Exemption of Issuance and Sale of Certain Securities by Public Utility and Nonutility Subsidiary Companies of Registered Public Utility Holding Companies; Exemption of Acquisition by Companies in a Registered Public Utility Holding Company System of Certain Securities of Associate Companies; Exemption of Capital Contributions and Open Account Advances, Without Interest, by Parent Companies to Subsidiary Companies

The Commission is amending rule 52, which exempts certain financing transactions involving the securities of the public utility subsidiary companies of a registered public utility holding company from the requirement of prior Commission approval under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ("Act'). As amended, the rule will exempt certain additional types of securities, and will exempt the issuance and sale of certain types of securities of nonutility subsidiary companies of a registered holding company in connection with routine financing transactions. The Commission is also amending rule 45(b)(4) to exempt from the requirement of prior Commission authorization under section 12(b) of the Act and rule 45(a) all capital contributions and open account advances by a parent company to its subsidiary company. These amendments are intended to eliminate unnecessary regulatory and paperwork burdens associated with seeking Commission approval for routine financings by registered holding companies and their subsidiary companies.