    
 
4,587,028
    
 
169,772
    
 
644,569
Irrigation
    
 
71,110
    
 
0
    
 
0
    
 
31,015
    
 
58,810
Other Electric Service
    
 
166,815
    
 
0
    
 
78,648
    
 
556,784
    
 
687,221
      

    

    

    

    

Total Electric Sales
    
 
15,389,902
    
 
13,092,810
    
 
61,164,858
    
 
12,867,293
    
 
67,952,564
Other Operating Revenue
    
 
256,752
    
 
214,945
    
 
927,203
    
 
132,419
    
 
793,366
      

    

    

    

    

Total Operating Revenue
    
$
15,646,654
    
$
13,307,755
    
$
62,092,061
    
$
12,999,712
    
$
68,745,930
      

    

    

    

    

1999
                                            
Residential Service (Farm & Non-Farm)
    
$
8,382,377
    
$
9,124,529
    
$
44,267,321
    
$
9,802,323
    
$
54,683,608
Commercial & Industrial—Small
    
 
1,979,307
    
 
2,185,473
    
 
11,191,047
    
 
1,568,465
    
 
8,159,393
Commercial & Industrial—Large
    
 
3,806,501
    
 
1,174,965
    
 
4,217,028
    
 
89,902
    
 
619,971
Irrigation
    
 
78,954
    
 
0
    
 
0
    
 
29,023
    
 
213,400
Other Electric Service
    
 
160,298
    
 
0
    
 
67,163
    
 
523,373
    
 
629,093
      

    

    

    

    

Total Electric Sales
    
 
14,407,437
    
 
12,484,967
    
 
59,742,559
    
 
12,013,086
    
 
64,305,465
Other Operating Revenue
    
 
236,940
    
 
212,978
    
 
841,094
    
 
121,290
    
 
789,707
      

    

    

    

    

Total Operating Revenue
    
$
14,644,377
    
$
12,697,945
    
$
60,583,653
    
$
12,134,376
    
$
65,095,172
      

    

    

    

    


*
 
These figures were compiled from Form 7 Financial and Statistical Reports

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TABLE 4—(Continued)
 
OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
 
ANNUAL REVENUES BY CUSTOMER CLASS OF EACH MEMBER*
(As of December 31)
 
Mecklenburg

  
Northern Neck

  
Northern Virginia

  
Prince George

  
Rappahannock

  
Shenandoah Valley

  
Southside

  
Total

                                                  
$29,298,582
  
$
16,627,636
  
$
143,650,731
  
$
11,746,561
  
$
102,444,764
  
$
36,995,227
  
$
60,763,979
  
$
541,873,314
5,366,810
  
 
2,842,015
  
 
60,753,701
  
 
1,896,173
  
 
9,943,901
  
 
9,000,733
  
 
2,017,573
  
 
120,157,781
7,010,928
  
 
0
  
 
13,649,916
  
 
3,090,185
  
 
46,629,742
  
 
10,618,878
  
 
6,272,395
  
 
98,769,307
0
  
 
0
  
 
0
  
 
0
  
 
0
  
 
0
  
 
0
  
 
285,721
1,943,797
  
 
141,955
  
 
486,810
  
 
2,231,158
  
 
632,533
  
 
0
  
 
2,128,553
  
 
9,224,904

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

43,620,117
  
 
19,611,606
  
 
218,541,158
  
 
18,964,077
  
 
159,650,940
  
 
56,614,838
  
 
71,182,500
  
 
770,311,027
336,533
  
 
370,486
  
 
2,777,876
  
 
170,416
  
 
1,342,989
  
 
733,252
  
 
558,791
  
 
9,127,852

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

$43,956,650
  
$
19,982,092
  
$
221,319,034
  
$
19,134,493
  
$
160,993,929
  
$
57,348,090
  
$
71,741,291
  
$
779,438,879

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

                                                  
$26,032,950
  
$
14,876,158
  
$
113,915,590
  
$
10,451,665
  
$
93,927,535
  
$
29,585,909
  
$
50,751,772
  
$
471,254,204
4,834,196
  
 
2,588,116
  
 
48,480,651
  
 
734,859
  
 
9,095,678
  
 
7,407,798
  
 
1,690,076
  
 
101,083,863
5,997,707
  
 
0
  
 
13,654,104
  
 
3,227,972
  
 
37,689,528
  
 
8,222,205
  
 
5,617,040
  
 
85,260,466
0
  
 
0
  
 
0
  
 
0
  
 
0
  
 
0
  
 
0
  
 
160,935
1,702,272
  
 
125,819
  
 
431,646
  
 
1,790,177
  
 
602,628
  
 
0
  
 
811,885
  
 
6,953,895

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

38,567,125
  
 
17,590,093
  
 
176,481,991
  
 
16,204,673
  
 
141,315,369
  
 
45,215,912
  
 
58,870,773
  
 
664,713,363
294,781
  
 
334,472
  
 
1,897,892
  
 
158,306
  
 
1,279,555
  
 
501,629
  
 
356,497
  
 
7,147,817

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

$38,861,906
  
$
17,924,565
  
$
178,379,883
  
$
16,362,979
  
$
142,594,924
  
$
45,717,541
  
$
59,227,270
  
$
671,861,180

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

                                                  
$25,254,275
  
$
14,136,475
  
$
112,867,376
  
$
9,586,863
  
$
85,356,386
  
$
28,274,468
  
$
46,571,914
  
$
448,307,915
4,594,485
  
 
2,539,307
  
 
44,032,101
  
 
670,615
  
 
8,524,201
  
 
7,538,881
  
 
1,562,249
  
 
94,545,524
5,434,199
  
 
0
  
 
11,700,727
  
 
2,744,291
  
 
34,686,527
  
 
7,250,156
  
 
5,154,752
  
 
76,879,019
0
  
 
0
  
 
0
  
 
0
  
 
0
  
 
0
  
 
0
  
 
321,377
1,593,952
  
 
118,099
  
 
395,181
  
 
1,713,493
  
 
514,624
  
 
0
  
 
642,921
  
 
6,358,197

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

36,876,911
  
 
16,793,881
  
 
168,995,385
  
 
14,715,262
  
 
129,081,738
  
 
43,063,505
  
 
53,931,836
  
 
626,412,032
300,695
  
 
322,288
  
 
2,122,353
  
 
133,271
  
 
1,415,495
  
 
408,776
  
 
304,870
  
 
7,209,757

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

$37,177,606
  
$
17,116,169
  
$
171,117,738
  
$
14,848,533
  
$
130,497,233
  
$
43,472,281
  
$
54,236,706
  
$
633,621,789

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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TABLE 5
 
OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
 
SELECTED STATISTICS OF EACH MEMBER*
(As of December 31)
 
    
A&N

  
BARC

  
Choptank

  
Community

  
Delaware

2001
                                  
Operating Revenue and Patronage Capital
  
$
17,283,828
  
$
16,190,324
  
$
64,735,360
  
$
13,999,532
  
$
72,754,249
Depreciation and Amortization
  
 
1,160,554
  
 
1,320,128
  
 
4,723,452
  
 
795,352
  
 
8,586,222
Other Operating Expenses
  
 
14,531,213
  
 
12,463,506
  
 
53,980,832
  
 
11,112,135
  
 
60,502,792
    

  

  

  

  

Electric Operating Margins
  
 
1,592,061
  
 
2,406,690
  
 
6,031,076
  
 
2,092,045
  
 
3,665,235
Other Income
  
 
367,107
  
 
309,685
  
 
1,251,171
  
 
226,444
  
 
1,280,216
    

  

  

  

  

Gross Operating Margins
  
 
1,959,168
  
 
2,716,375
  
 
7,282,247
  
 
2,318,489
  
 
4,945,451
Interest on Long-Term Debt
  
 
892,292
  
 
1,251,015
  
 
4,423,688
  
 
618,363
  
 
2,650,045
Other Deductions
  
 
36,461
  
 
14,151
  
 
102,763
  
 
8,678
  
 
54,458
    

  

  

  

  

Net Margins
  
$
1,030,415
  
$
1,451,209
  
$
2,755,796
  
$
1,691,448
  
$
2,240,948
    

  

  

  

  

2000
                                  
Operating Revenue and Patronage Capital
  
$
15,646,655
  
$
13,307,755
  
$
62,092,062
  
$
12,999,712
  
$
68,745,930
Depreciation and Amortization
  
 
1,959,462
  
 
1,200,492
  
 
4,580,392
  
 
1,238,079
  
 
8,136,360
Other Operating Expenses
  
 
12,726,863
  
 
10,671,646
  
 
51,739,205
  
 
10,338,783
  
 
57,157,098
    

  

  

  

  

Electric Operating Margins
  
 
960,330
  
 
1,435,617
  
 
5,772,465
  
 
1,422,850
  
 
3,452,472
Other Income
  
 
368,829
  
 
321,815
  
 
1,298,628
  
 
420,636
  
 
3,448,261
    

  

  

  

  

Gross Operating Margins
  
 
1,329,159
  
 
1,757,432
  
 
7,071,093
  
 
1,843,486
  
 
6,900,733
Interest on Long-Term Debt
  
 
834,577
  
 
1,268,673
  
 
4,326,002
  
 
651,839
  
 
2,837,668
Other Deductions
  
 
35,378
  
 
15,698
  
 
345,358
  
 
9,946
  
 
67,285
    

  

  

  

  

Net Margins
  
$
459,204
  
$
473,061
  
$
2,399,733
  
$
1,181,701
  
$
3,995,780
    

  

  

  

  

1999
                                  
Operating Revenue and Patronage Capital
  
$
14,644,377
  
$
12,697,945
  
$
60,595,103
  
$
12,134,376
  
$
65,095,173
Depreciation and Amortization
  
 
1,908,152
  
 
1,226,685
  
 
4,391,634
  
 
1,085,966
  
 
7,815,899
Other Operating Expenses
  
 
11,920,349
  
 
10,249,244
  
 
48,348,103
  
 
9,853,878
  
 
51,785,047
    

  

  

  

  

Electric Operating Margins
  
 
815,876
  
 
1,222,016
  
 
7,855,366
  
 
1,194,532
  
 
5,494,227
Other Income
  
 
331,423
  
 
314,262
  
 
1,577,445
  
 
441,970
  
 
1,793,171
    

  

  

  

  

Gross Operating Margins
  
 
1,147,299
  
 
1,536,278
  
 
9,432,811
  
 
1,636,502
  
 
7,287,398
Interest on Long-Term Debt
  
 
733,564
  
 
1,141,861
  
 
4,333,116
  
 
661,365
  
 
2,823,508
Other Deductions
  
 
41,955
  
 
4,302
  
 
72,664
  
 
3,653
  
 
47,427
    

  

  

  

  

Net Margins
  
$
371,780
  
$
390,115
  
$
5,027,031
  
$
971,484
  
$
4,416,463
    

  

  

  

  


*
 
These figures were compiled from Form 7 Financial and Statistical Reports

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TABLE 5—(Continued)
 
OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
 
SELECTED STATISTICS OF EACH MEMBER*
(As of December 31)
 
