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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000898080-02-000464.txt : 20021227
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000898080-02-000464
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	35-CERT
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20021227
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20021227

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EMERA INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001127248
		IRS NUMBER:				868143132
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		35-CERT
		SEC ACT:		1935 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	070-09787
		FILM NUMBER:		02869773

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 910 CORPORATE SECY GENERAL COUNS
		CITY:			HALIFORC

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 910 CORPORATE SECY GENERAL COUNS
		CITY:			HALIFORC
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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

- --------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
Application of Emera Inc. et al           CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO RULE 24
on Form U-1                               UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING
(File No.70-9787)                         COMPANY ACT OF 1935
- --------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------

     By order of the Commission in Emera Inc., Holding Company Act Release No.
27445 (October 1, 2001) (SEC File No. 70-9787), the Commission authorized Emera
Inc. ("Emera"), a company formed under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia,
Canada to acquire Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, a Maine corporation. Subsequent
to the acquisition, Emera registered as a holding company under the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended. In connection with the
above-referenced application Emera undertook to cause each of its present and
future directors and officers, who is not a resident of the U.S., to file with
the Commission irrevocable designation of the party's custodian as an agent in
the U.S. to accept service of process in any suit, action or proceeding before
the Commission or any appropriate court to enforce the provisions of the acts
administered by the Commission. Emera complied with that commitment by filing
Exhibit L-1 to the application, its Appointment of Agent for Service of Process.
Emera now amends Exhibit L-1, as attached hereto, solely to change the name and
contact information of the agent.


Exhibits

     L-1   Appointment of Agent for Service of Process (as amended).

                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, Emera has duly caused this Certificate to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                     /s/ Richard J. Smith
                                         -------------------
                                         Richard J. Smith
                                         Corporate Secretary and General Counsel
                                         Emera Inc.

Date:  December 23, 2002


<PAGE>

Exhibit L-1

                   Appointment of Agent for Service of Process

          Emera Incorporated ("Emera") is organized under the laws of Nova
Scotia, Canada and has its principal place of business at:

          Emera Incorporated
          18th Floor Barrington Tower
          Scotia Square
          P.O. Box 910 Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3J 2W5 (902)
          428-6520 (tel) (902) 428-6171 (fax)
          Attention:  Richard J. Smith
                      Corporate Secretary and General Counsel

          Emera, on behalf of its officers and directors who are not residents
of the United States, ("Officers and Directors") hereby designates and appoints:

          Andrew Landry ("Agent")
          Rudman & Winchell, LLC
          84 Harlow Street, PO Box 1401
          Bangor, Maine 04402
          (207) 947-4501 (tel)
          (207) 941-9715 (fax)

as the agent for the Officers and Directors upon whom may be served any process,
pleadings, subpoenas, or other papers in:

     (a) any investigation or administrative proceeding conducted by the
     Commission; and

     (b) any civil suit or action brought against Emera or the Officers and
     Directors or to which Emera or the Officers and Directors have been joined
     as defendant or respondent, in any appropriate court in any place subject
     to the jurisdiction of any state or of the United States or of any of its
     territories or possessions or of the District of Columbia, where the
     investigation, proceeding or cause of action arises out of or relates to or
     concerns the provisions of the laws administered by the Commission. Emera
     stipulates and agrees that any such civil suit or action or administrative
     proceeding may be


<PAGE>

     commenced by the service of process upon, and that service of an
     administrative subpoena shall be effected by service upon, such agent
     for service of process, and that service as aforesaid shall be taken
     and held in all courts and administrative tribunals to be valid and
     binding as if personal service thereof had been made.

          Emera stipulates and agrees to appoint a successor agent for service
of process if Emera discharges the Agent or the Agent is unwilling or unable to
accept service on behalf of Emera at any time until Emera is no longer a
registered holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
Emera further undertakes to advise the Commission promptly of any change to the
Agent's name and address.

          Emera undertakes to make available, in person or by telephone,
representatives to respond to inquiries made by the Commission staff, and to
furnish promptly, when requested to do so by the Commission staff, information
relating to the provisions of the acts administered by the Commission.

          Emera has duly caused this exhibit to its Application in File No.
70-9787 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                    Emera Incorporated



                            By:     /s/ Richard J. Smith
                                    --------------------
                                    Corporate Secretary and General Counsel
                                    Emera Inc.
                                    December 23, 2002

          This statement has been signed by the following person in the capacity
and on the date indicated.



                                    /s/ Andrew Landry
                                    -----------------
                                    Andrew Landry
                                    Attorney

                                    December 19, 2002


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