UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form
8-K/A
(Amendment
No. 1)
CURRENT
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
February
25, 2010
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported)
NORTHWEST
NATURAL GAS COMPANY
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission
File No. 1-15973
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Oregon
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93-0256722
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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Identification
No.)
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220
N.W. Second Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97209
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s
Telephone Number, including area code: (503) 226-4211
Check the appropriate box below if the
Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of
the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
o Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Explanatory
Note
Northwest Natural Gas Company is filing
this Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A to its Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on February
26, 2010 (“Form 8-K”). When the Form 8-K was filed in the EDGAR system,
the EDGAR tag for Item 2.02 was included but the EDGAR tags for Items 5.02 and
9.01 were inadvertently omitted. This Form 8-K/A amends the Form
8-K to include, for purposes of filing in the EDGAR system, the EDGAR tags
for Items 2.02, 5.02 and 9.01.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.
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NORTHWEST
NATURAL GAS COMPANY
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(Registrant)
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Dated: March
11, 2010
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/s/ David H. Anderson
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Senior
Vice President and
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Chief
Financial Officer
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