PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO (a Colorado corporation) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT 300,000,000 5.80% First Mortgage Bonds, Series No. 18 due 2018 300,000,000 6.50% First Mortgage Bonds, Series No. 19 due 2038Underwriting Agreement • August 12th, 2008 • Public Service Co of Colorado • Electric & other services combined • New York
For the purpose of rendering this opinion, I, or other attorneys in the legal department, have examined the proceedings taken by Public Service Company of Colorado, a Colorado corporation (the “Company”), with respect to the issue and sale by the Company of $300,000,000 principal amount of 5.80% First Mortgage Bonds, Series No. 18 due 2018 and $300,000,000 principal amount of 6.50% First Mortgage Bonds, Series No. 19 due 2038 (collectively, the “Securities”). In connection therewith I, or other attorneys in the legal department, have participated in the preparation of the proceedings for the issuance and sale of the Securities pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement dated August 6, 2008, between you and the Company relating to your purchase of the Securities (the “Agreement”), and have either participated in the preparation of or examined the Trust Indenture dated October 1, 1993, from the Company to U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as successor trustee (the “Trustee”), as heretofo
