Midwest Bottle Gas Co – ‘U-3A-2’ for 3/1/05

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Statement by a Holding Company Claiming Exemption   —   Form U-3A-2
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Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: U-3A-2      Statement by a Holding Company Claiming Exemption      7     21K 
 2: EX-99.A     Consolidated Income Statement                          5±    29K 
 3: EX-99.B     Financial Data Schedule                                5±    27K 

U-3A-2   —   Statement by a Holding Company Claiming Exemption

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                                                                 File No. 69-188

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

 Form U-3A-2

STATEMENT BY HOLDING COMPANY CLAIMING EXEMPTION UNDER RULE U-3A-2 FROM THE      
PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935                    

 To Be Filed Annually Prior to March 1

MIDWEST BOTTLE GAS CO.
 (Name of Company)

hereby files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to Rule 2,   
its statement claiming exemption as a holding company from the provisions of the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, and submits the following           
information:                                                                    

1. Name, State of organization, location and nature of business of  
claimant and every subsidiary thereof.                                          

CLAIMANT:                                                                       

Name:                              Midwest Bottle Gas Co.           

State of Organization:             Wisconsin                        

Principal Office:                  3600 Hwy. 157                    
                     La Crosse, WI 54601

Location & Nature of                                                
Business:                          Company Headquarters for         
                          Administrative Functions

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SUBSIDIARIES:                                                                   

A.    Name:                              Olson's L.P. Gas, Inc.                 

State of Organization:             Wisconsin                        

Principal Office:                  3600 State Hwy. 157              
                     La Crosse, WI 54601

Location & Nature of               Inactive as of February, 2001.   
Business:                          (Formerly Sold L.P. Gas and Gas  
                                  Appliances and fertilizer in and
                   around Blair, WI)

B.    Name:                              Midwest Bottle Gas Company of          
           Minnesota

State of Organization:             Minnesota                        

Principal Office:                  3600 State Hwy. 157              
                     La Crosse, WI 54601

Location & Nature of                                                
Business:                          Mobile Home Park                 
                   in Caledonia, MN.

C.    Name:                              Midwest Natural Gas, Inc.              

State of Organization:             Wisconsin                        

Principal Office:                  3600 State Hwy. 157              
                     La Crosse, WI 54601

Location & Nature of                                                
Business:                          This Corporation operates        
                          natural gas distribution
                             facilities in the following
                        communities in Western
            Wisconsin.

                                  Arcadia          East Farmington
                           Independence     Somerset
                          Mondovi          Houlton
                          Whitehall        Roberts
                           Westby           Burkhart
                          Viola            Ettrick
                             LaFarge          Galesville
                              Coon Valley      Trempealeau
                                Eleva            New Amsterdam
                              Strum            Centerville
                          St. Joseph       Cashton

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D.    Name:                              Tomah LP Gas Service, Inc.             

State of Organization:             Wisconsin                        

Principal Office:                  3600 State Hwy. 157              
                     La Crosse, WI 54601

Location & Nature of               Inactive as of February, 2001.   
Business:                          (Formerly sold L.P. Gas, fuel    
                           oil and appliances in and
                   around Tomah, WI)

E.    Name:                              Hiawatha Valley Gas Company            

State of Organization:             Minnesota                        

Principal Office:                  3600 State Hwy. 157              
                     La Crosse, WI 54601

Location & Nature of               Inactive as of February, 2001.   
Business:                          (Formerly sold L.P. Gas and      
                                  appliances in and around Winona,
     MN)

F.    Name:                              Tru-Gas of Florida, Inc.               

State of Organization:             Florida                          

Principal Office:                  3500 Fell Road                   
                               West Melbourne, FL 32904-7542

Location & Nature of                                                
Business:                          Adult mobile home park in West   
               Melbourne, FL

G.    Name:                              Dawson Oil Company, LTD.               

State of Organization:             Wisconsin                        

Principal Office:                  3600 State Hwy. 157              
                     La Crosse, WI 54601

Location & Nature of                                                
Business:                          Wholesale of L.P. Gas to in-     
                                 dependent dealers in Minnesota,
                                Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota,
                            South Dakota and Nebraska.

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H.    Name:                              Midwest LPG Insurance                  
                   Specialists, Inc.

State of Organization:             Wisconsin                        

Principal Office:                  3600 State Hwy. 157              
                     La Crosse, WI 54601

Location & Nature of               Inactive as of January 2003.     
Business:                          (Formerly an insurance agency    
                                 selling insurance in Wisconsin,
                                 Minnesota, Florida and Georgia)

I.    Name:                              La Crosse Hangar Co. - 50% Owned       
             Partnership

State of Organization:             Wisconsin                        

Principal Office:                  3600 State Hwy. 157              
                     La Crosse, WI 54601

Location and Nature of                                              
Business:                          Owner and operator of airport    
                  hangar building.