Mecklenburg

 
Northern Neck

 
Northern Virginia

 
Prince George

 
Rappahannock

 
Shenandoah Valley

 
Southside

 
Total

                                             
$
43,956,650
 
$
19,982,091
 
$
220,128,926
 
$
19,134,492
 
$
160,993,928
 
$
57,347,818
 
$
71,741,291
 
$
778,248,489
 
2,750,493
 
 
1,486,783
 
 
10,847,594
 
 
969,112
 
 
11,228,638
 
 
4,469,132
 
 
5,502,567
 
 
53,840,027
 
35,460,112
 
 
16,603,275
 
 
167,655,995
 
 
16,713,060
 
 
135,359,340
 
 
44,337,460
 
 
55,566,211
 
 
624,285,931


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
5,746,045
 
 
1,892,033
 
 
41,625,337
 
 
1,452,320
 
 
14,405,950
 
 
8,541,226
 
 
10,672,513
 
 
100,122,531
 
890,561
 
 
322,633
 
 
6,289,786
 
 
334,604
 
 
2,702,360
 
 
968,466
 
 
1,078,815
 
 
16,021,848


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
6,636,606
 
 
2,214,666
 
 
47,915,123
 
 
1,786,924
 
 
17,108,310
 
 
9,509,692
 
 
11,751,328
 
 
116,144,379
 
2,460,953
 
 
863,298
 
 
9,464,023
 
 
678,862
 
 
8,270,752
 
 
2,874,588
 
 
5,891,903
 
 
40,339,782
 
196,424
 
 
55,191
 
 
537,833
 
 
66,857
 
 
568,847
 
 
48,019
 
 
83,660
 
 
1,773,342


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$
3,979,229
 
$
1,296,177
 
$
37,913,267
 
$
1,041,205
 
$
8,268,711
 
$
6,587,085
 
$
5,775,765
 
$
74,031,255


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                             
$
38,861,906
 
$
17,924,565
 
$
184,389,898
 
$
16,362,979
 
$
142,594,924
 
$
45,717,541
 
$
59,227,270
 
$
677,871,197
 
2,668,175
 
 
1,894,486
 
 
11,130,605
 
 
996,970
 
 
10,332,017
 
 
3,599,265
 
 
5,079,389
 
 
52,815,692
 
32,738,287
 
 
15,051,705
 
 
145,329,096
 
 
14,240,889
 
 
117,687,193
 
 
37,726,723
 
 
47,378,603
 
 
552,786,091


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
3,455,444
 
 
978,374
 
 
27,930,197
 
 
1,125,120
 
 
14,575,714
 
 
4,391,553
 
 
6,769,278
 
 
72,269,414
 
568,526
 
 
312,264
 
 
6,900,703
 
 
309,856
 
 
2,547,284
 
 
928,300
 
 
1,056,056
 
 
18,481,158


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
4,023,970
 
 
1,290,638
 
 
34,830,900
 
 
1,434,976
 
 
17,122,998
 
 
5,319,853
 
 
7,825,334
 
 
90,750,572
 
2,283,679
 
 
852,474
 
 
10,071,664
 
 
577,877
 
 
8,053,535
 
 
2,821,390
 
 
5,323,929
 
 
39,903,307
 
97,270
 
 
31,690
 
 
(44,125)
 
 
27,069
 
 
197,945
 
 
27,104
 
 
48,051
 
 
858,669


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$
1,643,021
 
$
406,474
 
$
24,803,361
 
$
830,030
 
$
8,871,518
 
$
2,471,359
 
$
2,453,354
 
$
49,988,596


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                             
$
37,177,606
 
$
17,116,169
 
$
171,082,535
 
$
14,848,533
 
$
130,497,233
 
$
43,472,281
 
$
54,236,706
 
$
633,598,037
 
3,482,584
 
 
2,149,929
 
 
10,553,904
 
 
796,968
 
 
9,502,850
 
 
3,415,113
 
 
4,808,931
 
 
51,138,615
 
30,989,960
 
 
14,170,618
 
 
133,603,682
 
 
13,230,558
 
 
110,033,767
 
 
36,997,999
 
 
44,837,970
 
 
516,021,175


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
2,705,062
 
 
795,622
 
 
26,924,949
 
 
821,007
 
 
10,960,616
 
 
3,059,169
 
 
4,589,805
 
 
66,438,247
 
594,582
 
 
402,109
 
 
6,644,552
 
 
338,010
 
 
3,751,433
 
 
1,059,049
 
 
1,294,139
 
 
18,542,145


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
3,299,644
 
 
1,197,731
 
 
33,569,501
 
 
1,159,017
 
 
14,712,049
 
 
4,118,218
 
 
5,883,944
 
 
84,980,392
 
2,094,928
 
 
773,826
 
 
10,094,130
 
 
474,951
 
 
8,154,165
 
 
2,365,066
 
 
4,875,455
 
 
38,525,935
 
56,832
 
 
20,518
 
 
761,734
 
 
64,023
 
 
246,135
 
 
94,513
 
 
43,399
 
 
1,457,155


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$
1,147,884
 
$
403,387
 
$
22,713,637
 
$
620,043
 
$
6,311,749
 
$
1,658,639
 
$
965,090
 
$
44,997,302


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell the securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission becomes effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED NOVEMBER 25, 2002
 
PROSPECTUS
 
LOGO
 
$720,000,000
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
Debt Securities
 
 
We may from time to time sell at one or more times up to an aggregate of $720 million of debt securities. The debt securities may consist of bonds, notes, or other obligations. We will describe the specific terms of each series of debt securities that we offer in supplements to this prospectus. Neither you nor we may use this prospectus to carry out sales of debt securities unless it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement, which will be made available at the time of each offering of debt securities.
 
You should carefully read this prospectus, any prospectus supplement to this prospectus and all information incorporated by reference in either document before you invest in the debt securities.
 
INVESTING IN THE DEBT SECURITIES INVOLVES RISKS. SEE “RISK FACTORS” BEGINNING ON PAGE 1 FOR MORE INFORMATION.
 

 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these debt securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful and complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 

 
The date of this prospectus is            , 2002
 


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RISK FACTORS
 
AN INVESTMENT IN THE DEBT SECURITIES INVOLVES RISKS. YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE RISKS DESCRIBED BELOW AS WELL AS OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS, THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND THE INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THOSE DOCUMENTS BEFORE PURCHASING ANY DEBT SECURITIES. WE CONSIDER THESE RISKS TO BE MATERIAL TO YOUR DECISION WHETHER TO INVEST IN THE DEBT SECURITIES AT THIS TIME. YOU MAY VIEW RISKS DIFFERENTLY THAN WE DO AND WE MAY OMIT A RISK THAT WE CONSIDER IMMATERIAL BUT YOU CONSIDER IMPORTANT. AN ADVERSE OUTCOME OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING RISKS COULD MATERIALLY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS OR FINANCIAL CONDITION AND CAUSE THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE DEBT SECURITIES TO DECLINE.
 
We rely heavily on purchases of energy from other power suppliers.
 
We supply our member distribution cooperatives with all of their power, that is capacity and energy, requirements. Our costs to provide this capacity and energy are passed through to our member distribution cooperatives under our wholesale power contracts with them. We obtain the power to serve their requirements from generating facilities in which we have an interest and purchases of power from other power suppliers.
 
Historically, our power supply strategy has relied heavily on purchases of energy from other power suppliers. In 2001, we purchased approximately 49.9% of our member distribution cooperatives’ energy requirements. These purchases consisted of a combination of purchases under long-term contracts and market purchases of energy in the forward, short-term and spot markets. We expect our reliance on market energy purchases to continue for the indefinite future. While we currently are constructing three combustion turbine facilities in Maryland and Virginia, we anticipate that these facilities will provide only about 10% of our energy requirements upon commercial operation. Our reliance on these purchases also could increase because the operation of our generation facilities is subject to many risks, including the shutdown of our facilities or breakdown or failure of equipment.
 
Purchasing power in the market helps us mitigate high fixed costs relating to the ownership of generating facilities but exposes us, and consequently our member distribution cooperatives, to significant market price risk because energy prices can fluctuate substantially over short periods of time. When we enter into long-term power purchase contracts or agree to purchase energy at a date in the future, we rely on models based on our judgments and assumptions of factors such as future demand for market prices of energy and the price of commodities, such as natural gas, used to generate electricity. Although we have engaged ACES Power Marketing LLC, an energy trading and risk management company called APM, to assist us in developing strategies to meet our power requirements in the most economical manner, our models become less reliable the further into the future that the estimates are made. As a result, we may purchase energy at a price which is higher than our member distribution cooperatives’ competitors’ costs of generating energy or future market prices of energy.
 
Counterparties under power purchase arrangements may fail to perform their obligations to us.
 
Because we rely heavily on the purchase of energy from other power suppliers, we are exposed to the risk that counterparties will default in performance of their obligations to us. While we utilize APM to assist us in analyzing default risks of counterparties and other credit issues related to these purchases, defaults may still occur. Defaults may take the form of failure to physically deliver the purchased energy. If this occurs, we may be forced to enter into alternative contractual arrangements or purchase energy in the forward, short-term or spot markets at then-current market prices that may exceed the prices previously agreed to with the defaulting counterparty.

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Our member distribution cooperatives are now or will be subject to market competition.
 
Virginia, Maryland and Delaware each have deregulated the power component of electric service. In general, these states’ restructuring legislation permits our member distribution cooperatives’ customers to purchase electricity from an alternate supplier while our member distribution cooperatives continue to provide distribution services to consumers of electricity located in their certificated service territories. The percentage of our member distribution cooperatives’ customers that can choose an alternate power supplier is approximately 45.7% today. This percentage will increase to approximately 99.7% by January 1, 2004. To date, no customer of our member distribution cooperatives has selected an alternate supplier of power.
 
To facilitate the implementation of retail competition, the restructuring legislation in all three states requires each member distribution cooperative to cap the bundled rates (consisting of power, transmission and distribution components and, in some cases, a competitive transition charge) that it charges customers in its certificated service territory during a specified transition period. During this period, a member distribution cooperative will incur losses if its costs, including its cost for power purchased from us, are greater than the applicable capped rate for power it is able to charge its customers. In Virginia, our member distribution cooperatives may, however, recover costs related to the purchase of energy from us outside of their capped rates. These members constituted approximately 81.4% of our energy sales in 2001. See “MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION—Future Issues—Competition and Changing Regulations” in Part I, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2001.
 
Following the introduction of retail competition, if the amount we charge our member distribution cooperatives for energy under the wholesale power contracts is not competitive with prevailing market energy prices, the member distribution cooperatives may become less competitive relative to other power suppliers and their customers may switch to alternate suppliers of electricity. Operating successfully in this new market-based, competitive environment requires different skills and expertise than those required in a fully-regulated market. Our members have limited operating history in this new environment. If a member distribution cooperative experiences significant financial losses, it may have difficulty performing its obligations to us under its wholesale power contract.
 
Our largest member is seeking to amend its wholesale power contract with us.
 
Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative ("Northern Virginia") is our largest member and accounted for 26.6% of our revenues in the year ended December 31, 2001. We have been negotiating with Northern Virginia with respect to possible amendments to Northern Virginia's wholesale power contract with us. The negotiations have centered around changing the nature of the contract from an all-requirements contract to a contract under which Northern Virginia would take a percentage of our share of the output of the North Anna Nuclear Power Station ("North Anna"), the Clover Power Station ("Clover") and our three combustion turbine facilities under development or construction and pay its share of our costs relating to these resources and the provision of services under the amended contract. In May 2001, our board of directors adopted a resolution stating that it would not approve any amendments to the wholesale power contract with a member distribution cooperative that could materially adversely affect our financial condition or cause us to fail to maintain our existing credit ratings. If any amendment is approved for Northern Virginia similar terms for the provision of power would be offered to all of our other member distribution cooperatives.
 
