As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 1999 Registration No. 33-60753 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 -------------------------- Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 To Form S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT under THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 -------------------------- Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter) NEW YORK 16-0612110 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation) Identification No.) 89 EAST AVENUE ROCHESTER, NY 14649 (716) 546-2700 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices) --------------------------- DAVID C. HEILIGMAN Vice President and Corporate Secretary Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation 89 East Avenue Rochester, New York 14649 (716) 546-2700 JOSEPH H. REYNOLDS, ESQ. Nixon Peabody LLP One Thomas Circle, Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 457-5300 (Names, addresses, including zip codes, and telephone numbers, including area codes, of agents for service) ------------------------------- This Registration Statement No. 33-60753 (the"Registration Statement") registered an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $5.00 per share (the "Securities") of Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (the "Registrant") to be issued in connection with its Automatic Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). The Registrant no longer intends to issue securities for use in connection with the Plan and, except for 473,160 shares already issued, no additional Securities shall be issued by the Registrant under the Plan. The Registrant hereby deregisters the remaining 1,026,840 unissued shares of the Securities for all purposes of the Securities Act of 1933. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Rochester, State of New York on the 29th day of July, 1999. ROCHESTER GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION By /s/ Thomas S. Richards ------------------------------- (Thomas S. Richards) (Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer) --------------------------- Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post- Effective Amendment No.1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- Principal Executive Officer and Director: /s/ Thomas S. Richards Chairman of the Board, July 29, 1999 - ---------------------------- President and Chief (Thomas S. Richards) Executive Officer and Director Principal Financial Officer: /s/ J. Burt Stokes Senior Vice President, July 29, 1999 - ---------------------------- Corporate Services and (J. Burt Stokes ) Chief Financial Officer Principal Accounting Officer: /s/ William J. Reddy Controller July 29, 1999 - ---------------------------- (William J. Reddy) 2 Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- Directors: /s/ Angelo J. Chiarella Director July 29, 1999 - ---------------------------- (Angelo J. Chiarella) - ---------------------------- Director July , 1999 (Allan E. Dugan) /s/ Mark B. Grier Director July 29, 1999 - ---------------------------- (Mark B. Grier) /s/ Susan R. Holliday Director July 29, 1999 - ---------------------------- (Susan R. Holliday) /s/ Jay T. Holmes Director July 29, 1999 - ---------------------------- (Jay T. Holmes) /s/ G. Jean Howard Director July 29, 1999 - ---------------------------- (G. Jean Howard) /s/ Samuel T. Hubbard, Jr. Director July 29, 1999 - ---------------------------- (Samuel T. Hubbard, Jr.) /s/ Cleve L. Killingsworth Director July 29, 1999 - ---------------------------- (Cleve L. Killingsworth) /s/ Roger W. Kober Director July 29, 1999 - ---------------------------- (Roger W. Kober) /s/ Cornelius J. Murphy Director July 29, 1999 - ---------------------------- (Cornelius J. Murphy) Director July , 1999 - ---------------------------- (Charles I. Plosser) 3