Registration No. 33-83828 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 -------------------------------- POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-2 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------------------- The Berkshire Gas Company (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Massachusetts 04-1731220 (State or Other Jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.) 115 Cheshire Road Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201 (413) 442-1511 (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices) SCOTT S. ROBINSON, President 115 Cheshire Road, Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201 (413) 442-1511 (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) Copies to: ERIC J. KRATHWOHL, ESQ. JUSTIN P. DOYLE, ESQ. Rich, May, Bilodeau & Flaherty, P.C. Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle 294 Washington Street Clinton Square Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Rochester, New York 14603 Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. [ ] If the registrant elects to deliver its latest annual report to security holders, or a complete and legible facsimile thereof, pursuant to Item 11(a)(1) of this form, check the following box. [ ] Pursuant to this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to its Form S-2 Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (Registration No. 33-83828), The Berkshire Gas Company deregisters 5,000 shares of its common stock, $2.50 par value, heretofore registered. The reason for deregistration is that the over-allotment option granted to the Underwriter was not fully exercised. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-2 and has duly caused this Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on the 18th day of April, 1995. THE BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANY By: /s/ Michael J. Marrone Michael J. Marrone, Treasurer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 18th day of April, 1995. JOSEPH T. KELLEY* Chairman of the Board of Directors and (Joseph T. Kelley) Director SCOTT S. ROBINSON* President, Chief Executive Officer and (Scott S. Robinson) Director /s/ Michael J. Marrone Vice President, Treasurer and Chief (Michael J. Marrone) Financial Officer (Chief Accounting Officer) GEORGE R. BALDWIN* Director (George R. Baldwin) JOHN W. BOND* Director (John W. Bond) PAUL L. GIOIA* Director (Paul L. Gioia) WILLIAM S. GOEDECKE* Director (William S. Goedecke) FRANKLIN M. HUNDLEY* Director (Franklin M. Hundley) ROBERT B. TRASK* Director (Robert B. Trask) *By: /s/ Michael J. Marrone (Michael J. Marrone) Attorney-in-Fact