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Exhibit 10.17

                               AMENDMENT AGREEMENT

     THIS  AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment") is entered into as of November
4, 2005,  by  and  between  New  Century  Energy  Corp., a  Colorado corporation
("NCEC"), and Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. ("Laurus").

                                   BACKGROUND

     NCEC and Laurus are parties to (a) a Securities Purchase Agreement dated as
of  June 30, 2005 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, the "June 2005 SPA") and (b) a Securities Purchase Agreement dated
as  of  September  19,  2005  (as  amended,  restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the "September 2005 SPA" together with the June 2005
SPA,  each  a  "Purchase Agreement" and collectively, the "Purchase Agreements")
pursuant to which Laurus provides NCEC with certain financial accommodations.

     In  connection  with  the  June  2005 SPA, NCEC and Laurus are parties to a
Registration  Rights  Agreement dated as of June 30, 2005 (as amended, restated,
supplemented  or  otherwise modified from time to time, the "Registration Rights
Agreement")  pursuant  to  which  NCEC, among other things, has agreed to file a
registration statement covering the Registrable Securities (as therein defined).

     NCEC has requested that Laurus amend the Registration Rights Agreement, and
Laurus is willing to do so on the terms and conditions hereafter set forth.

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration of the agreements set forth herein, and
for  other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

     1.  Amendments to Registration Rights Agreement. Subject to satisfaction of
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the  conditions  precedent  set  forth in Section 2 below, the following defined
term  set  forth  in  Section  1  of the Registration Rights Agreement is hereby
amended in its entirety to provide as follows:

               "Effectiveness  Date"  means  (i)  with  respect  to  the initial
          Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder, a date no later
          than  December  12,  2005  and  (ii)  with  respect to each additional
          Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder, a date no later
          than  one  hundred  twenty  (120) days following the applicable Filing
          Date.

     2.  Conditions of Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective upon
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satisfaction  of  the following conditions precedent: Laurus shall have received
(i)  a  copy  of  this Amendment executed by NCEC and consented and agreed to by
Century  Resources,  Inc.,  a Delaware corporation ("Century Resources" together
with  NCEC,  each  a  "Company" and collectively, the "Companies"), and (ii) all
such  other  certificates,  instruments,  documents,  agreements and opinions of
counsel  as  may be required by Laurus or its counsel, each of which shall be in
form and substance satisfactory to Laurus and its counsel.

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     3.  Representations  and  Warranties.  Each  Company  hereby represents and
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warrants as follows:

          (a)  This  Amendment,  the  Purchase  Agreements  and the Registration
     Rights  Agreement,  as  amended hereby, constitute legal, valid and binding
     obligations of the Companies party thereto and are enforceable against such
     Companies in accordance with their respective terms.

          (b)  Upon  the  effectiveness of this Amendment, NCEC hereby reaffirms
     all  covenants,  representations  and  warranties  made  in  each  Purchase
     Agreement  and  the  Registration  Rights  Agreement, as applicable, to the
     extent  the  same are not amended hereby and agree that all such covenants,
     representations  and  warranties  shall be deemed to have been remade as of
     the effective date of this Amendment.

          (c)  No event of default has occurred and is continuing or would exist
     under  any document, instrument or agreement by and between any Company and
     Laurus after giving effect to this Amendment.

          (d) No Company has any defense, counterclaim or offset with respect to
     any  Purchase  Agreement,  the  Registration  Rights Agreement or any other
     Related Agreement (as defined in each Purchase Agreement).

     4. Effect on the Registration Rights Agreement.
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          (a)  Upon the effectiveness of Section 1 hereof, each reference in the
     Registration  Rights  Agreement to "this Agreement," "hereunder," "hereof,"
     "herein"  or  words  of  like  import  shall mean and be a reference to the
     Registration Rights Agreement, as applicable, as amended hereby.

          (b)  Except  as  specifically amended herein, each Purchase Agreement,
     the Registration Rights Agreement, the other Related Agreements (as defined
     in  each  Purchase  Agreement)  and  all  other  documents, instruments and
     agreements  executed and/or delivered in connection therewith, shall remain
     in full force and effect, and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

          (c)  The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall
     not  operate  as  a  waiver  of  any  right, power or remedy of Laurus, nor
     constitute  a  waiver  of  any  provision  of  any  Purchase Agreement, the
     Registration  Rights  Agreement,  any Related Agreement (as defined in each
     Purchase  Agreement)  or  any  other  documents,  instruments or agreements
     executed and/or delivered under or in connection therewith.

