EXHIBIT 10-A-36

SERVICE AGREEMENT NO. 49530

CONTROL NO. 1995-04-30 - 0026

SST SERVICE AGREEMENT

THIS  AGREEMENT,  made and entered into this 7th day of November,  1995,  by and
between:

COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION ("SELLER")
    AND
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA INCORPORATED
("BUYER")

WITNESSETH: That in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the
parties hereto agree as follows:

Section 1. Service to be Rendered.  Seller shall perform and Buyer shall receive
service in accordance with the provisions of the effective SST Rate Schedule and
applicable  General Terms and  Conditions  of Seller's  FERC Gas Tariff,  Second
Revised  Volume  No. 1  (Tariff),  on file with the  Federal  Energy  Regulatory
Commission (Commission),  as the same may be amended or superseded in accordance
with the rules and  regulations  of the  Commission.  The maximum  obligation of
Seller to deliver gas hereunder to or for Buyer,  the  designation of the points
of delivery at which Seller shall deliver or cause gas to be delivered to or for
Buyer, and the points of receipt at which Buyer shall deliver or cause gas to be
delivered,  are specified in Appendix A, as the same may be amended from time to
time by agreement  between Buyer and Seller, or in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Commission.  Service  hereunder shall be provided  subject to
the  provisions of Part 284. 223 of Subpart G of the  Commission's  regulations.
Buyer warrants that service hereunder is being provided on behalf of BUYER .

Section 2. Term.  Service under this Agreement shall commence as of NOVEMBER 01,
1997 , or upon  completion  of facilities  and shall  continue in full force and
effect  until  OCTOBER  31,  2012,  and from  YEAR  -to-YEAR  thereafter  unless
terminated  by either party upon 2 YEARS ' written  notice to the other prior to
the  end  of the  initial  term  granted  or any  anniversary  date  thereafter.
Pre-granted abandonment shall apply upon termination of this Agreement,  subject
to any right of first refusal Buyer may have under the Commission's  regulations
and Seller's Tariff.

Section 3. Rates.  Buyer shall pay Seller the charges and furnish  Retainage  as
described in the above-referenced  Rate Schedule,  unless otherwise agreed to by
the parties in writing and specified as an amendment to this Service Agreement.

Section 4. Notices. Notices to Seller under this Agreement shall be addressed to
it at Post Office Box 1273,  Charleston,  West Virginia  25325-1273,  Attention:
Manager - Agreements  Administration  and notices to Buyer shall be addressed to
it at:

 PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA INCORPORATED
 P O BOX 1398
 400 COX ROAD
 GASTONIA,  NC   28053-1398

ATTN: DANNY SMITH;
until changed by either party by written notice.






SERVICE AGREEMENT NO. 49530
CONTROL NO. 1995-O4-30 - 0026

SST SERVICE AGREEMENT

Section 5. Superseded Agreements. This Service Agreement supersedes and cancels,
as of the effective date hereof, the following Service Agreements: N/A.

PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA INCORPORATED

By:     Franklin H. Yoho

Name:   /s/ Franklin H. Yoho

Title:  Senior Vice President - Marketing & Gas Supply

Date:   10/31/95

COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

By:      /s/Stephen M. Warnick

Name:    Stephen M. Warnick

Title:   Vice President

Date:    November 7, 1995







Revision No.
Control No. 1995-04-30 - 0026

Appendix A to Service Agreement No. 49530
   Under Rate Schedule SST
Between (Seller) COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION
and (Buyer) PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA
INCORPORATED

October through March Transportation Demand      11,778 Dth/day

April through September Transportation Demand      5,889 Dth/day


                                  Primary Receipt Points


Scheduling            Scheduling                        Maximum Daily
Point No.             Point Name                        Quantity (Dth/Day)
STOW                  STORAGE WITHDRAWALS                    11,778






Revision No.
Control No. 1995-04-30 - 0026

Appendix A to Service Agreement No. 49530
   Under Rate Schedule SST

Between (Seller) COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION
and (Buyer) PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA
INCORPORATED



                                  Primary Delivery Points


Scheduling      Scheduling           Measuring       Measuring
Point No.       Point Name           Point No.       Point Name
- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
833097       TRC BOSWELLS TAVERN      833097         TRC BOSWELLS TAVERN


                                    Maximum     S1/
                                    Delivery
Maximum Daily                       Pressure
Delivery Obligation                 Obligation
   (Dth/Day)                        (PSIG)
11,778                                750






Revision No.
Control No. 1995-04-30 - 0026

Appendix A to Service Agreement No. 49530
   Under Rate Schedule SST
Between (Seller) COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION  and
(Buyer) PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA
INCORPORATED

S1             /    IF A MAXIMUM PRESSURE IS NOT SPECIFICALLY STATED,
                    THEN SELLER'S OBLIGATION SHALL BE AS STATED IN
                    SECTION 13 (DELIVERY PRESSURE) OF THE GENERAL
                    TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

GFNT           /    THIS SERVICE AGREEMENT AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS ARE
                    SUBJECT TO PRECEDENT AGREEMENT NO. 47810
                    BETWEEN BUYER AND SELLER DATED JUNE 27, 1995.

                    UNLESS STATION  SPECIFIC  MDDOS ARE SPECIFIED IN A SEPARATE
                    FIRM SERVICE  AGREEMENT BETWEEN SELLER AND BUYER,  SELLER'S
                    AGGREGATE MAXIMUM  DAILY  DELIVERY  OBLIGATION, UNDER  THIS
                    AND ANY  OTHER SERVICE  AGREEMENT  BETWEEN SELLER AND BUYER,
                    AT THE STATION(S) LISTED ABOVE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE MDDO
                    QUANTITIES SET FORTH ABOVE FOR EACH STATION.  ANY STATION
                    SPECIFIC MDDOS IN A SEPARATE FIRM SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
                    SELLER AND BUYER SHALL BE ADDITIVE TO THE INDIVIDUAL STATION
                    MDDOS SET FORTH ABOVE.





Revision No.
Control No. 1995-04-30 - 0026

Appendix A to Service Agreement No. 49530
   Under Rate Schedule SST
Between (Seller) COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION  and
(Buyer) PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA
INCORPORATED

The Master  List of  Interconnects  (MLI) as defined in Section 1 of the General
Terms and Conditions of Seller's Tariff is incorporated  herein by reference for
the purposes of listing valid secondary receipt and delivery points.

Service  changes  pursuant  to this Appendix  A shall  become  effective  as of
November 1, 1997, or upon completion of facilities. This Appendix A shall cancel
and  supersede  the  previous  Appendix A  effective  as of N/A,  to the Service
Agreement  referenced  above.  With the  exception of this Appendix A, all other
terms and  conditions of said Service  Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect.

PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA INCORPORATED

By:           Franklin H. Yoho

Name:         /s/ Franklin H. Yoho

Title:        Senior Vice President - Marketing & Gas Supply

Date:         10/31/95


COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

By:         /s/Stephen M. Warnick

Name:       Stephen M. Warnick

Title:      Vice President

Date:       November 7, 1995