Exhibit No.              Description

                     3(I)                    Restated  Charter of Carolina
                                             Power & Light  Company  as amended
                                             on May 10, 1996.

                     3(II)                   By-Laws of  Carolina  Power &
                                             Light   Company   as   amended   on
                                             September 18, 1996.

                     10(b)                   Performance  Share  Sub-Plan of the
                                             1997 Equity Incentive Plan, adopted
                                             by   the    Personnel,    Executive
                                             Development    and     Compensation
                                             Committee    of   the    Board   of
                                             Directors, March 19, 1997, (subject
                                             to shareholder approval of the 1997
                                             Equity  Incentive  Plan,  which was
                                             obtained on May 7, 1997). 

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