     5.  Governing  Law.  This  Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the
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benefit  of  the  parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and
shall  be  governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York.

     6.  Headings.  Section  headings  in this Amendment are included herein for
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convenience  of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment
for any other purpose.

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     7.  Counterparts;  Facsimile. This Amendment may be executed by the parties
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hereto  in  one  or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original
and  all  of  which  when  taken  together  shall  constitute  one  and the same
agreement. Any signature delivered by a party by facsimile transmission shall be
deemed to be an original signature hereto.

                           [Signature Pages to Follow]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment Agreement has been duly executed as of the
day and year first written above.

                                           NEW CENTURY ENERGY CORP.
                                           By:/s/ Edward R. DeStefano
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                                              Name: Edward R. DeStefano
                                              Title: President

                                           LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD.
                                           By:
                                              -------------------------
                                              Name:
                                              Title:

                                           CONSENTED AND AGREED TO:

                                           CENTURY RESOURCES, INC.
                                           By:/s/ Edward R. DeStefano
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                                              Name: Edward R. DeStefano
                                              Title: President

<PAGE>PENSION PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 12

    Exhibit
      10(k)(13)

      AMENDMENT
        NO. 12

      TO

      ALLTEL
        CORPORATION PENSION PLAN

      (January
        1, 2001 Restatement)

       

          WHEREAS,
        Alltel Corporation (the "Company") maintains the ALLTEL Corporation Pension
        Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2001, and as subsequently
        further
        amended (the "Plan"); and;

       

         WHEREAS,
        the
        Company desires further to amend the Plan;

       

         NOW
        THEREFORE, BE
        IT RESOLVED, that the Company hereby amends the Plan, effective as set forth
        herein, in the respects hereinafter set forth:

       

         Effective
        as of
        August 1, 2005, Section 1.17 of the Plan is amended to provide as
        follows:

      

      1.17   Eligible
        Employee

       

              Each
        Employee of the
        Employer, except

       

      (1)    
Employees
        whose period of service prior to January 1, 1988 otherwise would have
        commenced after the first day of the calendar month

           
immediately
        following his
        60th birthday and who did not perform one Hour of Service on or after
        January 1, 1988,

       

      (2)    
Employees
        covered by a collective bargaining agreement between an Employer and a
        representative of such Employees where retirement

            benefits
        were
        the subject
        of good faith bargaining between the parties, unless it is agreed that such
        Employees would be eligible to

            participate
        in the
        Plan,

       

      (3)    
Employees
        who are covered by an agreement with the Company which prohibits inclusion
        in
        the Plan,

       

      (4)    leased
        employees,

       

      (5)    for
        the
        period from May 1, 1993 through the end of the last payroll period
        ending
        prior to January 1, 2005, employees of ALLTEL Publishing

                       
        Corporation,

       

      (6)    on
        and
        after May 1, 1993, employees of Sygnis, Inc.,

       

      (7)    
any
        person who is not treated by the Employer as an employee for purposes of
        Section
        3401 of the Code (without regard to any determination

                       
        other than by the Employer
        that such person is or is not an employee for purposes of Section 3401 of
        the
        Code and without regard

            to
        any retroactive treatment by
        the Employer of
        such
        person as an employee for purposes

                       
        of Section 3401 of the Code), or

       

      (8)    
any
        person who is employed by an operating unit or business operation acquired
        in
        connection with the AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF

            MERGER
        dated January 9,
        2005,
        between Alltel Corporation, Wigeon Acquisition LLC and Western Wireless
        Corporation and any

            Employee
        identified by Alltel
Corporation internal payroll
        company codes 540, 544, 545, and 546, shall not become an Eligible
        Employee

            until
        the later of the first pay
        period in 2006 or when otherwise eligible.

       

       

          IN
        WITNESS
        WHEREOF, the Company, by its duly authorized officer, has caused this Amendment
        to be executed on this 22nd day of July, 2005.

      

      ALLTEL
        CORPORATION

      

      By:
        /s/ Scott T. Ford                            

                                          Scott
        T.
        Ford

                                          President
        and Chief
        Executive Officer

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