VIA EMAIL Mr. Garr ry A. Brown, Chairman Ms. Patri icia L. Acam mpora, Comm missioner Ms.

Mau ureen F. Harr ris, Commiss sioner Mr. Jame es L. Larocca, Commissi ioner Mr. Greg gg C. Sayre, Commission ner NYS Pub blic Service Commission n Empire State S Plaza Agency Building B 3 Albany NY N 12223-1 1350 RE:

M May 30, 2013

Ca ase 12-M-0192 Joint Petition P of Fo ortis Inc., Fo ortisUS Inc., Cascade Ac cquisition Su ub Inc c., CH Energ gy Group Inc., and Central Hudson G Gas & Elect tric Corporat tion for App proval of f the Acquisition of CH Energy E Grou up, Inc. by F ortis Inc.

Dear Com mmissioners s, Over O the pas st 15 month hs, Fortis an nd Central H Hudson (the Petitioners) have wo orked diligently y and cooperatively with h many part ties to put fo orward a tra ansaction tha at is in the p public interest. Since May 3, the Petiti ioners have worked to a address all r remaining iss sues discuss sed in ommended Decision. D There is new w evidence o of wide publ lic support, including th hat of the Reco leaders and a groups of o local busin nesses and health h and co ommunity-su upport organ nizations, as s well as that of o many indi ividual citiz zens, custom mers and emp mployees. C Central Huds sons labor u union ddressing on now enth husiastically supports the transaction n, directly ad ne of the key concerns n noted in the Re ecommended d Decision. In addition, the entire N New York Sta ate Utility L Labor Counci il and the AFL L-CIO have also submit tted letters to the Com mmission in support of this transac ction. After a th horough and d extended re eview proces ss that has co onsidered al ll relevant issues, we urg ge the Commiss sion to make e its determin nation.