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 Wandoan Generation Pty. Ltd.
(Name of foreign utility company)
Entergy Power Development Corporation
(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 Whitman Breed
Entergy Enterprises, Inc. Abbott & Morgan LLP
4 Park Plaza 200 Park Avenue
Suite 2000 New York, New York 10166
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 Wandoan Generation Pty. Ltd.
("Entergy Wandoan") 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 Wandoan Generation Pty. Ltd.
c/o Entergy Power Group
Level 54, Governor Phillip Tower
1 Farrer Place
Sydney NSW 2000
Entergy Wandoan, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of
Entergy, currently is developing and will acquire and own,
indirectly through one or more subsidiaries, a proposed coal-
fired electric generating project in Queensland, Australia. The
project (the "Wandoan Project") involves the concurrent
development of a 750 megawatt ("MW") coal-fired electric
generating plant in the Surat Basin/Dawson Valley region of
Queensland and the adjacent coal mine (the "Wandoan Mine"). Coal
from the Wandoan Mine will be used as a source of long-term fuel
supply for the Wandoan Project, and may be used as the fuel
supply for another power project being developed by Entergy in
Queensland.
No person (other than Entergy and its subsidiaries)
currently owns a 5% or more voting interest in Entergy Wandoan.
Item 2. Domestic Associate Public-Utility Companies of Entergy
Wandoan and their Relationship to Entergy Wandoan.
The following companies, each of which is a direct or
indirect subsidiary of Entergy, are domestic associate public-
utility companies of Entergy Wandoan: 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 Entergy Wandoan.
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 30, 1998
