Opinion ID: 194766
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Heading: Parties to the Approved Merger.

Text: Northeast Utilities (NU) is a registered holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA). 15 U.S.C. 79 et seq. (1988). Northeast Utilities Service Company (NUSCO) is a service company subsidiary of -7- NU and supplies centralized administrative and support services to NU's operating companies.3 Prior to the merger, Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) was the largest electric utility in New Hampshire, supplying electric service to some 375,000 retail customers, approximately three-quarters of the State's population, in every county in the State. PSNH also provided wholesale service to the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, three New Hampshire municipalities, and one investor-owned utility, Vermont Electric Power Company. PSNH had the largest ownership share, approximately 35.6 percent, of Seabrook Unit No. 1, a nuclear generating facility declared to be available for service on June 30, 1990.