We received a letter, dated November 19, 2002, from the President and CEO of Northern Virginia stating that the Northern Virginia board of directors took formal action on November 18, 2002 directing the Northern Virginia CEO to communicate to us that Northern Virginia will make one final attempt to reach an acceptable conclusion to the negotiations on amending the wholesale power contract and authorizing the CEO to pursue recourse before an appropriate decision-making body if the following milestones are not met: (1) the parties reach an agreement on the fundamental principles for the amended agreement no later than January 15, 2003; and (2) the parties complete the final amended wholesale power contract and present it to their respective boards for approval no later than February 28, 2003.

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Northern Virginia previously told us, and has confirmed to us subsequent to the November 19th letter, that: (1) if the negotiation of an amendment to its wholesale power contract is not successful, it may bring an action before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or the Virginia State Corporation Commission seeking a reformation of the contract along the lines being negotiated; (2) it would base its requested reformation on changes in circumstances since the execution of the wholesale power contract; (3) it would not seek to be relieved of its obligation to buy power from us equal to its share of North Anna, Clover and the combustion turbine facilities; and (4) it would not seek to be relieved of its obligation to pay its share of the costs of those generating facilities, including debt service, lease rentals, operation and maintenance expenses, coverage and other costs and expenses related to the facilities or properly allocable to the services provided by us to it. See "OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE-Member Distribution Cooperatives-Wholesale Power Contracts" in Part I, Item 1 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ending December 31, 2001.
 
We intend to continue negotiating with Northern Virginia to resolve this matter. However, we do not believe that the milestones set forth in the November 19th letter can be met. While we cannot predict the outcome of any proceeding relating to this matter, we continue to believe that no reformation of our wholesale power contract with Northern Virginia is justified and intend to take all actions necessary to assure that there is no change to the wholesale power contract that adversely affects our financial condition.
 
 
Failure to maintain our tax-exempt status could result in significant tax liabilities.
 
To maintain our tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, we must receive at least 85% of our gross receipts from our members. Currently, we have significant non-member receipts, including investment interest, income on the decommissioning fund for North Anna and interest from deposits associated with two long-term lease transactions related to our 50% interest in Clover, a two unit coal-fired generating facility. If in any given year, our members receipts are less than 85% of our gross receipts, we would become a taxable entity for that year and our resulting tax liability could be significant.
 
Our ability to maintain our tax-exempt status is dependent upon many factors. Several of these factors are outside our control, such as the effect of weather on power sales and interest rates. In addition, a decrease in member revenues resulting from the effect of retail competition also could cause us to lose our tax-exempt status. We regularly monitor the level of our non-member gross receipts to assist us in taking actions to preserve our tax-exempt status. Our member receipts in each year have been in excess of 85% of our total gross receipts.
 
We are subject to risks associated with owning an interest in a nuclear generating facility.
 
We have an 11.6% undivided ownership interest in North Anna, a two unit nuclear generating facility, which provided approximately 15.7% of our energy requirements in 2001. Ownership of an interest in a nuclear generating facility involves risks, including:
 
 
 
potential liabilities relating to harmful effects on the environment and human health resulting from the operation of the facility and the storage, handling and disposal of radioactive materials;
 
 
 
significant capital expenditures relating to maintenance, operation and repair of the facility, including repairs required by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
 
 
 
limitations on the amounts and types of insurance commercially available to cover losses that might arise in connection with operation of the facility; and
 
 
 
uncertainties regarding the technological and financial aspects of decommissioning a nuclear plant at the end of its licensed life.
 
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has broad authority under federal law to impose licensing and safety-related requirements for the operation of North Anna. If the facility is not in compliance, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may impose fines or shut down one or both units until compliance is achieved or both depending upon its assessment of the situation. Revised safety requirements issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have, in the past, necessitated substantial capital expenditures at other nuclear generating facilities. In addition, although we have no reason to anticipate a serious nuclear incident at North Anna, if an incident did occur, it could have a material but presently undeterminable adverse effect on our operations or financial condition. Further, any unexpected shut down at North Anna as a result of regulatory non-compliance or unexpected maintenance will

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require us to purchase replacement energy. We can buy this replacement power either from Virginia Power or the market. The price of any replacement energy purchased from Virginia Power equals the average price of energy produced at predetermined Virginia Power-owned combustion turbine facilities. These costs currently are higher than the price of energy that we otherwise could purchase in the market. As a result, we likely would replace energy previously expected to be provided by North Anna with purchases of energy in the market that could be significantly higher than the cost of energy generated by North Anna.
 
The development and construction of our combustion turbine facilities are subject to risks.
 
We currently are constructing three combustion turbine facilities in Maryland and Virginia. We face risks in the development and construction of these facilities, including:
 
 
 
equipment and material supply interruptions;
 
 
 
unforeseen engineering, environmental and geological problems;
 
 
 
unanticipated cost overruns; and
 
 
 
delays or increased costs to interconnect our facilities to transmission grids.
 
Insurance, warranties or performance guarantees may not be adequate to cover lost revenues or increased costs resulting from the occurrence of these events, including unanticipated capital expenditures and the cost of replacement capacity and energy we may be forced to purchase from the market if the facilities are not operational by the dates contemplated.
 
We are subject to rapid changes in the financial markets which could negatively impact our ability to access capital.
 
Recently, the financial markets have been subject to significant instability based on national and international events, including events in the energy industry. As a result, financial markets have constrained the ability of many businesses, especially energy businesses, to, at least temporarily, access capital. As part of our plan of finance for the construction of the combustion turbine facilities, we anticipate issuing additional debt securities under our Indenture. If our ability to access the capital markets becomes significantly constrained, our interest costs will likely increase and our financial condition and future results of operations could be significantly harmed.
 
Adverse changes in our credit ratings could negatively impact our ability to access capital and may require us to provide credit support for some of our obligations.
 
Changes in our credit ratings also could effect our ability to access capital. Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”), Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) and Fitch, Inc. currently rate our outstanding obligations issued under the Indenture at A+ (outlook stable), A3 (outlook negative) and A (outlook stable), respectively. If these agencies were to downgrade our ratings, particularly below investment grade, our borrowing costs could increase materially. In addition, we likely would be required to pay a higher interest rate in future financings, and our potential pool of investors and funding sources could decrease. In addition, in limited circumstances, we have obligations to provide credit support if our obligations issued under the Indenture are rated below specified thresholds by S&P and Moody’s. These circumstances relate to our sale and leaseback of our interest in pollution control facilities at Clover, our lease and leaseback of our undivided interest in Clover Unit 1 and some of our purchases of power in the market.
 
Under the sale and leaseback of our interest in pollution control facilities at Clover, we must provide support in the form of cash, letter of credit, guarantee, or other collateral satisfactory to the lessor within 90 days after the obligations issued under the Indenture are rated less than investment grade (that is, “BBB-” by S&P or “Baa3” by Moody’s). At September 30, 2002, the maximum amount of collateral we could have been required to provide under this provision was approximately $3.5 million.

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In connection with the lease and leaseback of our undivided interest in Clover Unit 1, we agreed to deliver a letter of credit to the institutional investor party to the lease within 90 days after our obligations under the Indenture are rated less than a specified minimum rating. This minimum rating is “A-” by S&P or “A3” by Moody’s provided that our Moody’s rating may fall to “Baal” if at that time our S&P rating is “A” or better and there is no public announcement of negative ratings implications by either S&P or Moody’s. If our ratings had been below this minimum rating at September 30, 2002, we would have been required to provide a letter of credit in the amount of approximately $51.9 million.
 
In addition, like many other utilities, we purchase power in the market pursuant to a form master power purchase and sale agreement prepared by the Edison Electric Institute, a utility industry association. The form contract is intended to standardize the terms and conditions of purchases of power in the market. At September 30, 2002, we were party to 17 agreements based on this form and one other power purchase agreement obligating us to provide collateral if our ratings fell below specified thresholds. Collectively, at September 30, 2002, if the ratings by S&P and Moody’s of our obligations issued under the Indenture fell below investment grade, we would have been obligated to provide credit support in the amount of approximately $23.3 million. This calculation is based on energy prices on September 30, 2002. Depending on how large the difference is between the price of power under the contracts and the price of power in the market at the time of calculation, this amount could increase or decrease accordingly.
 
To the extent that we would have to provide additional credit support as a result of a downgrade in our credit ratings, our ability to access additional credit may be limited and our liquidity, including our ability to service our outstanding indebtedness, may be materially impaired.
 
Environmental Regulation May Limit Our Operations
 
We are required to comply with numerous federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment. These laws and regulations change constantly. While we believe that we have obtained all material environmental-related approvals currently required to own and operate our facilities or that these approvals have been applied for and will be issued in a timely manner, we may incur significant additional costs because of compliance with these requirements. Failure to comply with environmental laws and regulations could have a material effect on us, including potential civil or criminal liability and the imposition of fines or expenditures of funds to bring our facilities into compliance. Delay in obtaining or failure to obtain and maintain in effect any environmental approvals, or delay or failure to satisfy any applicable environmental regulatory requirements, could impact construction of the combustion turbine facilities, operation of our existing facilities or sale of energy from these facilities or could result in significant additional cost to us.
 
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
 
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission utilizing a shelf registration process. Under this shelf process, we may sell the debt securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings up to a total dollar amount of $720,000,000. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the debt securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement also may add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement together with additional information described under “WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE” before you invest in the debt securities.
 
OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
 
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distribution cooperatives that sell electric services to retail customers in portions of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia. In 2001, these members provided retail electric service to more than 449,000 electric customers (meters) representing approximately 1.1 million people. We also sell power to another member, TEC Trading, Inc., which is owned by our member distribution cooperatives.
 
Our principal office is located at 4201 Dominion Boulevard, Glen Allen, Virginia 23060. Our telephone number is (804) 747-0592.
 
WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
 
We file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You may read and copy any document that we file with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room at 450 West Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. You also may access our SEC filings on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
INCORPORATION OF INFORMATION WE FILE WITH THE SEC
 
The Securities and Exchange Commission allows us to “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus the information in documents we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you directly to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC automatically will update and supersede the information contained in this prospectus. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act until we sell all of the debt securities we are offering:
 
 
 
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2001;
 
 
 
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002;
 
 
 
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as amended, for the quarter ended June 30, 2002;
 
 
 
Our Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 9, 2002;
 
 
 
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as amended, for the quarter ended September 30, 2002; and
 
 
 
Our Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 25, 2002.
 
You may request a free copy of any of these filings by writing or telephoning us at:
 
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
4201 Dominion Boulevard
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060
Attn: Assistant Vice President and Controller
Telephone: (804) 747-0592
 
You should rely only on the information explicitly incorporated by reference or provided in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. We are not making an offer of these debt securities in any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or any information incorporated by reference in either document is accurate as of any date other than the date of that information.

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USE OF PROCEEDS
 
Unless we indicate otherwise in the prospectus supplement accompanying this prospectus, we will use the net proceeds we receive from the sale of the debt securities for general corporate purposes. These purposes may include the repayment or refinancing of long-term or short-term indebtedness, capital expenditures and working capital. The net proceeds may be invested temporarily until they are used for their intended purposes.
 
CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
This prospectus, a prospectus supplement accompanying this prospectus and information incorporated by reference in either document may contain forward-looking statements regarding matters that could have an impact on our business, financial condition and future operations. These statements, based on our expectations and estimates, are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties, and other factors include, but are not limited to, general business conditions, increased competition in the electric utility industry, changes in our tax status, demand for power, federal and state legislative and regulatory actions and legal and administrative proceedings, and unanticipated changes in operating expenses and capital expenditures. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which the statement is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement or statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.
 
