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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit

10.13(c)</font></b></p>



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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT</font></b></p>



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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Amendment No. 2 to Employment Agreement

(&#147;Amendment No. 2&#148;), dated as of September 1, 2002, amends that certain

Employment Agreement (the &#147;Employment Agreement&#148;) dated July 1, 1998, as

previously amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of December 1, 1999, by and

between Equitable Resources, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;),

and David L. Porges, an individual (the &#147;Executive&#148;);</font></p>



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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WITNESSETH:</font></p>



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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS, in connection with the Executive&#146;s employment

pursuant to the Employment Agreement, as amended, the Company and Executive

entered into, among other things, a Change of Control Agreement dated as of

November 30, 1999 (&#147;Change of Control Agreement&#148;), a copy of which is attached

to Amendment No. 1 of the Employment Agreement as Exhibit A; and</font></p>



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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to enter

into a new Change of Control Agreement, substantially in the form attached

hereto as Attachment A (the &#147;New Change of Control Agreement&#148;); and</font></p>



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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS, in order to coordinate the terms of the

Employment Agreement, as amended, with the execution of the New Change of

Control Agreement, the Company and the Executive desire to enter into this

Amendment No. 2;</font></p>



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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of good and valuable

consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, and

intending to be legally bound, the Company and the Executive agree as follows:</font></p>



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<h1 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Section 1 of Amendment No. 1 of the

Employment Agreement is amended by deleting the Change of Control Agreement

referred to therein and attached thereto as Exhibit A and substituting the New

Change of Control Agreement attached hereto as Attachment A.&#160; All references in the Employment Agreement and

Amendment No. 1 to the &#147;Change of Control Agreement&#148; shall, from the date of

this Amendment No. 2 and thereafter, refer to the New Change of Control

Agreement attached hereto as Attachment A.</font></h1>



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<h1 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; All other terms of the Employment

Agreement, as amended by Amendment No. 1, shall be unaffected by this Amendment

No. 2 and shall remain in full force and effect.</font></h1>



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<h1 style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>This Amendment No. 2 shall

be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania.</h1>



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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed

this Amendment No. 2 as of the date first above set forth.</font></p>



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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Gregory R. Spencer</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Vice President and<br>

  Chief Administrative Officer</font></p>

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