SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
             Washington, D.C. 20549
  
  
                  Form 10-K/A
  
                AMENDMENT NO. 3
  
  
             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 
  
   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 14, 1994
  
 
  
   The Company hereby files an amended Index to Exhibits
  for its 1993 Annual Report on Form 10-k in compliance with
  its Form 10-K/A, Amentment No. 2.