1 Exhibit 21 SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT AS OF STATE OF ADDITIONAL NAMES UNDER WHICH SUCH DECEMBER 31, 2000 INCORPORATION SUBSIDIARY DOES BUSINESS - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 CARNEGIE INTERSTATE PIPELINE COMPANY Delaware - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CARNEGIE NATURAL GAS COMPANY Pennsylvania - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 CARNEGIE NATURAL GAS SALES, INC. Delaware - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 EQT CAPITAL CORPORATION Delaware - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 EQUITABLE ENERGY, LLC Delaware Equitable Energy Equitable Energy Enterprises ERI Energy - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 EQUITABLE GAS COMPANY Pennsylvania - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 EQUITABLE HOMEWORKS, LLC Pennsylvania - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 EQUITABLE PRODUCTION COMPANY Pennsylvania - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 EQUITABLE PRODUCTION EASTERN STATES, INC. Delaware - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 EQUITRANS, L.P. Pennsylvania - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 EREC NEVADA, INC. Nevada - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 ERI COSTA RICA LDC Cayman Islands - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 ERI GLOBAL PARTNERS, INC. Delaware - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 ERI GROUP LDC Cayman Islands - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 ERI HOLDINGS Cayman Islands - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 ERI HOLDINGS II Cayman Islands - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 ERI INVESTMENTS, INC. Delaware - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 ERI JAM, LLC Delaware - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 ERI PROVIDENCE, L.L.C. Delaware - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 ERI SERVICES (ST. LUCIA) LIMITED West Indies - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 ERI SERVICES, INC. Delaware Equitable Resources Services, Inc. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 ERI-INDEPENDENT ENERGY GROUP-HONDURAS LDC Cayman Islands - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 ET AVOCA COMPANY Delaware - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 ET BLUE GRASS COMPANY Delaware - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 IEC HUNTERDON, INC. Connecticut - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 IEC MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. Connecticut - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 IEC MONTCLAIR, INC. Connecticut - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 IEC PLYMOUTH, INC. Connecticut - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 INDEPENDENT ENERGY CORPORATION Connecticut - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 INDEPENDENT ENERGY FINANCE CORPORATION Connecticut - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 INDEPENDENT ENERGY OPERATIONS, INC. Connecticut - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32 KENTUCKY WEST VIRGINIA GAS COMPANY, L.L.C. Delaware - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 NORESCO, LLC Delaware - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 NORTHEAST ENERGY SERVICES, INC. Delaware Noresco - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 THREE RIVERS PIPELINE CORPORATION Texas - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------