UNITED STATES




UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549




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Application of Unitil Corporation

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CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO

and its Subsidiaries on Form U-1

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RULE 24 UNDER THE PUBLIC

 

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UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT

(File No. 70-9633)

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of 1935


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Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 24 under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, Unitil Corporation ("Unitil"), on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, Unitil Energy Systems, Inc., Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company, Unitil Power Corp., Unitil Realty Corp., Unitil Resources Inc. and Unitil Service Corp., hereby files the attached quarterly report as required by the Securities and Exchange Commission's order approving short-term borrowings by Unitil and its subsidiaries and approving the Unitil System money pool (HCAR. No. 27182; File No. 70-9633, June 9, 2000).










Exhibit


Exhibit A -

Quarterly Report of Unitil Corporation and Its Subsidiaries by Short-term

 

Borrowings and Money Pool Transactions for the Fourth quarter of 2002.



SIGNATURE







Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the undersigned company has duly caused this Certificate to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.





 

UNITIL CORPORATION

  
  
  
 

By:        /s/ Mark H. Collin

 

               Mark H. Collin

 

               Treasurer



Dated:  




    

EXHIBIT  A

QUARTERLY REPORT BY

UNITIL CORPORATION AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

OF SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS

AND MONEY POOL TRANSACTIONS

FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2002

     
  

Unitil Energy

Fitchburg

 
 

Unitil

Systems

Gas & Electric

 
 

Corporation

Inc. **

Light Company

 
     

(a)

    

Maximum Principal Amount

    

of Short-term Borrowings

    

Outstanding During the

    

Quarter:

    

     Money Pool

N/A

$9,978,614

$24,558,655

 

     Banks

$35,990,000

None

None

 
     

(b)

    

Average Interest Rate for

    

the Money Pool Borrowings

    

During the Quarter*

N/A

2.00%

2.03%

 
     

(c)

    

Maximum Amount Outstanding

    

By Company for Each Source

    

of Outside Borrowings

    

During the Quarter:

    

     Fleet Bank – NH

$15,990,000

None

None

 

     Citizens Bank

$11,000,000

None

None

 

     Sovereign Bank

$9,000,000

None

None

 
 

*Excludes Bank Service and commitment fees.

 

**Exeter & Hampton Electric (E&H) was merged into Concord Electric Company (CEC) on December 2, 2002.  The name of the surviving company was changed on that date to Unitil Energy Systems, Inc. (UES).  The data for the 4th quarter of 2002 reflects the combination of CEC and E&H.



    

EXHIBIT A

QUARTERLY REPORT BY

UNITIL CORPORATION AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

OF SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS

AND MONEY POOL TRANSACTIONS

FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2002

     
 

UNITIL

UNITIL

UNITIL

UNITIL

 

Power

Realty

Service

Resources

 

Corp.

Corp.

Corp.

Inc.

     

(a)

    

Maximum Principal Amount

    

of Short-term Borrowings

    

Outstanding During the

    

Quarter:

    

     Money Pool

 $2,747,961

None

$5,666,037

$1,536,800

     Banks

None

None

None

None

     

(b)

    

Average Interest Rate for

    

the Money Pool Borrowings

    

During the Quarter*

2.03%

None

2.06%

2.01%

     

(c)

    

Maximum Amount Outstanding

    

By Company for Each Source

    

of Outside Borrowings

    

During the Quarter:

    

     Fleet Bank – NH

None

None

None

None

     Citizens Bank

None

None

None

None



     Sovereign Bank

None

None

None

None



     

* Excludes Bank Service and Commitment Fees.