EL PASO ENERGY INTERNATIONAL CO
U-57, 1999-02-24
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                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D. C.

                                 Form U-57

                 NOTIFICATION OF FOREIGN UTILITY COMPANY STATUS
          
                Filing under Section 33(a) of the Public Utility
              Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended (the "Act")


                    East Asia Power Resources Corporation

                      (Name of foreign utility company)

                    El Paso Energy International Company
                           1001 Louisiana Street
                           Houston, Texas  77002

                   (Name and address of filing company)


        Communications  regarding  this  Application  should be
          addressed to the following person:

                               Robert W. Baker
                      El Paso Energy International Company
                            1001 Louisiana Street
                             Houston, Texas   77002
                           Telephone:   (713) 420-7021
                           Facsimile:    (713) 420-2813


                                            ITEM 1

                  State  the  name of the entity 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  or
                  manufactured  gas.   To the extent known, identify each
                  person that holds five  percent or more of any class of
                  voting securities of the  foreign  utility  company and
                  describe the amount and nature of the interest.

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                  El  Paso  Energy  International  Company  ("El  Paso"),
             acting on behalf of East Asia Power Resources Corporation, a
             publicly  listed  company  organized  under  the laws of the
             Philippines  ("East Asia"), hereby notifies the  Commission,
             pursuant to Section 33(a) of the Act and Rule 57 thereunder,
             that East Asia  and  its  subsidiaries  are  foreign utility
             companies within the meaning of Section 33(a)  of  the  Act.
             El  Paso  acquired  a  portion of the shares of East Asia on
             February 2, 1999.

             Name and Business Address

                        East Asia Power Resources Corporation
                           20th Floor, OMM-CITRA Condomium
                          San Miguel Avenue, Ortigas Center
                        Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines


             Description of Facilities

                  East  Asia,  through   its  subsidiaries,  owns  and/or
             operates power generation facilities  in the Philippines and
             the Republic of China, which are used for the generation and
             associated transmission and distribution  of electric energy
             for  sale  to various utilities and to industrial  customers
             (the "Generation  Facilities").   In  addition,  East  Asia,
             through   its   subsidiaries,  owns  and  operates  electric
             transmission and  distribution facilities in the Philippines
             (the "Transmission Facilities").

             A.   Generation  Facilities - The Generation Facilities
             consist of the following facilities:

        (1)  East Asia   Diesel Power  Corporation - This subsidiary of
             East  Asia  owns   and   operates  two   oil-fired   power
             generating  barges with  an  aggregate  installed capacity
             of 109 MW.  The   barges supply  power  to National  Power
             Corporation   ("NPC"),  the   state-owned  generation  and
             transmission  utility,  pursuant   to  energy   conversion
             agreements  with  an   initial  term  expiring  on May 31,
             1999.   The  barges have been  in operation since 1994 and
             are  located   within  NPC's   primary  load   center  in
             Navotas, Metro Manila.

        (2)  Sunrise   Power  Company Inc.- This  indirect subsidiary of
             East Asia owns and operates a 22.8 MW oil-fired power  plant
             in  Mariveles,  Bataan  in  the  Philippines.   The facility
             supplies power to Petrochemicals Corporation of Asia-Pacific
             ("Petrocorp"),  a  joint  venture among Thai Petrochemicals,
             Chemphil Group and others.   Petrocorp  purchases power from
             SPCI  pursuant to a 20-year power purchase  contract,  which
             commenced  July  1997.   Payments  under  the  contract  are
             comprised of a fixed capacity fee and an energy fee.

        (3)  Duracom   Mobile   Power   Corporation  -  This   indirect
             subsidiary of East  Asia  owns  and  operates  two oil-fired
             power  generating  barges  ("Dura I" and "Dura II")  with  a
             total installed capacity of  133 MW.  The barges, located in
             Navotas,  Metro Manila, Philippines,  supply  power  to  the
             Manila Electric  Company  ("Meralco")  pursuant  to  a power
             purchase agreement with an initial term expiring in February
             2006.   The  barges  have  been  in operation since February
             1996.

        (4)  East  Asia  Global  Management -   This  subsidiary of East
             Asia  has  an  indirect 60% interest in Asia Pacific  Power,
             which in turn holds  a  51%  interest  in  Taixing Huangqiao
             Pacific  Power  Company Limited ("THPPC").  THPPC  owns  and
             operates a 24 MW  coal-fired  power  generating  facility in
             Taixing  City, Jiangsu Province, in the Peoples Republic  of
             China.  The  plant  commenced operations in October 1996 and
             the power generated by the facility is supplied to the local
             power  bureau in Jiangsu  Province  under  a  20-year  power
             purchase agreement.