FINANCIAL RATIOS
 
Our earnings to fixed charges ratio, margins for interest ratio and equity ratio are set forth below for the periods indicated. We establish the rates we charge our member distribution cooperatives to achieve a margins for interest ratio at least equal to the ratio required in our Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated May 1, 1992, as supplemented and amended (the “Existing Indenture”). See “DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES—Rate Covenant.” We do not take the ratio of earnings to fixed charges or the equity ratio into account in setting our rates. Our ratio of earnings to fixed charges and our equity ratio are less than that of many investor-owned utilities because we operate on a not-for-profit basis and establish rates to collect sufficient revenue to recover our cost of service and produce margins sufficient to meet financial coverage requirements and accumulate additional equity required by our board of directors.
 
      
Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2002

  
Year Ended December 31,

 
         
2001

    
2000

    
1999

    
1998

    
1997

 
Margins for interest ratio
    
1.20
  
1.20
 
  
1.20
 
  
1.20
 
  
1.20
 
  
1.20
 
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
    
0.97
  
1.14
 
  
1.16
 
  
1.16
 
  
1.17
 
  
1.17
 
Equity ratio
    
27.1%
  
26.5
%
  
33.3
%
  
29.8
%
  
26.1
%
  
24.6
%
 
 
We calculate the margins for interest ratio by dividing our margins for interest by our interest charges. See “DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES—Rate Covenant” for a description of calculation of margins for interest and interest charges under our Existing Indenture.
 
We calculate the ratio of earnings to fixed charges by dividing our earnings (net margins plus fixed charges reduced by interest capitalized during the period) by our fixed charges. Our fixed charges consist of all of our interest costs, whether expensed or capitalized, amortization of debt issue costs and discount or premium related to our indebtedness, and the interest portion of our rent expense.
 
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DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES
 
The debt securities covered by this prospectus will be issued in the form of bonds under the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture referred to below or in the form of bonds, notes or other obligations under the Restated Indenture referred to below. SunTrust Bank, as successor to Crestar Bank, currently acts as trustee under these indentures.
 
Changes to the Existing Indenture
 
In 2001, we entered into a supplemental indenture to the Existing Indenture that contained provisions which, when they become effective, will (1) first amend the Existing Indenture by modifying several covenants of Old Dominion and other provisions of the Existing Indenture described below, and (2) then further amend and restate the Existing Indenture to reflect the prior amendments and release the lien of the Existing Indenture on Old Dominion’s property. In this prospectus, we refer to the Existing Indenture as amended by the first amendments as the “Amended Indenture” and the Amended Indenture as amended and restated as the “Restated Indenture.”
 
Amended Indenture
 
Each of the amendments to the Existing Indenture contained in the Amended Indenture are summarized below and include modification of the covenant obligating us to establish and collect rates at a specified level, and modification of restrictions on the issuance of additional bonds and distributions to our members. The amendments also eliminate covenants restricting our investments and short-term indebtedness and the obligation to fund reserves known as a depreciation deposits.
 
The Amended Indenture will become effective when a majority of the holders of obligations outstanding under the Existing Indenture consent to the amendments. As of the date of this prospectus, we have received consents constituting approximately 41.7% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding obligations under the Existing Indenture. Upon the first issuance of debt securities and the delivery of a consent by the underwriters of those debt securities, as the initial registered holder of those debt securities, we anticipate that the Amended Indenture will become effective.
 
Restated Indenture
 
The Restated Indenture, pursuant to which we may issue various series of debt securities issued in the form of bonds, notes, and other obligations (other than subordinated debt), will become effective when all obligations under the Existing Indenture issued prior to September 1, 2001 cease to be outstanding or when the holders of those obligations consent to the release of the lien of the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture, as the case may be, and the effectiveness of the Restated Indenture (the “Release Date”). After the Release Date, the debt securities will be unsecured general obligations, ranking equally and ratably with our other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations, subject to some exceptions. See “Security for Payment of the Obligations Prior to Release Date; Conversion to Unsecured Obligations on Release Date” below.
 
The earliest date we expect the Restated Indenture may become effective is December 1, 2003. On that date, we expect to redeem a series of bonds issued under the Existing Indenture in 1993. After this redemption, only one bond, a bond issued in 1996 which matures in 2018, under the Existing Indenture issued prior to September 1, 2001 will remain outstanding. We have not obtained the consent of the holder of the 1996 bond to the release of the lien of the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture, as applicable, on December 1, 2003 but we expect to do so prior to that date. The Restated Indenture would become effective at that time as long as the prior consent of the holder of the 1996 bond is obtained and no event of default existed under the Indenture or would occur immediately following the effectiveness of the Restated Indenture.
 

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Amendments to Definitions of Interest Charges in the Indenture
 
We are seeking amendments to the Indenture to change the definition of interest charges to more closely reflect the way interest charges are calculated under our formulary rate, which is the basis for our charges to our member distribution cooperatives. The Indenture requires the calculation of interest charges for purposes of a covenant regarding the establishment of rates and a coverage test for purposes of issuing additional indebtedness.
 
The amendments provide that interest charges under the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture will equal our total interest charges (other than capitalized interest) related to (1) all obligations under the Indenture, (2) indebtedness secured by a lien equal or prior to the lien of the Indenture, and (3) obligations secured by liens created or assumed in connection with a tax-exempt financing for the acquisition or construction of property used by us, in each case including amortization of debt discount and expense or premium.
 
The amendments also will amend the definition of interest charges under the Restated Indenture to define interest charges as our total interest charges (other than capitalized interest) related to all obligations under the Restated Indenture and all of our other obligations (other than subordinated indebtedness) to repay borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property or services, including amortization of debt discount and expense or premium on issuance, but excluding the interest charges on indebtedness attributed to any capitalized lease or similar agreement.
 
These amendments will become effective when a majority of the holders of obligations outstanding under the Indenture consent to the amendments. Upon the first issuance of debt securities and the delivery of a consent by the underwriters, as the initial registered holders of those debt securities, we anticipate that the amendments will become effective.
 
Indenture
 
When we refer to the “Indenture” in this prospectus, we mean the Existing Indenture, the Amended Indenture or the Restated Indenture, whichever is in effect. Obligations of all series which have been or may be issued under the Indenture, including those issued pursuant to this prospectus or any related prospectus supplement may be referred to as “Obligations.”
 
The following summary of some of the provisions of the Indenture do not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the Indenture, including the definitions of terms. Some defined terms in the Indenture are used in this summary without capitalization; those terms have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. The Existing Indenture, the 2001 supplemental indenture containing the amendments set forth in the Amended Indenture and the Restated Indenture, each are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. See “WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE” for information on how to obtain a copy. You may also obtain a copy of the Existing Indenture, the 2001 supplemental indenture or the Restated Indenture from the trustee or from us.
 
Specific Terms of Each Series
 
Each time that we offer a series of debt securities related to this prospectus, we will specify the particular amount, price and other terms of those debt securities in a prospectus supplement. These terms may include:
 
 
 
the title of the series of debt securities and whether they will be issued pursuant to the Existing Indenture, the Amended Indenture or the Restated Indenture;
 
 
 
the date or dates on which the principal of and premium, if any, on the series of debt securities will be payable;
 
 
 
the interest rate or rates on the series of debt securities and the date from which that interest will accrue;
 
 
 
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the place or places where principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the series of debt securities will be payable;
 
 
 
any redemption dates, prices, obligations and restrictions on the series of debt securities;
 
 
 
any sinking fund or other provisions that would obligate us to repurchase or otherwise redeem the series of debt securities;
 
 
 
the denominations in which the series of debt securities will be issued;
 
 
 
the portion of the principal amount of the series of debt securities that is payable on the declaration of acceleration of the maturity;
 
 
 
the applicable overdue rate if other than the interest rate stated in the title of the series of debt securities;
 
 
 
any modifications of or additions to the events of default in the Indenture for the series;
 
 
 
if the amount of principal of and premium or interest on any series of debt securities may be determined by reference to an index based on either a currency other than that in which that series of debt securities are payable or any other method specifying the manner in which these amounts will be determined;
 
 
 
whether and to what extent any other means of satisfaction and discharge, which is sometimes referred to as “defeasance” will be applicable to the series of debt securities other than as described below under “Defeasance”;
 
 
 
if the series of debt securities are to be issued in the form of one or more securities and, if so, the identity of the depository or depositaries of the debt security;
 
 
 
if the series of debt securities are to be insured; and
 
 
 
any other specific terms of the series of debt securities.
 
General
 
Until the Release Date, the debt securities will be secured by a first lien on substantially all of our tangible and some of our intangible properties equally and ratably with all other Obligations issued under the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture. On the Release Date, the debt securities will become unsecured general obligations, ranking equally and ratably with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations, subject to some exceptions described below.
 
If interest on the debt securities is not punctually paid or duly provided for, we may pay that amount instead to each registered holder of the debt securities on a special record date not more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment. We will pay principal of, and premium (if any) and interest on the debt securities to the registered holder. If the debt securities are held in book-entry form, we will pay interest to the depository. In addition, if the debt securities are held in book-entry form, transfer of interests in the debt securities will be effected through the depository.
 
Under the Existing Indenture, we use accounting requirements in effect on the date of determination or computation. Under the Amended Indenture or the Restated Indenture, for purposes of determinations or computations relating to the Obligations, we will use accounting requirements as are in use in the United States at the time of the determination of any computation required or permitted under the Amended Indenture or the Restated Indenture, or, at our option, those requirements or determinations in use on the date of the Amended Indenture or the Restated Indenture.
 
Rate Covenant
 
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charges, fees and other compensation), the Existing Indenture requires us to establish and collect rates for the use or the sale of the output, capacity or service of our electric generation, transmission and distribution system which are reasonably expected to yield margins for interest for the 12-month period commencing with the effective date of the rates equal to at least 1.20 times total interest charges during that 12-month period. The Existing Indenture requires the rates to produce moneys sufficient to enable us to comply with all covenants under the Existing Indenture.
 
Margins for interest under the Existing Indenture equal the total of net margins plus total interest charges and income tax accruals for the applicable period less:
 
 
 
the amount, if any, by which non-operating margins (other than interest earnings on investments held by the trustee or on investments held by any trustee for the purpose of decommissioning or dismantling any of our assets) included in our net margins exceeds 60% of net margins for that period; and
 
 
 
the net earnings or losses of property with a fair value in excess of $25,000 released from the lien of the Existing Indenture during that period or thereafter.
 
If we acquire any property during the period for which margins for interest is being calculated, or we will acquire with the proceeds of the Obligations being issued any property which was, during the 6-month period prior to our acquisition, if any, used in a business similar to ours, then, the computation of margins for interest will include the net operating earnings or net operating losses of that property for the entire 12-month period. The calculation of margins for interest also will be adjusted if an independent engineer of favorable national repute determines that efficiencies, inefficiencies or other effects likely to result from the acquisition are significant enough to render the historical performance of the separate properties an inaccurate indicator of the future performance of the combined properties. This additional adjustment will take into account the efficiencies, inefficiencies or other effects to the extent determined by the independent engineer. Under the Existing Indenture, in calculating margins for interest, we factor in any item of net margin, loss, income, gain, earnings or profits of any of our subsidiaries, regardless if we have received those net margins or gains as a dividend or other distribution from the subsidiary or if we have made payment with respect to the losses or expenses.
 
