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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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
Grupo KeySpan, S. de R.L. de C.V.
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(Name of foreign utility company)
The Brooklyn Union Gas Company
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(Name of filing company, if filed on behalf of
foreign utility company)
Item 1
The name of the entity claiming foreign utility company status under
Section 33(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ("PUHCA") is
Grupo KeySpan, S. de R.L. de C.V. ("Grupo KeySpan"), a Mexican corporation and
affiliate of The Brooklyn Union Gas Company ("Brooklyn Union"). Grupo
KeySpan's business address is Paseo De Los Tamarindos No. 400A, PISO 20,
Col. Bosques De Las Lomas, 05120 Mexico, D.F., Attention: Carlos M. Diez
Garcia. Grupo KeySpan owns a 50% interest in Finsa Energeticos, S. de R.L. de
C.V., which owns and operates a natural gas transportation system within an
industrial park in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Its facilities consist of
low pressure gas pipelines and related facilities necessary to operate and
maintain this system. Grupo KeySpan may also develop, own and operate gas
distribution facilities and facilities for the natural gas-fired generation
of electric power for use by commercial and industrial customers.
The ownership structure of Grupo KeySpan is as follows: (1) KeySpan C I
II, Ltd. ("KeySpan CI"), a Cayman Island company, owns a 50% voting interest
in Grupo KeySpan and (2) Sergio Arguelles Gutierrez and Sergio R. Arguelles
Gonzalez, who are father and son and citizens of the United Mexican States,
own voting interests of 32.5% and 17.5%, respectively, in Grupo KeySpan.
Item 2
Brooklyn Union is a public utility company that primarily distributes
and sells gas retail to customers located in New York City. As of the close
of business on September 29, 1997, KeySpan Energy Corporation ("KeySpan
Energy") became the parent corporation of
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Brooklyn Union, and KeySpan CI became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
KeySpan Energy. KeySpan Energy owns, indirectly through KeySpan CI, a 50%
voting interest in Grupo KeySpan. The purchase price paid to acquire this
indirect ownership interest in Grupo KeySpan was approximately US$2,000,000.
Grupo KeySpan is an affiliate, but not a subsidiary (as those terms are
defined in PUHCA), of Brooklyn Union.
Exhibit A
Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a copy of the state certification,
required under Section 33(a)(2) of PUHCA, that Brooklyn Union received from
the New York Public Service Commission ("NYPSC"). The NYPSC sent this
certification to the Securities and Exchange Commission in October 1996, and
it has not been revised or withdrawn.
The undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
The Brooklyn Union Gas Company
By: /s/ Robert B. Catell
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Robert B. Catell
Chairman
Date: October 21, 1997
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EXHIBIT A
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STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE
THREE EMPIRE STATE PLAZA, ALBANY, NY 12223-1350
Internet Address: http://www.dps.state.ny.us
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
M.P. O'MARA MAUREEN O. HELMER
Chairman General Counsel
IRENE W. ZELTMANN [GRAPHIC]
Deputy Chairman JOHN C. CRARY
Secretary
HAROLD A. JERRY, JR.
WILLIAM D. COTTER
THOMAS J. DUNLEAVY
October 23, 1996
Mr. Robert P. Wason
Securities and Exchange
Commission
Mail Stop 10-6
450 Fifth Street NW
Washington, DC 20549
SUBJECT: The Brooklyn Union Gas Company
Form U-57
Dear Mr. Wason:
This is sent to you in response to a request from The Brooklyn Union Gas
Company for a certification pursuant to the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935 at Section 33(a) that this commission has the authority and
resources to protect ratepayers subject to our jurisdiction and that it
intends to exercise its authority.
Please be advised that pursuant to the New York State Public Service Law and
rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto and published in Volume 16 of
the Official Compilation of New York Codes, Rules and Regulations), the New
York Public Service Commission has the authority and also has the resources
to protect the ratepayers of The Brooklyn Union Gas Company, and it does now
and expects to continue exercising such authority.
This certification is made with the understanding that it may be revised or
withdrawn prospectively by written notice to you.
Very truly yours,
/s/ John C. Crary
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John C. Crary
Secretary
