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SEC Comment Letter for MSW ENERGY HOLDINGS LLC (CIK 0001261679) — Nov 4, 2005

MSW ENERGY HOLDINGS LLC (CIK 0001261679)
Date: Nov. 4, 2005 · CIK: 0001261679 · Accession: 0000000000-05-056135

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File numbers found in text: 333-109049

Referenced dates: October 19, 2005, September 30, 2005

Date
November 3, 2005
Author
Branch Chief
Form
UPLOAD
Company
MSW ENERGY HOLDINGS LLC (CIK 0001261679)

Letter

Mail Stop 3561 November 3, 2005 Mr. Craig D. Abolt Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer MSW Energy Holdings LLC c/o Danielson Holding Corporation 40 Land Road Fairfield, New Jersey 07004

RE: MSW Energy Holdings LLC Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004 Filed March 17, 2005 Form 10-Q for Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2005 Form 10-Q for Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2005 File No. 333-109049

Dear Mr. Abolt:

We have reviewed the responses in your letter dated October 19, 2005 and have the following additional comments. Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation so we may better understand your disclosure. After reviewing this information, we may or may not raise additional comments.

We welcome any questions you may have about our comments or on any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at the end of the letter.

Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, page 23

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, page 29

Note 3. Acquisition of Membership Interests in Ref-Fuel Holdings, page 34

1. We reviewed your response to comment 5 in our comment letter dated September 30, 2005. Please elaborate on your basis in GAAP for recording your obligations under the Duke Agreement in purchase accounting, including references to authoritative guidance. Also clarify what you mean when you say that "[t]he asset relating to these on-going services . . . was also valued in purchase accounting." Ensure we understand the basis in GAAP for this accounting as well. In responding to our comment, please tell us more about the nature and terms of the original Support Agreement and the Duke Agreement. Please also clarify which "service agreement" you are referencing in the third paragraph of your response. Please note that in the purchase accounting process, provisions for future expenditures not recorded by the acquired entity should be limited to obligations that exist as of the combination date. Provisions should not be made when the effect is to relieve future income statements of charges related to ongoing operations. Ensure your response is clear in terms of how your accounting is consistent with this understanding.

Form 10-K/A for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004

2. We reviewed your response to comment 8 from our comment letter dated September 30, 2005 and are unable to grant your request for relief from filing an additional amendment to your Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004. Because the certifications filed in your Form 10-K/A on March 30, 2005 relate to the entire Form 10-K filing for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, the amendment should have included the entire filing. Thus, consistent with the guidance in Question 17 of the Division of Corporation Finance: Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Frequently Asked Questions, you will need to re-amend your Form 10-K to include the entire Form 10-K and related certifications in the amended filing. Even though your current CEO and CFO were not in those positions as of the fiscal year end, you are still required to provide certifications signed by the persons acting as principal executive and financial officer at the time of the amended filing.

As appropriate, please respond to our comments within 10 business days or tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please furnish a supplemental response letter that keys your responses to our comments and provides any requested information. Detailed supplemental response letters greatly facilitate our review. Please file your supplemental response letter on EDGAR. Please understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing your responses to our comments.

If you have any questions regarding our comments, please direct them to Adam Phippen, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3336. In his absence, direct your questions to Robyn Manuel at (202) 551-3823. Any other questions may be directed to me at (202) 551-3843.

Sincerely,
George F. Ohsiek, Jr.
Branch Chief

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Mail Stop 3561
							November 3, 2005

Mr. Craig D. Abolt
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
MSW Energy Holdings LLC
c/o Danielson Holding Corporation
40 Land Road
Fairfield, New Jersey 07004

		RE:	MSW Energy Holdings LLC
			Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
			Filed March 17, 2005
			Form 10-Q for Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2005
			Form 10-Q for Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2005
			File No. 333-109049

Dear Mr. Abolt:

	We have reviewed the responses in your letter dated October
19,
2005 and have the following additional comments.  Please be as
detailed as necessary in your explanation so we may better
understand
your disclosure.  After reviewing this information, we may or may
not
raise additional comments.

	We welcome any questions you may have about our comments or
on
any other aspect of our review.  Feel free to call us at the
telephone numbers listed at the end of the letter.

Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, page 23

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, page 29

Note 3. Acquisition of Membership Interests in Ref-Fuel Holdings,
page 34

1. We reviewed your response to comment 5 in our comment letter
dated
September 30, 2005.  Please elaborate on your basis in GAAP for
recording your obligations under the Duke Agreement in purchase
accounting, including references to authoritative guidance.  Also
clarify what you mean when you say that "[t]he asset relating to
these on-going services . . . was also valued in purchase
accounting."  Ensure we understand the basis in GAAP for this
accounting as well.  In responding to our comment, please tell us
more about the nature and terms of the original Support Agreement
and
the Duke Agreement.  Please also clarify which "service agreement"
you are referencing in the third paragraph of your response.
Please
note that in the purchase accounting process, provisions for
future
expenditures not recorded by the acquired entity should be limited
to
obligations that exist as of the combination date.  Provisions
should
not be made when the effect is to relieve future income statements
of
charges related to ongoing operations.  Ensure your response is
clear
in terms of how your accounting is consistent with this
understanding.

Form 10-K/A for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004

2. We reviewed your response to comment 8 from our comment letter
dated September 30, 2005 and are unable to grant your request for
relief from filing an additional amendment to your Form 10-K for
the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.  Because the certifications
filed in your Form 10-K/A on March 30, 2005 relate to the entire
Form
10-K filing for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, the
amendment should have included the entire filing.  Thus,
consistent
with the guidance in Question 17 of the Division of Corporation
Finance:  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Frequently Asked Questions,
you will need to re-amend your Form 10-K to include the entire
Form
10-K and related certifications in the amended filing.  Even
though
your current CEO and CFO were not in those positions as of the
fiscal
year end, you are still required to provide certifications signed
by
the persons acting as principal executive and financial officer at
the time of the amended filing.

      As appropriate, please respond to our comments within 10
business days or tell us when you will provide us with a response.
Please furnish a supplemental response letter that keys your
responses to our comments and provides any requested information.
Detailed supplemental response letters greatly facilitate our
review.
Please file your supplemental response letter on EDGAR.  Please
understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing
your
responses to our comments.

	If you have any questions regarding our comments, please
direct
them to Adam Phippen, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3336.  In his
absence, direct your questions to Robyn Manuel at (202) 551-3823.
Any other questions may be directed to me at (202) 551-3843.

							Sincerely,

							George F. Ohsiek, Jr.
							Branch Chief

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Mr. Craig D. Abolt
MSW Energy Holdings LLC
November 3, 2005
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