SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 20, 2004
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Commission | Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter, | IRS Employer |
1-14766 | Energy East Corporation | 14-1798693 |
1-672 | Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation | 16-0612110 |
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Item 5. Other Events
(See report on Form 10-Q for Energy East Corporation and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (RG&E) for the quarter ended September 30, 2003, Item 2(a) Liquidity and Capital Resources, RG&E 2003 Electric and Gas Rate Proceeding and Sale of Ginna Station and reports on Form 8-K for Energy East and RG&E dated November 13 and 25, 2003, and December 18, 2003.)
RG&E 2003 Electric and Gas Rate Proceeding:
On January 20, 2004, RG&E, a utility subsidiary of Energy East Corporation, issued a news release concerning rebuttal testimony it filed in its ongoing electric and natural gas rate proceedings. The news release is attached as Exhibit 99-1 to this document.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
99-1 | Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation's news release dated January 20, 2004. |
Forward-looking Statements: This Form 8-K contains certain forward-looking statements that are based on management's current expectations and information that is currently available. Whenever used in this report, the words "estimate," "expect," "believe," "anticipate," or similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. For a discussion of the risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Forward-looking Statements" in Energy East's and RG&E's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: January 20, 2004 | ENERGY EAST CORPORATION |
ROCHESTER GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION |