File No. 73-00049
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
(Name and address of foreign utility company)
Gasoducto Nor Andino S.A.
Apoquindo 3721, Piso 7
Las Condes, Santiago
Chile
(Name and address of filing company)
SEI Holdings, Inc.
900 Ashwood Parkway - Suite 500
Atlanta, Georgia 30338
The Commission is requested to address communications to:
Thomas Boren, President John D. McLanahan, Esq.
SEI Holdings, Inc. Troutman Sanders LLP
900 Ashwood Parkway 600 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Suite 500 Suit 5200
Atlanta, Georgia 30338 Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2216
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1. Name of the entity(ies) on whose behalf foreign utility company status is
claimed, its (their) business address(es), and a description of the facilities
used for the generation, transmission and distribution of electric energy for
sale or for the distribution at retail of natural or manufactured gas. Identity
of each person that holds five percent (5%) or more of any class of voting
securities of the foreign utility company(ies) and description of the amount and
nature of the interest.
SEI Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Holdings"), is filing this
Notification of Foreign Utility Company Status pursuant to Section 33(a) of the
Act and Rule 57, 17 C. F. R. ss. 250.57, thereunder on behalf of Gasoducto Nor
Andino S.A.1 ( hereinafter "Foreign Utility"), with its principal offices at
Apoquindo 3721, Piso 7, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
The Foreign Utility is a corporation (sociedad anonima) which intends
to develop, construct, own and operate a natural gas transmission system which
will transport natural gas from northern Argentina to northern Chile and deliver
natural gas to customers at retail. The principal customers for the Foreign
Utility transportation services are expected to be electric power generators and
other industrial users of natural gas.
Tractebel S.A., a utility company incorporated under the laws of
Belgium, is expected to own 66 2/3 % of the voting common stock of the Foreign
Utility. Energia del Pacifico S.A., a Chilean corporation (sociedad anonima), is
expected to own 33 1/3 % of the voting stock of the Foreign Utility.
2. Name of any domestic associate public-utility company and, if applicable, its
holding company, and a description of the relationship between the foreign
utility company and such company, and the purchase price paid by any such
domestic associate public-utility company for its interest in the foreign
utility company.
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1 Holdings is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Southern Company ("Southern"), a
registered holding company, and a "project parent" within the meaning of HCAR
No. 26096 and HCAR No. 26338, dated July 3, 1994 and July 25, 1995, respectively
(File No. 70-8421).
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The following domestic public-utility companies, each of which is a
direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern, would be "associate
companies" of the Foreign Utility if the transaction described herein were
consummated:
Alabama Power Company
Georgia Power Company
Gulf Power Company
Mississippi Power Company
Mobile Energy Services Company, L.L.C.
Mobile Energy Services Holdings, Inc.
Savannah Electric and Power Company
Southern Electric Generating Company
None of the foregoing domestic public utility companies has made an
investment in or has any contractual relationship with the Foreign Utility, and
no such investment or contractual relationship is contemplated.
EXHIBIT A
Inapplicable
SIGNATURE
The undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized agent.
SEI HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/Samuel H. Dabbs, Jr.
Samuel H. Dabbs, Jr.
Assistant Secretary
Date: November 14, 1997
