250.2—Exemption of holding companies which are intrastate or predominantly operating companies.
(a) General provisions.
Any holding company, and every subsidiary company thereof as such, shall, upon the filing of an exemption statement on Form U-3A-2 and subject to the filing of such exemption statement on or before March 1 of each year thereafter, and subject to the provisions of Rule U-6, be exempt from all the provisions of the act and rules thereunder, except section 9(a)(2) of the act, if:
(1)
Such holding company, and every subsidiary company thereof which is a public utility company from which such holding company derives, directly or indirectly, any material part of its income, are predominantly intrastate in character and carry on their business substantially in a single State in which such holding company and every such subsidiary company thereof are organized; or
(2)
Such holding company is predominantly a public utility company whose operations as such do not extend beyond the State in which it is organized and States contiguous thereto.
(b) Exception.
Unless otherwise required by the Commission, a holding company which is a subsidiary of a registered holding company need file only the initial statement on Form U-3A-2.