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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 1, 2004


                             SOUTHERN UNION COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


            Delaware                       1-6407                75-0571592
(State or other jurisdiction of    (Commission File Number)    (IRS Employer
         incorporation)                                      Identification No.)

           One PEI Center                                       18711
      Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania                              (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (570) 820-2400


         Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:


[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
    230.425)

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    240.14a-12)

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    Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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    Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))



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ITEM 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
            Appointment of Principal Officers.

     On December 1, 2004,  Southern Union Company (the "Company")  issued a news
release  announcing  the  election of Herbert H. Jacobi as a new director of the
Registrant  effective  December 1, 2004. Mr. Jacobi has been named to serve as a
member  of the Audit  and  Compensation  Committees  of the  Company's  Board of
Directors.  A copy of the news  release is filed as Exhibit  99.a to this report
and incorporated herein by reference.



ITEM 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

            (c) Exhibits

Exhibit No.     Exhibit
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  99.a          Press Release issued by Southern Union Company dated December 1,
                2004.



     This release and other reports and  statements  issued or made from time to
time contain certain  "forward-looking  statements"  concerning projected future
financial  performance,  expected  plans or future  operations.  Southern  Union
cautions that actual results and  developments  may differ  materially from such
projections or expectations.
     Investors  should be aware of  important  factors  that could cause  actual
results  to  differ   materially   from  the   forward-looking   projections  or
expectations.  These factors  include,  but are not limited to: cost of gas; gas
sales  volumes;  gas  throughput  volumes and available  sources of natural gas;
discounting  of  transportation  rates  due  to  competition;  customer  growth;
abnormal weather conditions in Southern Union's service  territories;  impact of
relations with labor unions of bargaining-unit  employees; the receipt of timely
and  adequate  rate  relief  and the impact of future  rate cases or  regulatory
rulings;  the outcome of pending and future litigation;  the speed and degree to
which  competition is introduced to Southern Union's gas distribution  business;
new  legislation  and  government   regulations  and  proceedings  affecting  or
involving Southern Union; unanticipated  environmental  liabilities;  ability to
comply  with  or  to  challenge   successfully  existing  or  new  environmental
regulations;  changes in  business  strategy  and the  success  of new  business
ventures,  including  the  risks  that  the  business  acquired  and  any  other
businesses or  investments  that Southern  Union has acquired or may acquire may
not be successfully  integrated with the business of Southern Union; exposure to
customer  concentration  with a significant  portion of revenues realized from a
relatively  small number of customers and any credit risks  associated  with the
financial  position of those  customers;  factors  affecting  operations such as
maintenance  or  repairs,   environmental   incidents  or  gas  pipeline  system
constraints;  Southern  Union's,  or any of its  subsidiaries,  debt  securities
ratings;  the  economic  climate and growth in the energy  industry  and service
territories   and   competitive   conditions  of  energy   markets  in  general;
inflationary trends;  changes in gas or other energy market commodity prices and
interest rates; the current market conditions causing more customer contracts to
be of shorter duration,  which may increase revenue volatility;  the possibility
of  war or  terrorist  attacks;  the  nature  and  impact  of any  extraordinary
transactions  such as any  acquisition  or divestiture of a business unit or any
assets.

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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                               SOUTHERN UNION COMPANY

Date:  December 1, 2004                        By: /s/  David J. Kvapil
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                                               Name:   David J. Kvapil
                                               Title:  Executive Vice President
                                                       & Chief Financial Officer

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.     Exhibit
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   99.a         Press Release issued by Southern Union Company dated December 1,
                2004.