SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
             Washington, D.C. 20549
  
  
                  Form 10-K/A
  
                AMENDMENT NO. 2
  
  
             AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION OR REPORT
        Filed pursuant to Section 12, 13, or 15(d) of
             THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  
             YANKEE ENERGY SYSTEM, INC.
   (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
  
  
  
   The undersigned registrant hereby amends the following
  items, financial statements, exhibits, or other portions of
  its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
  September 30, 1993:
  
   Part IV:  Index to Exhibits and Exhibit 10.71, 10.72 and
               10.73. 
  
   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this amendment to
  be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized.
  
  
                       YANKEE ENERGY SYSTEM, INC.
                            (Registrant)
  
  
                       By /s Mary J. Healey
																									______________________________
                                      (Signature)
                       Secretary & Assistant General Counsel
  
  
  
  
  Date: March 10, 1994
  
  
  
  
  
  

Part IV   Exhibits, Financial Statements, Schedules and Reports on
8-K.

   The Company files herewith an amended Index to Exhibits and
Exhibits 10.71, 10.72 and 10.73 in compliance with its Request for
Approval of an Application for Confidential Treatment of these
Exhibits pursuant to 17 C.F.R. 240-24b-2 and 17 C.F.R. 200.83.