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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.mmm</font></b></p>

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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;">Adopted by the Cinergy Corp.</font></b></p>

<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;">Benefits Committee on October 10, 2003</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AMENDMENT TO THE</font></u></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CINERGY CORP. EXCESS PENSION PLAN</font></u></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;">The Cinergy Corp. Excess
Pension Plan, as amended and restated effective as of January 1, 1998, and as
amended from time to time (the &#147;Plan&#148;), is hereby amended effective as of
January 1, 2003.</font></p>

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<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Explanation
of Amendment</u></font></b></font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Plan is amended to
clarify the relationship between the Plan and the Cinergy Corp. Non-Union
Employees&#146; Pension Plan in light of the Retirement Choice program.&#160; The Plan is also amended to make certain
non-substantive changes.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Amendment</u></font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 71.9pt;text-indent:-34.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160; Article 5 of the Plan is hereby amended by
deleting the phrase &#147;Spouse&#146;s Benefit&#148; in the title thereof and substituting
therefor the phrase &#147;Death Benefit.&#148;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 71.9pt;text-indent:-34.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160; Article 5 of the Plan is hereby amended by adding the following
Section 5.3 at the end thereof:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 37.4pt;text-indent:34.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;5.3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Cash Balance Participant&#146;s Death
Benefit</u></font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 71.9pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following rules shall apply upon the death of a Participant who is classified
as a &#147;Cash Balance Participant&#148; under Cinergy&#146;s Pension Plan:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 112.2pt;text-indent:-37.4pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Spouse
Beneficiary</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.&#160; If a death
benefit is payable under Article 6 of Cinergy&#146;s Pension Plan on account of the
Participant&#146;s death and the Participant&#146;s Beneficiary (as defined in Cinergy&#146;s
Pension Plan) at the date of the Participant&#146;s death is his Spouse, such Spouse
shall receive a death benefit in an amount equal to the Actuarial Equivalent
(as defined in Cinergy&#146;s Pension Plan) of the benefits that would otherwise
have been payable to the Participant under the Plan.&#160; The form of the death benefit payable to the Spouse under the
Plan shall be the same form in which the Spouse&#146;s benefit is payable under
Cinergy&#146;s Pension Plan.&#160; The payment of
the Spouse&#146;s death benefit under the Plan shall be made, or shall commence, as
of the same date as the Spouse&#146;s benefit under Cinergy&#146;s Pension Plan is made
or commences.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 112.2pt;text-indent:-37.4pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Non-Spouse
Beneficiary</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.&#160; If a death
benefit is payable under Article 6 of Cinergy&#146;s Pension Plan on account of the
Participant&#146;s death and the </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 114.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Participant&#146;s
Beneficiary (as defined in Cinergy&#146;s Pension Plan) at the date of the
Participant&#146;s death is any person other than the Participant&#146;s Spouse, such
Beneficiary shall receive a death benefit in an amount equal to the Actuarial
Equivalent (as defined in Cinergy&#146;s Pension Plan) of the benefits that would
otherwise have been payable to the Participant under the Plan.&#160; The death benefit shall be payable in the
form of a single lump sum cash payment and shall be made as soon as
administratively practicable following the Participant&#146;s death.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The first
sentence of Section 5.2 of the Plan is hereby amended by deleting the word
&#147;annul&#148; where it appears therein and substituting therefor the word &#147;annual.&#148;&#160; The first sentence of Article 16 of the Plan
is hereby amended by deleting the word &#147;Employee&#148; where it appears therein and
substituting therefor the word &#147;Employer.&#148;&#160;
The last sentence of Article 9 of the Plan is hereby deleted.</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;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Cinergy
Corp. has caused this Amendment to be executed and approved by its duly
authorized officer effective as of the date set forth herein.</font></p>

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