File No. 073-00023
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
Entergy Power Development International Holdings Incorporated
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(Name of foreign utility company)
Entergy Power Development International Holdings Incorporated
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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 Holdings
Incorporated ("EPDI"), 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"), hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") that EPDI 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:
Entergy Power Development International
Holdings Incorporated
c/o The Corporation Trust Company
1209 Orange Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
EPDI was organized for purposes of acquiring and holding
Entergy's interests in FUCOs. EPDI holds an indirect 5.1%
interest in Edesur, S.A. ("Edesur"), a public utility engaged in
the distribution of electricity to approximately 2.1 million
customers in a service territory covering approximately 3,300
square kilometers (km) in the southern portion of the
metropolitan Buenos Aires area in Argentina. Edesur's electric
distribution system consists of over 16,000 km of high voltage
transmission and distribution lines, substations and related
facilities.
Edesur was declared to be a FUCO by order of the Commission
(see Holding Company Act Release No. 25705 (dated December 14,
1992), which order also deemed the notice requirements of Section
33(a)(3)(B) of the Act to be satisfied. In addition to Entergy,
the following persons currently own a 5% or more voting interest
in Edesur: Empresa Nacional de Electricidad, S.A. (5.6%); Enersis
S.A. and Distribuidora Chilectra Metropolitana, S.A.
(collectively, 64.2%); and Perez Companc, S.A.C.F.I.M.F.A. and
Sade, S.A.C.C.I.F.I.M. (collectively, 16.3%).
Item 2. Domestic Associate Public-Utility Companies of EPDI
and their Relationship to EPDI.
The following companies, each of which is a direct or
indirect subsidiary of Entergy, are domestic public utility
associate companies of EPDI: 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
EPDI.
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 HOLDINGS
INCORPORATED
By:___/s/Frederick F. Nugent__
Frederick F. Nugent
Vice President &
Assistant Secretary
Dated: February 2, 1996