        (5)  East  Asia Utilities Corporation - East  Asia  has an option
             to acquire the shares of East  Asia   Utilities Corporation.
             This company  commissioned  a   50 MW oil- fired  generating
             facility  (the "Mactan Project")  on  May  25, 1998  in  the
             Mactan Export Processing Zone in Cebu. The  plant   supplies
             power to  the   Mactan   Export  Processing  Zone  Authority
             ("MEPZA")   and  the   Visayan  Electric   Company  ("VECO")
             under contracts  with initial  terms  of  15  years  and  10
             years,  respectively  (the "MEPZA  PPA"   and  "VECO  PPA").
             Pursuant to the MEPZA PPA,  MEPZA will purchase  its  entire
             power requirement  from  EAUC.  Pursuant  to  the  VECO PPA,
             after  meeting MEPZA's power demand, VECO will take residual
             power from  the   Mactan   Project.    East  Asia  Utilities
             Corporation    also   owns   80%  of   Cebu  Private   Power
             Corporation ("CPPC"), which owns and operates a new  73   MW
             (10 x 7.3 MW) diesel-fired power facility in   Ermita,  Cebu
             under  a  build-operate-transfer arrangement with VECO.  The
             plant commenced commercial operations of all units by the end
             of  1998.   Power generated is sold to VECO  under a 15-year
             power supply contract.  East Asia has the option to buy back
             all or part of the shares in EAUC during a period commencing
             March  20,  1999  and ending March 20, 2000.

             B.   Transmission   Facilities   -   The   Transmission
             Facilities consist of the following facilities owned  by  an
             indirect partially owned subsidiary of East Asia, called San
             Fernando Electric Power and Light Company Inc. ("SFELAPCO").
             SFELAPCO  is  the  franchise  holder for the distribution of
             electricity, light and power in  San  Fernando,  Pampanga in
             the Philippines.


             Ownership

                  The ownership of East Asia is as follows:

                  (a)  El Paso Philippines Holding Company Inc. ("EPPH"),
                       a  corporation  organized  and existing under  the
                       laws of the Philippines, owns  389,357,250  of the
                       issued   and  outstanding  shares  of  East  Asia,
                       representing  approximately  46%  of the ownership
                       interest  in  East  Asia.   EPPH  is  wholly-owned
                       subsidiary   of   EPEC   Nederland   Holding  B.V.
                       ("EPEC"),  a company organized under the  laws  of
                       the Netherlands.   EPEC is a wholly-owned indirect
                       subsidiary of El Paso,  a  company organized under
                       the  laws  of Delaware.  El Paso  is  an  indirect
                       wholly  owned   subsidiary   of   El  Paso  Energy
                       Corporation,   a   publicly   listed   corporation
                       organized  under  the  laws  of  Delaware.   Among
                       others, El Paso Energy Corporation owns the shares
                       of  El  Paso Natural Gas Company and Tennessee Gas
                       Pipeline   Company,  which  are  both  subject  to
                       regulation  by   the   Federal  Energy  Regulatory
                       Commission as interstate natural gas pipelines.

                  (b) The remainder of the issued  and outstanding shares
                      of East Asia are held by the following shareholders
                      (as of January 31, 1999):

                       Shareholder Shares Held

                       Filinvest Dev. Corp.    215,276,750

                       PCD Nominee             123,325,540

                       Victor Chiongbian        40,065,393

                       JMJ Holdings Corp.       21,000,000

                       Others                   56,975,087



                                        ITEM 2

                  State the 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.

                  As noted above, El Paso Energy International Company is
             an indirect subsidiary  of El Paso Energy Corporation, which
             owns El Paso Natural Gas  Company and Tennessee Gas Pipeline
             Company.  Some of the assets  of El Paso Natural Gas Company
             and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company are subject to regulation
             by  the Federal Energy Regulatory  Commission.   Neither  El
             Paso Natural Gas Company, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company nor
             any  of   their   affiliates  are  subject  to  retail  rate
             regulation by any state  utility  commission.  No portion of
             the purchase price for East Asia was paid by El Paso Natural
             Gas Company or Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company.

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                                      EXHIBIT A

                  State   certifications,  as  required   under   Section
                  33(a)(2)  of  the  Act,  have  been  received  from the
                  following state commissions and are attached hereto.

                                        None.



                                      SIGNATURE

                  The  undersigned company has duly caused this statement
             to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
             authorized.



                                    EL PASO ENERGY INTERNATIONAL COMPANY



                                   By:/s/ Robert W. Baker
                                     --------------------------------
                                         Robert W. Baker
                                         Vice President and Associate
                                         General Counsel



             Date:  February 8, 1999



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