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 China Holdings, Ltd.
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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:
Laurence M. Hamric, Esq. Thomas C. Havens, Esq.
Associate General Counsel Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLP
Entergy Services, Inc. 200 Park Avenue
639 Loyola Avenue New York, New York 10166
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
Frederick F. Nugent, Esq.
General Counsel
Entergy Enterprises, Inc.
4 Park Plaza, 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 China Holdings, Ltd.
("EPC") 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 China Holdings, Ltd.
c/o Caledonian Bank & Trust Limited
Caledonian House, Ground Floor
Mary Street
George Town, Grand Cayman B.W.I.
Cayman Islands
EPC, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Entergy, was
formed to acquire and hold Entergy's interest in Nantong Entergy
Heat & Power Co., Ltd. ("Nantong"). Nantong owns and operates a
cogeneration power plant (the "Plant") located in the Nantong
Economic and Technological Development Zone (the "Zone") in the
Peoples Republic of China. The Plant consists of two 12 MW
turbine generators, three 75 ton-per-hour pulverized coal-fired
steam boilers, electrostatic precipitators, a water treatment
plant, coal and ash handling facilities, a 110 kV switchyard and
other related auxiliary equipment. Process steam produced at the
Plant will be sold to the Jiangsu Provincial Power Bureau.
Entergy, indirectly through EPC and other subsidiaries, own a 92%
interest in Nantong.
No person (other than Entergy) currently owns a 5% or more
voting interest in EPC.
Item 2. Domestic Associate Public-Utility Companies of EPC and
their Relationship to EPC.
The following companies, each of which is a direct or
indirect subsidiary of Entergy, are domestic public utility
associate companies of EPC: 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 EPC.
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
Secretary
Dated: April 23, 1999