Interest charges under the Existing Indenture equal our total interest charges (whether capitalized or expensed) on (1) all Obligations under the Existing Indenture, (2) indebtedness secured by a lien equal or prior to the lien of the Existing Indenture, and (3) obligations secured by liens created or assumed in connection with a tax-exempt financing for the acquisition or construction of property used by us, in each case including amortization of debt discount and expense or premium. See “Changes to the Existing Indenture—Amendments to the Definitions of Interest Charges in the Indenture” for a discussion of amendments to the definition of interest charges in the Existing Indenture.
 
Promptly upon any material change in the circumstances which were contemplated at the time the rates were most recently reviewed, but not less than once every 12 months, we will review the rates and, subject to any necessary regulatory approval, promptly establish or revise the rates as necessary to obtain the required margins for interest and produce moneys sufficient to enable us to comply with our other covenants under the Indenture. Our failure to actually achieve a 1.20 margins for interest ratio will not itself constitute an event of default under the Existing Indenture. A failure to establish rates reasonably expected to achieve a 1.20 margins for interest ratio, will be an event of default if that failure continues for 45 days after we receive notice of the failure from either the trustee or the holders of 10% of the Obligations outstanding, unless the failure results from our inability to obtain regulatory approval.
 
The Existing Indenture prohibits us from furnishing or supplying any use, output, capacity or service of our system with respect to which a charge is regularly or customarily made, free of charge to any person or entity. In addition, we must use commercially reasonable efforts prior to the earlier of the Amendment Date or the Release Date to enforce the payment of all moneys that are owed to us.
 
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fiscal year equal to 1.10 times total interest charges for the fiscal year. The Amended Indenture and the Restated Indenture require these amounts, together with other moneys available to us, to provide moneys sufficient for us to remain in compliance with the Amended Indenture or the Restated Indenture. Interest charges under the Amended Indenture are calculated in the same manner as under the Existing Indenture with the exclusion of capitalized interest. Interest charges under the Restated Indenture equal interest charges (other than capitalized interest) on all Obligations under the Indenture and all of our other obligations (other than subordinated indebtedness) to repay borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property or services, including amortization of debt discount and premium on issuance, but excluding the interest charges on indebtedness attributed to any capitalized lease or similar agreement. See “Changes to the Existing Indenture—Amendments to Definitions of Interest Charges in the Indenture” for a discussion of amendments to the definition of interest charges in the Amended Indenture and the Restated Indenture. After the earlier of the Amendment Date or the Release Date, margins for interest will equal the sum of:
 
 
 
our net margins;
 
 
 
plus revenues that are subject to refund at a later date which were deducted in the determination of net margins;
 
 
 
plus non-recurring charges that may have been deducted in determining net margins;
 
 
 
plus total interest charges (calculated as described above); and
 
 
 
plus income tax accruals imposed on income after deduction of total interest for the applicable period.
 
In calculating margins for interest under the Amended Indenture and the Restated Indenture, we factor in any item of net margin, loss, income, gain, earnings or profits of any of our affiliates or subsidiaries, only if we have received those amounts as a dividend or other distribution from the affiliate or subsidiary or if we have made a contribution to, or payment under a guarantee or like agreement for an obligation of, the affiliate or subsidiary. Any amounts that we are required to refund in subsequent years do not reduce margins for interest as calculated under the Amended Indenture or the Restated Indenture for the year the refund is paid. As under the Existing Indenture, the failure to achieve the margins for interest ratio will not itself result in an event of default. We must, however, review our rates at least annually and promptly revise them to comply with the margins for interest covenant subject to any necessary regulatory approvals. A failure to establish rates reasonably expected to achieve a 1.10 margins for interest ratio will be an event of default under the Amended Indenture and the Restated Indenture if that failure continues for 45 days after we receive notice of this failure from either the trustee or the holders of 10% of the Obligations outstanding, unless this failure results from our inability to obtain regulatory approval to revise our rates.
 
Security for Payment of the Obligations Prior to Release Date; Conversion to Unsecured Obligations on Release Date
 
Until the Release Date, the debt securities will be secured equally and ratably with all other Obligations issued under the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture by a first lien on substantially all of our tangible and some of our intangible properties, including our generation, transmission and distribution properties and some of our contracts relating to the purchase, sale or transmission of electricity of three years or more in duration or to the ownership, operation or maintenance of electric generation, transmission or distribution facilities, excluding excepted property.
 
Excepted property as defined in the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture includes among other things:
 
 
 
cash on hand or in banks (other than moneys deposited with the trustee under the terms of the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture);
 
 
 
contracts and contract rights not specifically subject to the lien of the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture;
 
 
 
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patents and trademarks;
 
 
 
the right to bring an action or enforce a judgment;
 
 
 
transportation equipment (including vehicles, vessels and barges);
 
 
 
office furniture, equipment and supplies and data processing, accounting and other computer equipment, software and supplies and leases for office purposes;
 
 
 
other leases for an original term of less than five years;
 
 
 
specified nonassignable permits and licenses;
 
 
 
timber, oil, gas, coal, ore and other minerals and all electric energy generated; and
 
 
 
our interest in other property in which a security interest cannot legally be perfected.
 
Our title to the mortgaged property and the lien of the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture are subject to permitted encumbrances, which may include, among other things, identified restrictions, exceptions, reservations, conditions and limitations existing on the mortgaged property on the date the Existing Indenture was recorded; reservations in U.S. patents; non-delinquent or contested tax, mechanics’, materialmen’s or contractors’ liens; local improvement district assessments; leases for a term of not more than two years; specified easements; the undivided interests of other owners or liens on those undivided interests, and the rights of those owners in property they own with us; the pledge of current assets (other than accounts receivable) to secure current liabilities; specified liens related to the issuance of tax-exempt debt instruments for the acquisition or construction of property; the pledge or assignment of accounts receivable or conditional sales contracts in connection with the sale of power so long as, on the date of the sale, no event of default under the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture then exists; and some leases and reservations and liens for non-delinquent rent or wages.
 
The lien of the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture also is subject to a lien in favor of the trustee to recover amounts owing to the trustee under the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture. In addition, our title to the mortgaged property and the lien of the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture are subject to other prior rights and encumbrances which we do not believe adversely affect in any material respect our right to use that property to secure the debt securities.
 
All of our after-acquired property, other than excepted property, is subject to a lien under the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture and further subject to:
 
 
 
specified purchase money and pre-existing liens;
 
 
 
limitations, in the case of consolidation, merger or sale of substantially all of our assets; and
 
 
 
recordation of supplements to the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture describing that after-acquired property, in the case of real property.
 
From and after the Release Date, the debt securities, all other Obligations then still outstanding and any other Obligations thereafter issued under the Indenture will be unsecured general obligations and will rank equally and ratably with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations subject to some exceptions. On the Release Date, any lien or security interest arising under the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture will be released and the trustee is required to take any actions reasonably necessary to confirm or give notice of the release and to evidence the reconveyance, re-assignment and transfer to us of all right, title and interest of the trustee in the collateral.
 
Credit Enhancer
 
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of credit securing the payment when due of the principal of and interest on a series of Obligations, will be considered a holder of those Obligations for purposes of giving any approval or consent with respect to:
 
 
 
approving supplemental indentures or other amendments to the Indenture (other than any change which cannot be made without the consent of each holder of an Obligation affected by the change);
 
 
 
giving any other approval, consent or notice to effect any waiver;
 
 
 
exercising any remedies; and
 
 
 
taking any other action that can be taken by the holders of those Obligations.
 
If that person is in default of performing their undertaking they will not be considered a holder in place of the registered holders of those Obligations.
 
Release and Substitution of Property Prior to Release Date; Negative Pledge After Release Date
 
Until the Release Date, provided no event of default exists under the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture, property subject to the lien of the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture may be released to facilitate the day-to-day operation of our business. Some of these releases may require either:
 
 
 
a finding by our management that these releases are desirable in the conduct of our business or will not adversely affect in any material respect the security afforded by the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture; or
 
 
 
the substitution of bondable additions, the retirement or defeasance of Obligations or the deposit of cash with the trustee, in each case of equivalent value.
 
In addition, cash deposited with the trustee as a result of the authentication and delivery of Obligations may be withdrawn against 90.91% of bondable additions or retired or defeased Obligations of equivalent value. Cash deposited with the trustee for other purposes, including releases, may be withdrawn against bondable additions or retired or defeased Obligations of equivalent value and may, at our option, be used for the redemption of Obligations prior to their maturity, at their maturity or for the purchase of Obligations. To the extent that any trust moneys deposited with the trustee consist of the proceeds of insurance upon any part of the mortgaged property, those moneys may be withdrawn to reimburse us for costs to repair, rebuild or replace the destroyed or damaged property.
 
The lien of the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture will be released on the Release Date when the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture is superseded by the Restated Indenture. Unless we equally and ratably secure all other then-outstanding Obligations, the Restated Indenture will prohibit us from creating or permitting to exist any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance (a “security interest”) of any kind on specified properties for the purpose of securing the repayment of borrowed money or any obligation to pay the deferred purchase price for property or services, except for (1) security interests not exceeding the greater of two percent of our total assets and $10,000,000; and (2) security interests arising by operation of law or those in connection with the lease transactions or commodities trading agreements described below. These specified properties on which a security interest cannot be granted without equally and ratably securing the Obligations consist primarily of our real property, fixtures and tangible personal property that we use in whole or major part in connection with our generating facilities, including all electric production, transmission, or distribution facilities, equipment or property and any plant, structure or other facility for the development, production or storage of fuel or rights with respect to the supply of water. The specified properties do not include:
 
 
 
cash on hand or in banks (other than moneys deposited with the trustee under the Restated Indenture);
 
 
 
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shares of stock, bonds, notes, repurchase agreements and evidences of indebtedness and other securities;
 
 
 
patents, trademarks, trade names and other general intangibles;
 
 
 
transportation vehicles and movable equipment;
 
 
 
all nuclear fuel and all related accessories and supplies used for that fuel;
 
 
 
marine equipment and airplanes and all equipment relating thereto;
 
 
 
office furniture, equipment and supplies and data processing, accounting and other computer equipment, software and supplies and leases for office purposes;
 
 
 
leasehold interests for office purposes;
 
 
 
other leases for an original term of less than five years; and
 
 
 
timber, oil, gas, coal, ore and other minerals and all electric energy generated.
 
Under the Restated Indenture, the encumbrances resulting from our existing lease transactions or agreements relating to a future sale and leaseback or lease and leaseback transaction or similar transactions or a commodities trading agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business do not constitute security interests requiring the Obligations to be equally and ratably secured with respect to the assets subject to the transactions.
 
Depreciation Deposits
 
Until the first to occur of the Amendment Date or the Release Date, the Existing Indenture requires us, on or before July 1 in each year, since July 1, 1993, to deposit (a “Depreciation Deposit”) with the trustee cash in an amount equal to the excess, if any, obtained by subtracting (to the extent not previously subtracted) the aggregate amount of property that we have acquired since April 30, 1992 that is subject to the lien of the Existing Indenture to the date of the Depreciation Deposit, from our depreciation expense on all property subject to the lien of the Existing Indenture for the immediately preceding calendar year. The purpose of Depreciation Deposits was to establish a cash fund that provides additional security if our depreciation expenses exceed the value of bondable additions. Depreciation Deposits and other amounts deposited with the trustee may be withdrawn on the basis of bondable additions of property or retirement or defeasance of Obligations. To date, we have not been required to make, and have not made, any Depreciation Deposits. The Amended Indenture and the Restated Indenture will not require us to make any Depreciation Deposits after the Amendment Date or the Release Date.
 
