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
Encoe Partners
(Name of foreign utility company)
Illinova Generating Company
(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:
Michael R. Heneghan J. Paul Forrester
Senior Vice President Mayer, Brown & Platt
Illinova Generating Company 190 South LaSalle Street
2828 North Monroe Chicago, Illinois 60603-3441
Decatur, Illinois 62523-1210
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Illinova Generating Company ("IGC"), an Illinois corporation and a
subsidiary of Illinova Corporation ("Illinova"), an exempt holding company under
Section 3(a)(1) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended
(the "Act"), acting on behalf of Encoe Partners, a United Kingdom general
partnership, hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") that Encoe Partners is, and claims status as, a "foreign utility
company" within the meaning of the Act ("FUCO").
Item 1. Name, Business Address, Facilities and Ownership.
The name and business address of the company claiming FUCO status is:
Encoe Partners
34 Park Street
London W1Y 3LE
U.K.
Encoe Partners is a U.K. partnership that owns and operates a power
generation facility in the United Kingdom. The facility is a 2.176 MW power
plant that produces power by harnessing the pressure in the natural gas pipeline
feeding an existing power plant in Teesside, England. Encoe Partners also has a
one-third interest in certain rights and obligations under a power contract.
The general partners of Encoe Partners are: COE (UK) Corp., Enrici Power
Marketing, Ltd., and Enron Europe Liquids Processing, Ltd.
Item 2: Domestic Associate Public-Utility Companies of the FUCO and their
Relationship to the FUCO.
Illinois Power Company ("IPC"), which provides electric service to portions
of the State of Illinois, is a domestic public utility associate of Encoe
Partners. IPC is a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Illinova. IPC has no
direct or indirect interest in Encoe Partners and has not paid any portion of
the purchase price for Illinova's interest in Encoe Partners. Furthermore, IPC
does not have any contractual relationship with Encoe Partners.
EXHIBIT A. State Certification.
Pursuant to Section 33(a)(2) of the Act, filed herewith as Exhibit A
attached hereto is a conformed copy of a letter, dated January 5, 1996, from the
Illinois Commerce Commission (the "ICC"), certifying that the ICC has the
authority and resources to protect IPC's ratepayers subject to ICC jurisdiction
and intends to exercise its authority. This letter was previously filed with the
Commission in June 1996.
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SIGNATURE
The undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be signed and
authorized on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
ILLINOVA GENERATING COMPANY
By /s/Michael R. Heneghan
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Michael R. Heneghan
Senior Vice President
Dated: November 14, 1997
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EXHIBIT A
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STATE OF ILLINOIS
ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION
January 5, 1996
Office of the Secretary
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Dear Sirs:
We are writing to you with respect to Illinois Power Company and its
affiliated company, Illinova Generating Company. Illinova Generating Company,
through its subsidiaries or through other entities, intends to hold an ownership
interest in electric facilities in one or more foreign countries. We submit this
letter pursuant to the requirements of Section 33(a)(2) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended (the "Act").
The Illinois Commerce Commission hereby certifies to you that we have,
pursuant to the Illinois Public Utilities Act, the authority to protect
ratepayers subject to our jurisdiction and that we, as the public utility
regulatory body for the State of Illinois, intend to exercise our authority to
the fullest extend allowed by State or Federal Law.
We have jurisdiction over the retail electric and gas rates of Illinois
Power Company, which is a public utility company as such term is defined in the
Act.
Sincerely,
s/ Dan Miller
Chairman
cc: Robert Watson, Public Utility Regulation Division, SEC
Alec Dreyer, Illinova Generating
