SCHEDULE 14A
                                 (RULE 14A-101)

                    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN CONSENT STATEMENT

                            SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

          CONSENT STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES
                              EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

   Filed by the registrant |X| 
   Filed by party other than the registrant |_|
   Check the appropriate box:
   |_| Preliminary Consent Statement
   |_| Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule
       14a-6(e)(2)) 
   |_| Definitive Consent Statement 
   |X| Definitive Additional Materials 
   |_| Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12

                        NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATION
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                (Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


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   (Name of Person(s) Filing Consent Statement, if other than the Registrant)

Payment of filing fee (Check the appropriate box):
|X| No fee required.
|_| Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.

   (1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:


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   (2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:


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   (3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed
       pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the
       filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):


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   (4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:


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   (5) Total fee paid:


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|_| Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.

|_| Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act
    Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee
    was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration
    statement number, or the form or schedule and the date of its filing.


   (1) Amount Previously Paid:


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   (2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:


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   (3) Filing Party:


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   (4) Date Filed:


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