Limitations on Issuance of Short-Term Debt
 
Until the first to occur of the Amendment Date or the Release Date, the Existing Indenture prohibits us from incurring or permitting to be outstanding any indebtedness (other than trade payables) with an original maturity of less than one year or which is redeemable at the option of the holder within one year from the date of original issuance, if, after giving effect thereto, the outstanding principal amount of that indebtedness would exceed the greater of $100 million and 15% of our long-term debt and equities determined on a consolidated basis as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter. Fifteen percent of our long-term debt and equities as of September 30, 2002, was approximately $126.5 million. The Amended Indenture and the Restated Indenture do not restrict our ability to issue short-term indebtedness.
 
Limitation on Cash Investments
 
Until the first to occur of the Amendment Date or the Release Date, the Existing Indenture prohibits us from investing or directing the trustee to invest more than 25% of the aggregate of (1) cash on hand held for working capital purposes, (2) moneys received by the trustee following a release of property from the lien under the

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Existing Indenture, (3) proceeds from a taking or insurance, or disposition of a portion of the trust estate or as a depreciation deposit, and (4) cash deposited with the trustee as a basis for additional Obligations, other than in:
 
 
 
obligations issued by or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or certificates or other evidences of interests in those obligations;
 
 
 
securities issued by any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America or any corporation created pursuant to any act of Congress;
 
 
 
commercial paper rated in either of the two highest rating categories by a national credit rating agency;
 
 
 
demand or time deposits, certificates of deposit and bankers’ acceptances issued or accepted by any bank or trust company having capital surplus and undivided profits aggregating at least $50 million and whose long-term debt is rated in any of the three highest rating categories by a national credit rating agency;
 
 
 
repurchase agreements that are secured by a perfected security interest in securities listed in the first two bullets above entered into with a government bond dealer recognized as a primary dealer by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any bank described in the preceding bullet;
 
 
 
non-convertible debt instruments rated in any of the three highest categories by a national credit rating agency; or
 
 
 
any short-term institutional investment fund or account which invests solely in any of the foregoing obligations.
 
These restrictions on our cash investments will end on the earlier to occur of the Amendment Date or the Release Date.
 
Book-Entry System; Exchangeability
 
Unless otherwise stated in any prospectus supplement, we will issue debt securities in book-entry form and the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) will act as the securities depository for the debt securities. Portions of the following description concerning DTC and DTC’s book-entry system are based on information furnished by DTC.
 
DTC has advised us as follows:
 
DTC will act as securities depository for each series of the debt securities. Each series of the debt securities will be issued as fully-registered debt securities registered in the name of Cede & Co. (DTC’s partnership nominee) or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. One fully-registered certificate will be issued for each series of the debt securities set forth on the front cover of the prospectus supplement, in the aggregate principal amount of such series, and will be deposited with DTC.
 
DTC, the world’s largest depository, is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. DTC holds and provides asset servicing for over 2 million issues of U.S. and non-U.S. equity issues, corporate and municipal debt issues, and money market instruments from over 85 countries that DTC’s participants (“Direct Participants”) deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the post-trade settlement among Direct Participants of sales and other securities transactions in deposited securities, through electronic computerized book-entry transfers and pledges between Direct Participants’ accounts. This eliminates the need for physical movement of certificates representing the debt securities. Direct Participants include both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain other organizations. DTC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (“DTCC”). DTCC, in turn, is owned by a number of Direct Participants of DTC and Members of the National Securities

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Clearing Corporation, Government Securities Clearing Corporation, MBS Clearing Corporation, and Emerging Markets Clearing Corporation (NSCC, GSCC, MBSCC, and EMCC, also subsidiaries of DTCC), as well as by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange LLC, and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, and clearing corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or indirectly (“Indirect Participants”). DTC has Standard & Poor’s highest rating: AAA. The DTC Rules applicable to its Participants are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information about DTC can be found at www.dtcc.com.
 
Purchases of the debt securities under the DTC system must be made by or through Direct Participants, which will receive a credit for the debt securities on DTC’s records. The ownership interest of each actual purchaser of a bond (“Beneficial Owner”) is in turn to be recorded on the Direct and Indirect Participants’ records. Beneficial Owners will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchase. Beneficial Owners are, however, expected to receive written confirmations providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic statements of their holdings, from the Direct or Indirect Participant through which the Beneficial Owner entered into the transaction. Transfers of ownership interests in the debt securities are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of Direct and Indirect Participants acting on behalf of Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners will not receive certificates representing their ownership interests in the debt securities, except in the event that use of the book-entry system for the debt securities is discontinued.
 
To facilitate subsequent transfers, all debt securities deposited by Direct Participants with DTC are registered in the name of DTC’s partnership nominee, Cede & Co., or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. The deposit of the debt securities with DTC and their registration in the name of Cede & Co. or such other DTC nominee do not effect any change in beneficial ownership. DTC has no knowledge of the actual Beneficial Owners of the debt securities; DTC’s records reflect only the identity of the Direct Participants to whose accounts such debt securities are credited, which may or may not be the Beneficial Owners. The Direct and Indirect Participants will remain responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers.
 
Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to Direct Participants, by Direct Participants to Indirect Participants, and by Direct Participants and Indirect Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time.
 
To the extent applicable, redemption notices shall be sent to DTC. Unless otherwise indicated in the DTC Letter of Representations among us, the trustee and DTC, if less than all of the debt securities are being redeemed, DTC’s practice is to determine by lot the amount of the interest of each Direct Participant in such issue to be redeemed.
 
Neither DTC nor Cede & Co. (nor any other DTC nominee) will consent or vote with respect to the debt securities unless authorized by a Direct Participant in accordance with DTC’s Procedures. Under its usual procedures, DTC would mail an Omnibus Proxy to us as soon as possible after the record date. The Omnibus Proxy assigns Cede & Co.’s consenting or voting rights to those Direct Participants to whose accounts the debt securities are credited on the record date (identified in a listing attached to the Omnibus Proxy).
 
Redemption proceeds on the debt securities will be made to Cede & Co., or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. DTC’s practice is to credit Direct Participants’ accounts upon DTC’s receipt of funds and corresponding detail information from us or the Initial Purchaser, on payable dates in accordance with their respective holdings shown on DTC’s records. Payments by Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is the case with the debt securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name,” and will be the responsibility of such Participant and not of DTC nor its nominee, the Initial Purchaser or us, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time. Payment of redemption proceeds, distributions and dividends

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to Cede & Co. (or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC) is our responsibility, disbursement of such payments to Direct Participants will be the responsibility of DTC, and disbursement of such payments to the Beneficial Owners will be the responsibility of Direct and Indirect Participants.
 
Unless otherwise stated in any prospectus supplement, each series of the debt securities will be represented by one or more global securities that we will deposit with DTC or its agent and will settle in DTC’s Same-Day Funds Settlement System and trade in that system in book-entry form until maturity. Therefore, secondary market trading activity for each series of the debt securities will settle in immediately available funds. We will pay principal and interest to DTC in immediately available funds. There can be no assurance as to the effect, if any, that settlement in immediately available funds will have on trading activity in each series of the debt securities.
 
DTC may discontinue providing its services as depository with respect to the debt securities at any time by giving reasonable notice to us. Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor depository is not obtained, physical certificates representing the debt securities are required to be printed and delivered.
 
We may decide to discontinue use of the system of book-entry transfers through DTC (or a successor securities depository). In that event, the securities certificates will be printed and delivered.
 
Additional Obligations
 
The aggregate principal amount of Obligations that may be issued under the Indenture is not limited.
 
Issuance of Additional Obligations Prior to the Amendment Date and the Release Date
 
Until the Release Date, additional Obligations, ranking equally and ratably with the existing Obligations, may be issued from time to time against:
 
 
 
10/11 (90.91%) of the amount of bondable additions,
 
 
 
the aggregate principal amount of retired or defeased Obligations, and
 
 
 
deposits of cash with the trustee.
 
Bondable additions equal the bondable value of all certified property additions (as described immediately below), less the bondable value of all property subject to the lien of the Existing Indenture that is retired after April 30, 1992. Property additions are defined in the Existing Indenture to include specified property chargeable to our fixed plant accounts, subject to the lien of the Existing Indenture, acquired or constructed by us since April 30, 1992 and not subject to pre-existing liens securing indebtedness prior to or on a parity with the lien of the Existing Indenture. For the purpose of calculating the amount of property additions and retirements, the bondable value of property acquired after April 30, 1992, is the lesser of the cost and the fair value of that property (determined as of the time of acquisition); and the bondable value of property acquired on or before April 30, 1992 is the gross book value of that property as of April 30, 1992. The amount of bondable additions available for the issuance of additional Obligations is approximately $86.7 million, plus the bondable value of all property additions (calculated as described above) after December 31, 2001, minus the bondable value of all property subject to the lien of the Indenture that is retired or disposed of after December 31, 2001. As a result, as of December 31, 2001, we could have issued approximately $78.8 million of additional Obligations on the basis of bondable additions. As of September 30, 2002, $43.7 million of additional Obligations may be issued under the Indenture on the basis of retired or defeased Obligations.
 
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the sum of (A) our margins for interest for that 12-month period; (B) the maximum annual interest (making assumptions with respect to variable rate debt) that will accrue on the additional Obligations to be issued; and (C) the maximum annual interest (making assumptions with respect to variable rate debt) on all Obligations and all indebtedness secured by a lien equal or prior to the lien of the Existing Indenture issued since the first day of that 12-month period to and including the date of issuance of such additional Obligations, but only to the extent interest charges on such other Obligations and indebtedness are not included within the computation of margins for interest for that period (net of interest savings during such 12-month period on any Obligations or indebtedness secured by a lien equal to or prior to the lien of the Existing Indenture retired with the proceeds of such additional Obligations) would equal at least 1.15 times the sum of the total interest charges during that 12-month period plus such maximum annual interest as determined pursuant to clause (B) above, plus the maximum annual interest determined pursuant to clause (C) above, minus interest savings during that 12-month period on the retired Obligations or indebtedness secured by a lien equal to or prior to the lien of the Existing Indenture.
 
See “—Rate Covenant” for a description of the calculation of interest charges and margins for interest under the Existing Indenture.
 
Issuance of Additional Obligations After Amendment Date but Prior to the Release Date
 
The Amended Indenture will continue to provide that the issuance of additional Obligations, ranking equally and ratably with the existing Obligations, may be made on the basis of bondable additions, retired or defeased Obligations or deposits of cash with the trustee. The Amended Indenture modifies, however, the certifications required before the issuance of additional Obligations. After the Amendment Date and prior to the Release Date, we must certify only that our margins for interest (calculated as described above under the Amended Indenture and the Restated Indenture) during a consecutive 12-month period within the 18-month period immediately preceding our request for additional Obligations was at least 1.10 times total interest charges (calculated as described above under the Amended Indenture and the Restated Indenture) during that 12-month period. No certification of a forward-looking margins for interest ratio will be required after the Amendment Date.
 
Issuance of Additional Obligations After the Release Date
 
Beginning on the Release Date, we may issue additional Obligations under the Restated Indenture, ranking equally and ratably with the debt securities and all other Obligations then outstanding under the Restated Indenture from time to time as authorized by the board of directors. The additional Obligations that we may issue may contain provisions for, among other things, optional redemption, prepayment, amortization of principal, and covenants and events of default that differ from the terms of the debt securities.
 
