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 Operations Pakistan LDC
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(Name of foreign utility company)
Entergy Power Development 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
4 Park Plaza New York, New York 10019-5820
Suite 2000
Irvine, California 92614
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Entergy Power Development 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"), hereby notifies the Securities and
Exchange Commission that Entergy Power Operations Pakistan LDC
("EPOP") 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 Operations Pakistan LDC
c/o Caledonian Bank & Trust Limited
Caledonia House
Mary Street
P.O. Box 1043
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands
EPOP, an indirect subsidiary of Entergy, is providing
operations and maintanence services to Liberty Power Ltd.
("Liberty Power"). Liberty Power is developing an electric
generating facility (the "Facility") in the Sindh Province of
Pakistan, which will consist initially of one 235 MW combined-
cycle gas-fired plant. In a second phase, the capacity of the
Facility will be increased to as much as 470 MW. The Facility
will include interconnection components that are necessary to
interconnect the Facility with the utility grid.
No person (other than Entergy and its subsidiaries)
currently owns a 5% or more voting interest in EPOP.
Item 2. Domestic Associate Public-Utility Companies
of EPOP and their Relationship to EPOP.
The following companies, each of which is a direct or
indirect subsidiary of Entergy, are domestic public utility
associate companies of EPOP: Entergy Arkansas, Inc. ("Entergy
Arkansas"), Entergy Gulf States, Inc. ("Entergy Gulf States"),
Entergy Louisiana, Inc. ("Entergy Louisiana"), Entergy
Mississippi, Inc. ("Entergy Mississippi"), Entergy New Orleans,
Inc. ("Entergy New Orleans"), The Arklahoma Corporation
("Arklahoma"), System Energy Resources, Inc. ("SERI"), Entergy
Power, Inc. ("EPI") and Entergy Operations, Inc. ("EOI") (Entergy
Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy
Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, 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 EPOP.
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 CORPORATION
By: /s/ Frederick F. Nugent
Frederick F. Nugent
Assistant Secretary
Dated: December 9, 1997
