SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
FORM U-57
NOTIFICATION OF FOREIGN UTILITY COMPANY STATUS
Filed under Section 33(a) of the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended
CitiPower Limited
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(Name of foreign utility company)
Entergy Power Development International Corporation
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(Name of filing company, if filed on behalf of
a foreign utility company)
The Commission is requested to mail copies of all
communications relating to this Notification to:
Frederick F. Nugent, Esq. Thomas C. Havens, Esq.
General Counsel Mayer, Brown & Platt
Entergy Enterprises, Inc. 1675 Broadway
Three Financial Centre New York, New York 10019-5820
900 S. Shackleford Road
Suite 210
Little Rock, Arkansas 72211
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Entergy Power Development International Corporation, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Entergy Corporation ("Entergy"), a
registered holding company under the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, as amended (the "Act"), acting on behalf of
CitiPower Limited ("CitiPower"), a corporation organized under
Australian law, hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") that CitiPower is, and claims
status as, a "foreign utility company" ("FUCO") within the
meaning of Section 33 of the Act.
Item 1. Name, Business Address, Facilities and Ownership.
The name and business address of the company claiming FUCO
status is:
CitiPower Limited
CitiPower House
624 Bourke Street
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia 3000
CitiPower is a public utility engaged in the distribution of
electricity in the State of Victoria, Australia. Entergy will
own, indirectly through special purpose subsidiaries, a 100%
interest in CitiPower. Each of such special purpose
subsidiaries has filed a Notification of FUCO status with the
Commission on Form U-57. Other than Entergy and such
subsidiaries, no person will hold a 5% or more voting interest in
CitiPower.
CitiPower's electric distribution network comprises sub-
transmission (66 kv and below) and distribution assets, including
approximately 37 zone substations and 4,321 transformer
installations. The network is predominantly an overhead, wooden
poled distribution system comprising approximately 2,745
kilometers (kms) of high and low voltage overhead lines and 1,864
kms of high and low voltage underground cables. CitiPower's
service territory covers approximately 157 total square kms of
the suburban and metropolitan Melbourne areas. This area
includes the municipalities of St. Kilda, Toorak, Camberwell,
Balwyn, Brunswick, Thornbury and the Port of Melbourne.
CitiPower serves approximately 232,800 residential, commercial
and industrial customers.
Item 2. Domestic Associate Public-Utility Companies of
CitiPower and their Relationship to CitiPower.
The following companies, each of which is a direct or
indirect subsidiary of Entergy, are domestic public utility
associate companies of CitiPower: Arkansas Power & Light Company
("AP&L"), Gulf States Utilities Company ("GSU"), Louisiana Power
& Light Company ("LP&L"), Mississippi Power & Light Company
("MP&L"), New Orleans Public Service Inc. ("NOPSI"), The
Arklahoma Corporation ("Arklahoma"), System Energy Resources,
Inc. ("SERI"), Entergy Power, Inc. ("EPI") and Entergy
Operations, Inc. ("EOI") (AP&L, GSU, LP&L, MP&L, NOPSI,
Arklahoma, SERI, EPI and EOI are collectively referred herein to
as the "Domestic Utilities"). None of the Domestic Utilities has
made an investment in or has any contractual relationship with
CitiPower.
EXHIBIT A. State Certification.
Not applicable.
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SIGNATURE
The undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.
ENTERGY POWER DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Terry L. Ogletree
Terry L. Ogletree
President
Dated: January 2, 1996