The aggregate principal amount of additional Obligations which may be authenticated and delivered and outstanding under the Restated Indenture is not otherwise limited, except as provided in the provisions of any supplemental indenture creating any series of Obligations and except as may be limited by law. The Restated Indenture does not otherwise restrict us from issuing additional or other indebtedness under another instrument.
 
Limitation on Distributions to Members
 
The Existing Indenture prohibits us from making any distribution, including a dividend or payment or retirement of patronage capital, to our members if we are in default under the Existing Indenture. Otherwise, we are permitted to make a distribution to our members if, after the distribution (1) our aggregate margins and equities as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter would be equal to or greater than 20% of our total long-term debt and equities and the aggregate amount of all distributions after the date on which our aggregate margins and equities first reached 20% of total long-term debt and equities does not exceed 35% of our aggregate net margins earned after that date; or (2) our aggregate margins and equities as of the end of the most recent

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fiscal quarter would be equal to or greater than 30% of our total long-term debt and equities. Under current accounting requirements, our equities consist of our patronage capital and accumulated other comprehensive income. Accumulated other comprehensive income consists of the change in the market value of our investments. At September 30, 2002, we could have distributed $10.0 million to our members under this formula.
 
After the Amendment Date or the Release Date, we may not make any distribution, including a dividend or payment or retirement of patronage capital, to our members if an event of default exists under the Amended Indenture or the Restated Indenture. Otherwise, we will be permitted to make a distribution to our members if (1) after the distribution, our patronage capital as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter would be equal to or greater than 20% of our total long-term debt and patronage capital, or (2) all of our distributions for the year in which the distribution is to be made do not exceed 5% of our patronage capital as of the end of the most recent fiscal year. For this purpose, patronage capital and total long-term debt and patronage capital do not include any earnings retained in any of our subsidiaries or affiliates or the debt of any subsidiary or affiliate.
 
Events of Default and Remedies
 
Events of default under the Indenture consist of:
 
 
 
failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, on any Obligation when due (and after the Release Date, subject to any applicable grace period set forth in the Obligation or supplemental indenture under which the Obligation is issued);
 
 
 
failure to pay any interest on any Obligation when due, continued beyond any applicable grace period (the duration of which, unless, after the Release Date, specified otherwise in the Obligation, is 45 days);
 
 
 
any other breach by us of any of our warranties or covenants contained in the Indenture, continued for 45 days after written notice from the trustee or the holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Obligations;
 
 
 
prior to the Amendment Date or the Release Date, failure to pay when due any portion of the principal of, or acceleration of, any other indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $5 million if that indebtedness is not discharged within any applicable grace period or the acceleration is not rescinded or annulled;
 
 
 
on or after the Amendment Date or the Release Date, failure to pay when due (other than amounts due on acceleration) any portion of the principal of any indebtedness for money borrowed (other than pursuant to the Amended Indenture or the Restated Indenture), which failure resulted in the indebtedness becoming due or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, in an aggregate amount in excess of $10 million unless that indebtedness is discharged or the acceleration rescinded or annulled within 10 days after the acceleration;
 
 
 
a judgment against us in excess of $5 million ($10 million after the Amendment Date or the Release Date) which remains unsatisfied or unstayed for 45 days after either entry of judgment or termination of a stay, and the judgment remains unstayed or unsatisfied for a period of ten days after notice thereof from the trustee or the holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Obligations; or
 
 
 
other proceedings in bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency, liquidation or reorganization.
 
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except that, so long as not in default with respect to its credit enhancement for any Obligations, a credit enhancer for, and not the actual holders of, those Obligations will be deemed to be the holder of those Obligations for purposes of, among other things, taking action in connection with the remedies set forth in the Indenture. In the event that the debt securities are insured by a credit enhancer, generally, the insurer and not the actual holders of the debt securities will have the right to exercise any remedies that would otherwise be exercisable by the holders of the debt securities under the Indenture.
 
If an event of default occurs and is continuing, either the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Obligations may accelerate the maturity of all Obligations. However, after the acceleration, but before sale of any of the trust estate or a judgment or decree based on acceleration, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Obligations may, under some circumstances, rescind the acceleration if, among other things, all events of default, other than the non-payment of accelerated principal, have been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture.
 
No holder of any Obligation will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for any remedy thereunder, unless (1) the holder previously has given to the trustee written notice of a continuing event of default, (2) the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Obligations have made written request and offered reasonable indemnity to the trustee to institute such proceeding as trustee, (3) the trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding, and (4) the trustee has not received from the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Obligations a direction inconsistent with that request. However, the limitations on the holders’ rights to institute proceedings do not apply to a suit instituted by a holder of an Obligation for the enforcement of payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on such Obligation on or after the respective due date stated therein. If an event of default affects the holders of one or more series of debt securities only, any action previously described that requires the approval of holders of Obligations can be taken by the holders of such respective series alone in the same percentage.
 
The Indenture provides that the trustee, within 90 days after the occurrence of an event of default (but at least 60 days after the occurrence of some specified events of default), will give to the holders of Obligations notice of all uncured defaults known to it, except that in the case of a default in the payment of principal of, premium (if any), sinking fund payment or interest on any Obligations, the trustee will be protected in withholding that notice if it in good faith determines that the withholding of that notice is in the interest of the holders of the Obligations.
 
The Indenture provides that if an event of default has occurred and is continuing, the trustee will exercise its rights and powers under the Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
 
If an event of default occurs and is continuing prior to the Release Date, the trustee may sell the mortgaged property, in either judicial or nonjudicial proceedings. The proceeds from disposition of the mortgaged property prior to the Release Date will be applied as follows: (1) to the payment of all amounts due the trustee; (2) if all Obligations have become due and payable, to the payment of outstanding Obligations without preference or priority between interest or principal or among Obligations; and (3) if any principal has not become due and payable, then first to interest installments in the order of their maturity and second to principal or redemption price. After the Release Date, moneys collected by the trustee following an event of default will be applied in the same manner.
 
Prior to the date the trustee obtains a judgment for the payment of money due, the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Obligations, by written notice to the trustee, may waive any past defaults, except a default in payment of the principal or interest on any Obligation, or in respect of any covenant or provision that by its terms cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each Obligation affected. Upon any such waiver, the default will cease to exist and any event of default arising therefrom will be deemed cured.

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The Indenture requires us to deliver to the trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a written statement as to our compliance (determined without regard to any grace period or notice requirement) with all conditions and covenants under the Indenture. In addition, we are required to deliver to the trustee, promptly after any of our officers may be reasonably deemed to have knowledge of a default under the Indenture, a written notice specifying the nature and duration of the default and the action we are taking and propose to take with respect thereto.
 
Amendments and Supplemental Indentures
 
Without the Consent of Holders
 
Without the consent of the holders of any Obligations, we and the trustee may from time to time enter into one or more supplemental indentures:
 
 
 
to add to the conditions, limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of the issue, authentication and delivery of Obligations or of any series of Obligations under the Indenture;
 
 
 
to create any new series of Obligations;
 
 
 
to evidence the succession of another corporation and the assumption by that successor of our covenants;
 
 
 
to add to our covenants or to surrender any of our rights or powers;
 
 
 
to modify or eliminate any of the terms of the Indenture; but if any modification or elimination made in a supplemental indenture would adversely affect or diminish the rights of the holders of any Obligations then outstanding against us or our property, the supplemental indenture must state that any of these modifications or eliminations will become effective only when there is no Obligation of any series created prior to the execution of that supplemental indenture (subject to the trustee’s discretion, it may decline to enter into a supplemental indenture which, in its opinion, may not afford adequate protection to the trustee when that supplemental indenture becomes operative);
 
 
 
to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision in the Indenture which may be inconsistent with any other provision or to make any other provisions, with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture, which is not inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture, provided that this action will not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Obligations in any material respect;
 
 
 
to evidence the succession of another trustee or the appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee;
 
 
 
to add or change any provision of the Indenture to the extent necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Obligations in bearer or book-entry form;
 
 
 
to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of the Indenture to the extent necessary to effect the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or under any similar federal statute hereafter enacted; or
 
 
 
to make any other change in the Indenture that, in the reasonable judgment of the trustee, will not materially and adversely affect the rights of holders of Obligations.
 
Prior to the Release Date, we and the trustee may also enter into one or more supplemental indentures, without the consent of holders of Obligations, to correct or amplify the description of any property at any time subject to the lien of the Existing Indenture, to confirm property subject or required to be subjected to the lien of the Indenture, or to subject additional property to the lien of the Existing Indenture.
 
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Amendment Date or the Release Date, any supplemental indenture will be presumed not to materially adversely affect the rights of holders if:
 
 
 
the Amended Indenture or the Restated Indenture, as supplemented, provides equally and ratably for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the outstanding Obligations remaining outstanding; and
 
 
 
we furnish to the trustee written evidence from two nationally recognized rating agencies rating the Obligations that their respective ratings of the outstanding Obligations (or other obligations primarily secured by outstanding Obligations) not subject to credit enhancement will not be withdrawn or reduced.
 
With the Consent of Holders
 
With the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Obligations of all series then outstanding affected by a supplemental indenture, we and the trustee may enter into one or more supplemental indentures to add, change or eliminate any of the provisions of the Indenture or modify the rights of the holders of Obligations, but no such supplemental indenture will, without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Obligation affected thereby:
 
 
 
change the stated maturity (the date specified in each Obligation as the fixed date on which the principal of the Obligation or an installment of interest on the Obligation is due and payable) of or reduce the principal of, or any installment of interest on, any Obligation, or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or change any place of payment (the city or political subdivision thereof in which we are required by the Indenture to maintain an office or agency for payment of the principal of or interest on the Obligations) where any Obligation, or the interest on the Obligation is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the stated maturity of the Obligation (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date);
 
 
 
reduce the percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Obligations the consent of the holders of which is required for various purposes;
 
 
 
modify what constitutes an outstanding Obligation, modify the Indenture in a manner as to affect the rights of the holders to the benefits of the sinking fund or modify other provisions of the Indenture;
 
 
 
on or after the earlier to occur of the Amendment Date or the Release Date, modify the Indenture as to the application of moneys received by the trustee; or
 
 
 
permit (prior to the Release Date) the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the lien of the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture with respect to any of the mortgaged property except as otherwise permitted.
 
See “—Credit Enhancer” for a description of instances pursuant to which an insurer of our Obligations will be considered a holder of our Obligations.
 
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer
 
Under the Existing Indenture and the Amended Indenture, we have agreed not to consolidate with or merge into any other entity or convey or transfer substantially all of our property and assets to any entity, unless:
 
 
 
the consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer is on terms that fully preserve the lien and security under the Existing Indenture and the Amended Indenture and the rights and powers of the trustee and the holders of the Obligations;
 
 
 
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we execute and deliver to the trustee a supplemental indenture in form recordable and satisfactory to the trustee, meeting the relevant requirements under the Existing Indenture and the Amended Indenture and containing (1) an assumption by the successor of the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the Obligations and the performance and observance of every covenant and condition of the Existing Indenture and the Amended Indenture to be performed or observed by us, and (2) a grant, conveyance, transfer and mortgage complying with the relevant provisions under the Existing Indenture and the Amended Indenture;
 
 
 
immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no event of default under the Existing Indenture or the Amended Indenture will exist; and
 
 
 
we deliver to the trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel stating that the consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and the supplemental indenture comply with the terms of the Existing Indenture and the Amended Indenture.
 
