CTG RESOURCES INC
EXHIBIT 10(160)
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO THE<BR>
CONNECTICUT NATURAL GAS CORPORATION<BR>
OFFICERS RETIREMENT PLAN<BR>
TRUST AGREEMENT<BR>
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<P>This Agreement made as of the 25th day of April, 2000, by and between the Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation, a Connecticut corporation with its principal place of office in Hartford, Connecticut (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), and Fleet
National Bank, a bank with trust powers having a principal place of business in Hartford, Connecticut (hereinafter referred to as the "Trustee"),</P>
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W I T N E S S E T H<BR>
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<P>WHEREAS, by Agreement dated January 9, 1989 (the "Agreement"), the Company and The Connecticut Bank &amp; Trust Company, N.A. entered into an Agreement entitled "The Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation Officers Retirement Plan Trust Agreement"; and</P>

<P>WHEREAS, Fleet National Bank has succeeded to the trust business of the Connecticut Bank &amp; Trust Company, N.A., and is currently serving as trustee; and</P>

<P>WHEREAS, the parties reserve the right to amend the Agreement in Article X, Section 10.1 thereof, subject to the conditions set forth therein; and</P>

<P>WHEREAS, the Agreement has previously been amended six times; and</P>

<P>WHEREAS, the Company wishes to amend the Agreement in the particulars set forth below;</P>

<P>NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Trustee agree as follows;</P>

<P>1.&#9;By deleting Section 5.2(n) of the Agreement, as heretofore amended, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:</P>
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<P>"(n) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trustee invest in shares of stock of the Company or any affiliate thereof."</P></DIR>
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<P>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Seventh Amendment to be duly executed and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed as of the date first shown above written.</P>

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<P>ATTEST</TD>
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<P>CONNECTICUT NATURAL GAS CORPORATION</TD>
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<U><P><BR>
S/ Jeffrey A. Hall&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD>
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By S/ Jean S. McCarthy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<P>Its Vice President Human Resources</TD>
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<P>FLEET NATIONAL BANK</TD>
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S/ Helen M. Atwood&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD>
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By S/ William B. Parent&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<P>Its Vice President </TD>
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<P>STATE OF CONNECTICUT&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)  ss  HARTFORD<BR>
COUNTY OF HARTFORD&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)<BR>
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<P>Personally appeared <U>Jean McCarthy </U>of Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation, signer of the foregoing instrument and acknowledge the same to be <STRIKE>his</STRIKE>/her free act and deed as such ___________________ and the free act and deed of said
corporation before me.</P>

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<U><P ALIGN="RIGHT">S/ Daisy Q. Mendez&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
</U>Notary Public&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
My commission expires: June 30, 2004</P>

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STATE OF CONNECTICUT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)  ss HARTFORD</P>
<P>COUNTY OF HARTFORD&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)<BR>
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<P>Personally appeared <U>William B. Parent </U>of Fleet National Bank, signer of the foregoing instrument and acknowledge the same to be his/<STRIKE>her</STRIKE> free act and deed as such <U>Vice President</U> and the free act and deed of said
corporation before me.</P>
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<U>Frances A. Maslona&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
</U>Notary Public&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
My commission expires:  April 30, 2004</P>

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