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
SEI OPERADORA de ARGENTINA S.A.
c/o Southern Energy, Inc.
900 Ashwood Parkway, Suite 500
Atlanta, Georgia 30338
(Name of company or companies claiming foreign
utility company status and their
business address)
The Commission is requested to address
communications to:
Marce Fuller, President John D. McLanahan, Esq.
Southern Energy, Inc. Troutman Sanders
900 Ashwood Parkway 600 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Suite 500 Suite 5200
Atlanta, Georgia 30338 Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2216
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1. Name of the entities claiming foreign utility company status, its business
address, 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 of manufactured gas. Identify each company
that holds an interest in the foreign utility company and describe the interest
held.
SEI OPERADORA de ARGENTINA S.A.
c/o Southern Energy, Inc.
900 Ashwood Parkway, Suite 500
Atlanta, Georgia 30338
Southern Energy, Inc. ("SEI"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The
Southern Company, a registered holding company, on behalf of SEI Operadora de
Argentina S.A. ("SEI Operadora"), a corporation organized under the laws of
Argentina, claims exemption for SEI Operadora as a "foreign utility company"
pursuant to Section 33(a) of the Act. SEI indirectly owns all of the issued and
outstanding shares of common stock of SEI Operadora. SEI Operadora operates the
Alicura hydroelectric complex in the provinces of Neuquen and Rio Negro,
Argentina, and owned by Hydroelectrica Alicura S.A., a Foreign Utility Company.
The complex is located on the Limay River and uses the Negro Basin. The complex
is approximately 33 kilometers from the city of San Carlos de Bariloche. The
size of the dam is 850,000 meters long with a total volume of 13,000,000 cubic
meters. The installed generating capacity is 1,000 MW consisting of four
generating units. Notice of the Foreign Utility Company status of SEI Operadora
was previously filed prior to the adoption of Rule 57, on or about May 25, 1993.
This new electronic filing is made for the convenience of the Commission.
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.
The claimant is an associate company of the following domestic
public-utility companies:
Georgia Power Company
Alabama Power Company
Mississippi Power Company
Gulf Power Company
Mobile Energy Services Company, L.L.C.
Savannah Electric and Power Company
Southern Electric Generating Company
The top registered holding company of the above associate
public-utility companies is The Southern Company. None of the foregoing domestic
public utility companies has made an investment in or has any contractual
relationship with the Foreign Utility Company, 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 thereunto duly authorized.
By /s/Sammuel H. Dabbs, Jr.
Samuel H. Dabbs, Jr.
Assistant Secretary
Southern Energy, Inc.
Date: February 15, 2000
