FILE NO. 70-10013


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

                       TO FORM U-1 APPLICATION/DECLARATION
                             UNDER SECTION 3(b) AND
            RULE 10 OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935

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                             DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
                              526 S. Church Street
                         Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

                (Name of the company filing this application and
                   address of its principal executive office)

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                                 David L. Hauser
                            Senior Vice President and
                                    Treasurer
                             Duke Energy Corporation
                              526 S. Church Street
                         Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

                     (Name and address of agent for service)

               Please also submit copies of all correspondence to:

                                Adam Wenner, Esq.
                             Catherine O'Harra, Esq.
                             Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
                           The Willard Office Building
                         1455 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
                          Washington, D.C.  20004-1008

                             J. Curtis Moffatt, Esq.
                                Van Ness Feldman
                           A Professional Corporation
                            1050 Thomas Jefferson St.
                          Washington, D.C.  20007-3877



     Applicant,  Duke  Energy  Corporation  ("Duke  Energy"),  a  North Carolina
corporation,  entered  into  an  Amended and Restated Combination Agreement with
Westcoast  Energy  Inc. ("Westcoast"), a corporation organized under the laws of
Canada, pursuant to which Duke Energy proposed to acquire the stock of Westcoast
(the  "Acquisition").

     On  November  30,  2001,  the  Form  U-1  Application/Declaration  in  this
proceeding  was  originally filed pursuant to Section 3(b) of the Public Utility
Holding  Company  Act  of 1935 (the "1935 Act") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission  and  was subsequently amended on January 15, 2002 (Amendment No. 1),
January  7, 2002 (Amendment No. 2), January 29, 2002 (Amendment No. 3), March 7,
2002  (Amendment  No. 4), and March 8, 2002 (Amendment No. 5). On March 8, 2002,
the  Commission  issued an order granting the requested exemptions under Section
3(b)  of  the  1935  Act.(1)

     Applicant  files herewith Exhibit 12, a "no-action" letter from the Federal
Trade  Commission, pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act,
relating  to  the  Acquisition.

                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant  to  the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935,  the undersigned company has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No.
1  to  the  Form  U-1  Application/Declaration to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned  thereunto  duly  authorized.

                                       Respectfully submitted,

                                       DUKE  ENERGY  CORPORATION


                                       By:  /s/  David L. Hauser
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                                                  David L. Hauser
                                                 Vice President and
                                                    Treasurer
     Dated: March 13, 2002

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1    Duke Energy Corporation, Release No. 35-27496; 70-10013, March 8, 2002.


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