J.    Name:                              Midwest TV & Appliance, LLC            

State of Organization:             Wisconsin                        

Principal Office:                  3600 State Hwy. 157              
                     La Crosse, WI 54601

Location and Nature of                                              
Business:                          Sale of Appliances in and        
                      around La Crosse, WI

2. A brief description of the properties of Claimant and each of its subsidiary 
public utility companies used for the generation, transmission and distribution 
of electric energy for sale, or for the production, transmission and            
distribution of natural or manufactured gas, indicating the location of         
principal generating plants, transmission lines, producing fields, gas          
manufacturing plants, and electric and gas distribution facilities, including   
all such properties which are outside the State of which Claimant and its       
subsidiaries are organized and all transmission or pipelines which deliver or   
receive electric energy or gas at the borders of such State.                    

The only properties described above are those of the Claimant's subsidiary      
public utility company -- Midwest Natural Gas, Inc., which has gas distribution 
facilities located in the following communities in Western Wisconsin:           

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Arcadia                      East Farmington            
Independence                 Somerset                   
Mondovi                      Houlton                    
Whitehall                    Roberts                    
Westby                       Burkhart                   
Viola                        Ettrick                    
LaFarge                      Galesville                 
Coon Valley                  Trempealeau                
Eleva                        New Amsterdam              
Strum                        Centerville                
St. Joseph                   Cashton                    

Midwest Natural Gas, Inc. purchases natural gas at the communities within the   
State of Wisconsin from US Energy Services, Occidental Energy Marketing, Inc.,  
OGE Energy Resources, Inc. and Huskey Gas Marketing, Inc. and transported       
through Northern Natural Gas Company, Wisconsin Gas Company, and Viking         
Transmission Company which have a transmission pipeline to the communities.     

Midwest Natural Gas, Inc. has no properties outside of the State of Wisconsin.  

3. The following information for the last calendar year with respect to Claimant
and each of its subsidiary public utility companies:                            

(a)   Number of Mcf. of natural or manufactured gas, distributed at 
          retail ............1,941,600 DECA-THERMS (purchase entirely in the
State of Wisconsin; associated revenues: $19,314,009)   

(b)   Number of Kwh. of electric energy and Mcf. of Natural or      
            manufactured gas distributed at retail outside of the State in which
each such company is organized.                         
..................................................None  

(c)   Number of Kwh. of electric energy and Mcf. of natural or      
          manufactured gas sold at wholesale outside the State in which each
such company is organized, or at the State              
line.........................................None       

(d)   Number of Kwh. of electric energy and Mcf. of natural or      
       manufactured gas purchased outside the State in which each such
company is organized or at the State                    
line...............................................None 

4. The following information for the reporting period with respect to claimant  
and each interest it holds directly or indirectly in an EWG or a foreign utility
company, stating monetary amounts in United State dollars:                      

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    (a)   Name, location, business address and description of the facilities
      used by the EWG or foreign utility company for the generation,
         transmission, and distribution of electric energy for sale or for
the distribution at retail of natural or manufactured   
gas...............................................None  

   (b)   Name of each system company that holds an interest in such EWG or
foreign utility company; and description of the interest
held..................None                              

     (c)   Type and amount of capital invested, directly or indirectly, by the
            holding company claiming exemption; any direct or indirect guarantee
            of the security of the EWG or foreign utility company by the holding
   company claiming exemption; and any debt or other financial
          obligation for which there is recourse, directly or indirectly, to
         the holding company claiming exemption or another system company,
            other than the EWG or foreign utility company...................None

   (d)   Capitalization and earnings of the EWG or foreign utility company
during the reporting period.......None                  

     (e)   Identify any service, sales or construction contract(s) between the
         EWG or foreign utility company and a system company, and describe
            the services to be rendered or goods sold and fees or revenues under
such agreement(s).................................None  

 EXHIBIT A

           A consolidating statement of income and surplus of the claimant and
its subsidiary companies for the last fiscal year, together with a consolidating
balance sheet of claimant and its subsidiary companies as of the close of such  
fiscal year, is attached hereto.                                                

 EXHIBIT B

Financial Data Schedule is attached hereto.             

 EXHIBIT C

Not Applicable                                          

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     The above named claimant has caused this Statement to be duly
executed on its behalf by its authorized officer on this 19th day of May 2005.  

                                    MIDWEST BOTTLE GAS CO.

CORPORATE SEAL                                                                  
                                    By: /s/ James A. Senty
                                             -------------------------
                                    James A. Senty
                               President

Attest:                                                                         

/s/ Richard A. Linton                                                           
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Richard A. Linton, Treasurer                                                    

Name, title and address of officer to whom notices and correspondence concerning
this statement should be addressed.                                             

Richard A. Linton, Treasurer                                                    
Midwest Bottle Gas Co.                                                          
3600 Hwy. 157                                                                   
P.O. Box 429                                                                    
La Crosse, WI 54602-0429                                                        

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