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            AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON
                                APRIL 17, 1996

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                               SCHEDULE 13E-3/A
                             TRANSACTION STATEMENT
      (PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(E) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934)
                               (Amendment No. 2)

                                PG ENERGY INC.
                 (Name Of Issuer And Person Filing Statement)


                       DEPOSITARY PREFERRED SHARES, EACH
                   REPRESENTING A 1/4 INTEREST IN A SHARE OF
          9% CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK, PAR VALUE $100.00 PER SHARE
                        (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   708747407
                     (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

                                THOMAS J. WARD
                                   SECRETARY
                                PG ENERGY INC.
                              WILKES-BARRE CENTER
                               39 PUBLIC SQUARE
                       WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA  18711
                                (717) 829-8843
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and
         Communications on Behalf of the Person Filing the Statement)


                                   COPY TO:
                               GARETT J. ALBERT
                             HUGHES HUBBARD & REED
                            ONE BATTERY PARK PLAZA
                        NEW YORK, NEW YORK  10004-1482
                                (212) 837-6000

                                MARCH 11, 1996
    (Date Tender Offer First Published, Sent Or Given To Security Holders)




This statement is filed in connection with (check the appropriate box):

          a.   [ ] The filing of solicitation material or an information
statement subject to Regulation 14A, Regulation 14C or Rule 13e-3(c) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

          b.   [ ] The filing of a registration statement under the Securities
Act of 1933.

          c.   [X] A tender offer.

          d.   [ ] None of the above.

Check the following box if the soliciting materials or information statement
referred to in checking box (a) are preliminary copies: [  ]




Calculation of Filing Fee
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    Transaction Valuation*                   Amount of Filing Fee
                                                 
         $27,000,000                                $5,400
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*    Determined pursuant to Rule 0-11(b)(1).  Assumes the purchase of 1,000,000
     shares at $27.00 per share.

[X]  Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by  Rule 0-11(a)(2)
     and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid.
     Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form
     or Schedule and the date of its filing.

Amount Previously Paid:  $5,400
Form or Registration No.:  Schedule 13E-4
Filing Party:  PG Energy Inc.
Date Filed:  March 11, 1996
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        This Amendment No. 2 amends and supplements the Rule 13e-3  Transaction
Statement on Schedule 13E-3, dated March 11, 1996, as amended by Amendment  No.
1 thereto, dated April 9, 1996 (as so amended, the "Schedule 13E- 3"), filed by
PG Energy Inc., a Pennsylvania  corporation formerly known as Pennsylvania  Gas
and Water  Company (the  "Company") in  connection with  the Company's offer to
purchase  any  and  all  of  its  outstanding  Depositary Preferred Shares (the
"Shares"),  each  representing  a  one-fourth  interest  in  a  share of its 9%
Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $100.00 per share, liquidation preference
$100.00 per share (equivalent to $25.00 per Share), at $27.00 per Share, net to
the seller in cash, upon the terms  and subject to the conditions set forth  in
the Offer to Purchase, dated March 11, 1996 (the "Offer to Purchase"), and  the
related Letter  of Transmittal  (which, together  with the  Offer to  Purchase,
constitutes the  "Offer"), copies  of which  were previously  filed as Exhibits
(d)(1) and  (d)(2) to  the Schedule  13E-3, respectively,  and incorporated  by
reference therein.   Terms  defined in  the Schedule  13E-3 and  not separately
defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Schedule 13E- 3.

        The  information  set  forth  in  the  Issuer Tender Offer Statement on
Schedule 13E-4 which was attached to the Schedule 13E-3 as Exhibit (g)(2)  (the
"Schedule 13E-4"), as amended by Amendment  No. 1 to the Schedule 13E-4,  which
Amendment  No.  1  was  attached  to  Amendment  No. 1 to the Schedule 13E-3 as
Exhibit (g)(3), and as further amended by Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule  13E-
4, which Amendment  No. 2 is  attached hereto as  Exhibit (g)(4), is  expressly
incorporated by reference  and responses to  each item herein  are qualified in
their entirety by the provisions of the Schedule 13E-4, as so amended.

        The following information amends the information previously included in
the Schedule 13E-3.   This Amendment No. 2  to Schedule 13E-3 also  constitutes
the final amendment  to the Schedule  13E-3 pursuant to  Rule 13e-3(d)(3) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


ITEM 16.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

        Item 16  is hereby  supplemented and  amended by  adding the  following
information thereto:

        The Offer expired at 5:00 p.m.,  New York City time, on April  9, 1996.
Pursuant to the Offer, the Company acquired 512,936 Shares at a purchase  price
of $27.00 per  Share.  As  stated in Section  1 of the  Offer to Purchase,  the
Company may, in its sole discretion, subsequent to April 23, 1996 (ten business
days after the expiration of the Offer), determine to purchase any  outstanding
Shares  through  open  market  purchases,  privately negotiated transactions or
otherwise, on such terms and at  such prices as the Company may  determine from
time to time.

        A copy of the Company's press release dated April 10, 1996,  announcing
the preliminary results of the Offer is attached hereto as Exhibit (d)(10).




ITEM 17.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.




       
(d)(10)   Form of Press Release issued by the Company, dated April 10, 1996.

(g)(4)    Amendment No. 2 to Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 13E-4.





                                   SIGNATURE

        After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.


                              PG Energy Inc.


                              By:  /s/ John F. Kell, Jr.
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                                Name:  John F. Kell, Jr.
                                Title: Vice President, Financial Services

Dated:  April 17, 1996




                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS


EXHIBIT
NUMBER                            DESCRIPTION
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(d)(10)   Form of Press Release issued by the Company, dated April 10, 1996.

(g)(4)    Amendment No. 2 to Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 13E-4.