Under the Restated Indenture, we have agreed not to consolidate with or merge into any other entity or convey or transfer substantially all of our property and assets to any entity, unless:
 
 
 
the entity formed by that consolidation or merger or the entity which acquires all or substantially all of our properties and assets is organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state;
 
 
 
the entity executes and delivers to the trustee a supplemental indenture in form satisfactory to the trustee containing an assumption by the successor entity of the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the Obligations and the performance and observance of every covenant and condition of the Restated Indenture to be performed or observed by us;
 
 
 
immediately after giving effect to these transactions, no event of default exists under the Restated Indenture; and
 
 
 
we deliver to the trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel stating that the consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and supplemental indenture comply with the relevant terms of the Restated Indenture.
 
Defeasance
 
The Indenture provides that Obligations of any series, or any maturity within a series, will be deemed to have been paid and (subject to receipt of required rulings or opinions relating to tax matters) our obligations to the holders of those Obligations will be discharged, if we deposit with the trustee or paying agent cash or defeasance securities maturing as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as are sufficient to pay when due the principal or (if applicable) redemption price and interest due and to become due on those Obligations. Permitted defeasance securities include debt instruments or other obligations the principal and interest on which constitute direct obligations of, or are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States and, after the Amendment Date or the Release Date, some “AAA”-rated, pre-refunded municipal debt securities, and, in both cases, certificates of interest or participation in any such obligations, or in specified portions thereof.
 
Trustee, Paying Agent
 
The trustee and paying agent under the Indenture is SunTrust Bank, as successor to Crestar Bank.
 
Reports
 
As long as the Indenture is required to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, we are obligated to file with the trustee copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports which we may be required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities

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Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We are obligated to make these filings with the trustee within 15 days after we are required to file them with the SEC. We intend to continue filing periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission for so long as any publicly held debt securities remain outstanding.
 
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
 
We may sell the debt securities through underwriters or agents or directly to one or more purchasers. Any underwriter or agent involved in the offer and sale of the debt securities will be named in the related prospectus supplement. If we sell debt securities directly, no underwriters or agents would be involved.
 
Underwriters or agents may offer and sell the debt securities at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. In connection with the sale of the debt securities, underwriters or agents may be deemed to have received compensation from us in the form of underwriting discounts or commissions and also may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from other underwriters or commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as agent.
 
The debt securities, when first issued, will have no established trading market. Any underwriters or agents to or through whom we sell debt securities for public offering and sale may make a market in those debt securities, but these underwriters or agents will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for the debt securities.
 
We may have agreements with the underwriters or agents to indemnify them against or provide contribution toward certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
 
In order to facilitate the offering of the debt securities, the underwriters or agents may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of the debt securities. Specifically, the underwriters or agents may overallot in connection with the offering, creating short positions in the debt securities for their own accounts. In addition, to cover overallotments or to stabilize the price of the debt securities, the underwriters or agents may bid for and purchase the debt securities in the open market. Any of these activities may stabilize or maintain the market price of the debt securities above independent market levels. The underwriters and agents are not required to engage in these activities and may end any of the activities at any time.
 
In addition, some underwriters or agents and their affiliates may engage in transactions with, lend money to and perform services for us in the ordinary course of their businesses.
 
LEGAL OPINIONS
 
LeClair Ryan, a Professional Corporation, and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP will pass upon the legality and enforceability of the debt securities for us.
 
EXPERTS
 
The consolidated financial statements of Old Dominion Electric Cooperative as of and for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 appearing in Old Dominion Electric Cooperative’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2001, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in their report thereon included therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
The consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 1999 incorporated in this Prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2001 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

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LOGO
 
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
 
$300,000,000
 
            % 2002 Series B Bonds Due 2028
 
 

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
 

 
JPMorgan                            Goldman, Sachs & Co.
 

 
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PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
I.    Item 14.    Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
 
The following table sets forth an itemized list of the costs and expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions to be paid by Old Dominion, in connection with the issuance of the debt securities. All amounts shown are estimates except for the registration fee.
 
SEC registration fee
  
$
66,240
Blue sky fees and expenses
  
 
30,000
Printing and engraving expenses
  
 
175,000
Legal fees and expenses
  
 
1,500,000
Credit enhancement insurance
  
 
5,000,000
Accounting fees and expenses
  
 
400,000
Trustee fees
  
 
6,000
Rating agency fees
  
 
450,000
Recording taxes
  
 
432,000
Miscellaneous expenses
  
 
100,000
    

Total
  
$
8,159,240
    

 
II.    Item 15.    Indemnification of Officers and Directors
 
Pursuant to Article 8 of our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation we will indemnify our officers and directors for all costs and expenses in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding in which such officer or director may be a party as a result of conduct performed within the scope of his or her duties. We will not, however, indemnify an officer or director in relation to a matter in which such officer or director shall be finally adjudicated in an action, suit or proceeding to have acted negligently or with misconduct in the performance of his or her duty.
 
In addition, Article 10.01 of our Bylaws requires that we indemnify and defend an officer or director who is a party, or threatened to be made a party, to a civil, criminal or administrative proceeding, including for expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlements, actually and reasonably incurred. An officer or director will only receive such indemnification if the acts complained of were in the scope of such officer’s or director’s duties. We may pay the expenses incurred by any director or officer entitled to indemnification in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of any such action, suit or proceeding, if we receive an undertaking from such officer or director that such officer or director will repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that such officer or director is not entitled to be indemnified by us as authorized by law.
 
III.    Item 16.    Exhibits
 
Listed below are the exhibits which are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
 
Exhibit Number

  
Description

  1.1
  
Form of Underwriting Agreement between the Registrant and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as Representative.
*4.1
  
Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of May 1, 1992, between Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and Crestar Bank, as Trustee (filed as exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1992, File No. 33-46795, filed on March 30, 1993).

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Exhibit
Number

  
Description

*4.2
  
First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 1, 1992, to the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of
Trust, dated as of May 1, 1992, between Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and Crestar Bank, as Trustee (filed as exhibit 4.22 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1992, File No. 33-46795, filed on March 30, 1993).
*4.3
  
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1992, to the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of May 1, 1992, between Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and Crestar Bank, as Trustee (filed as exhibit 4.24 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1992, File No. 33-46795, filed on March 30, 1993).
*4.4
  
Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1993, to the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of May 1, 1992, between Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and Crestar Bank, as Trustee (filed as exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1993, File No. 33-46795, filed on August 10, 1993).
*4.5
  
Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 15, 1994, to the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of May 1, 1992, between Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and Crestar Bank, as Trustee (filed as exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, File No. 33-46795, on March 20, 1997).
*4.6
  
Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 29, 1996, to the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of May 1, 1992, between Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and Crestar Bank, as Trustee (filed as exhibit 4.6 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, File No. 33-46795, on March 20, 1997).
*4.7
  
Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 28, 1997, to the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of May 1, 1992, between Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and Crestar Bank, as Trustee (filed as exhibit 4.7 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998, File No. 33-46795, on March 25, 1999).
*4.8
  
Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 1998, to the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of May 1, 1992, between Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and Crestar Bank, as Trustee (filed as exhibit 4.8 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998, File No. 33-46795, on March 25, 1999).
*4.9
  
Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 30, 1998, to the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of May 1, 1992, between Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and Crestar Bank, as Trustee (filed as exhibit 4.9 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998, File No. 33-46795, on March 25, 1999).
*4.10
  
Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 1999, to the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of May 1, 1992, between Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and Crestar Bank, as Trustee (filed as exhibit 4.10 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, File No. 33-46795, on March 22, 2000).
*4.11
  
Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2000, to the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of May 1, 1992, between Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and Suntrust Bank (formerly Crestar Bank), as Trustee (filed as exhibit 4.11 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, File No. 33-46795, on March 19, 2001).
*4.12
  
Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2001, to the Indenture of Mortgage and
Deed of Trust dated as of May 1, 1992, between Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and SunTrust Bank (formerly Crestar Bank), as Trustee (filed as exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended September 30, 2001, File No. 33-46795, filed on November 20, 2001).

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Number

  
Description

*4.13
  
Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2001, to the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of May 1, 1992, between Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and SunTrust Bank (formerly Crestar Bank), as Trustee (filed as exhibit 4.12 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, File No. 33-46795, filed on April 1, 2002).
4.14
  
Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2002, to the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of May 1, 1992, between Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and SunTrust Bank (formerly Crestar Bank), as Trustee.
4.15
  
Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2002, to the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of May 1, 1992, between Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and SunTrust Bank (formerly Crestar Bank), as Trustee.
*4.16
  
Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2001, between Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee (filed as exhibit 4.2 to Registrant’s Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended September 30, 2001, File No. 33-46795, filed on November 20, 2001).
4.17
  
First Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 1, 2002, to the Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2001, between Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee.
4.18
  
Form of 2002 Series B Bond.
5.1
  
Opinion of LeClair Ryan, a Professional Corporation (previously filed as an exhibit to this Registration Statement).
5.2
  
Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
12.1
  
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Other Ratios (previously filed as an exhibit to this Registration Statement).
23.1
  
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
  
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.3
  
Consent of LeClair Ryan, a Professional Corporation (included in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
23.4
  
Consent of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (included in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.2)
24
  
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
25
  
Form T-1, Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of SunTrust Bank, as Trustee.

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Incorporated by reference herein.
 
IV.    Item 17.    Undertakings
 
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative hereby undertakes:
 
(1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
 
(i)    To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, unless the information required to be included in such post-effective amendment is contained in a periodic report filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated in this registration statement by reference;
 
(ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement,

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unless the information required to be included in such post-effective amendment is contained in a periodic report filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated in this registration statement by reference;
 
(iii)    To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.
 
(2)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment and each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
(3)    To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
 
(4)    For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrants pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
 
(5)    For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification by the registrant against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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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 Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the County of Henrico, Commonwealth of Virginia, on the 25th day of November, 2002.
 
OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
By:
 
/s/    DANIEL M. WALKER        

   
Daniel M. Walker
Senior Vice President of Accounting and Finance

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POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
 
Signature

  
Title

 
Date

**

Jackson E. Reasor
  
President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)
 
November 25, 2002
/s/    DANIEL M. WALKER

Daniel M. Walker
  
Senior Vice President of Accounting and Finance (principal financial and accounting officer)
 
November 25, 2002
**

Konstantinos N. Kappatos
  
Senior Vice President of Power Supply Planning
 
November 25, 2002
**

Gregory W. White
  
Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations
 
November 25, 2002
**

William M. Alphin
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

E. Paul Bienvenue
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

John E. Bonfadini
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

Dick D. Bowman
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

M. Johnson Bowman
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

M Dale Bradshaw
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

Vernon N. Brinkley
  
Class A and Class B Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

Calvin P. Carter
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

Glenn F. Chappell
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

Carl R. Eason
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002

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Signature

  
Title

 
Date

**

Stanley C. Feuerberg
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

Hunter R. Greenlaw, Jr.
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

Bruce A. Henry
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

Frederick L. Hubbard
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

David J. Jones
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

Hugh M. Landes
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

William M. Leech, Jr.
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

M. Larry Longshore
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

James M. Reynolds
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

Charles R. Rice, Jr.
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002

Philip B. Tankard
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

Cecil E. Viverette, Jr.
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

Carl R. Widdowson
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
**

C. Douglas Wine
  
Class A Director
 
November 25, 2002
 
**
 
By his signature set forth below, the undersigned pursuant to authorized powers of attorney filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, has signed this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 on behalf of the persons indicated.
 
By:
 
/s/    DANIEL M. WALKER        

   
Daniel M. Walker (Attorney-in-Fact)

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