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Date of Filing: November 29, 1999 File No. _________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
FORM U5A
NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION
Filed under Section 5(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935
Scottish Power plc
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Name of Registrant
The undersigned holding company hereby notifies the Securities and
Exchange Commission that it registers under and pursuant to the provisions of
Section 5(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 and furnishes the
following information as to the registrant and subsidiary companies thereof:
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(1) Exact name of registrant: Scottish Power plc
(2) Address of principal executive offices: In Scotland: In the United States:
1 Atlantic Quay Suite 900, Kaiser Building
Glasgow G2 8SP 500 N.E. Multnomah Street
Scotland UK Portland, OR 97232
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(3) Name and address of officers to whom notices and communications should be
addressed:
Ian Robinson Alan Richardson
Chief Executive Officer Scottish Power plc
Scottish Power plc Suite 900 Kaiser Building
1 Atlantic Quay 500 N.E. Multnomah Street
Glasgow G2 8SP Portland, OR 97232
Scotland UK
with copies to:
Andrew Mitchell, Company Secretary M. Douglas Dunn
James Stanley, General Counsel Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
Scottish Power plc 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
1 Atlantic Quay New York, NY 10005
Glasgow G2 8SP
Scotland UK
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(4) Required information regarding the registrant and each subsidiary company
thereof (indented to reflect parent-subsidiary relationships):
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Name of Company Organization State/Country Type of Business
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Scottish Power plc Corp. Scotland Holding Company
ScottishPower U.K. plc Corp. Scotland Electric Utility Company
Caledonian Gas Limited Corp. Scotland Gas Retailing
Camjar plc Corp. England Inactive
Spotlight Trading Limited Corp. England Inactive
Telephone Information Services plc Corp. England Inactive
Celt Power Limited Corp. England Wind Powered Electricity
Generation
Dynamic Power Limited Corp. Scotland Manufacture, Marketing and
Sale of Custom Power
Products
ScottishPower Electricity Corp. Scotland Scottish Electricity
Settlements Limited Settlement
Scottish Energy Services Limited Corp. Scotland Inactive
Scottish Power Trustees Limited Corp. Scotland Inactive
ScottishPower Distribution Limited Corp. Scotland Inactive
ScottishPower Energy Supply Limited Corp. Scotland Inactive
ScottishPower Gas Limited Corp. Scotland Gas Retailing
ScottishPower Generation Limited Corp. Scotland Inactive
ScottishPower Investments Limited Corp. Scotland Investment Holding Company
Beaufort Energy Limited Corp. Scotland Inactive
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Name of Company Organization State/Country Type of Business
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CRE Energy Limited Corp. Northern Ireland Wind Powered Electricity
Generation
Caledonian Communications Limited Corp. Scotland Dormant
Cathcart Insurance Limited (in Corp. Isle of Man Insurance
Voluntary Liquidation: 1
November 1996)
Domestic Appliance Insurance Corp. Isle of Man Insurance
Limited
Genscot Limited Corp. Scotland Investment Holding Company
Manweb plc Corp. England Regional Electricity
Company
Manweb Holdings Limited Corp. England Inactive
Barnfleet Limited Corp. England Inactive
Manweb Contracting Corp. England Foreign Service Company
Services Limited
Manweb Energy Consultants Corp. England Energy Services
Limited
Manweb Gas Limited Corp. England Foreign Holding Company
Manweb Generation Holdings Corp. England Foreign Holding Company
Limited
Manweb Generation Corp. England Inactive
(Winnington) Limited
Wind Resources Ltd. England Holding Company
(45%) held)
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Name of Company Organization State/Country Type of Business
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Corland Cross Ltd. England Project Company
Coal Clough Ltd. England Project Company
Manweb Pensions Trustees Corp. England Pension Company
Limited
Manweb Services Limited Corp. England Energy Services
Merseyside Power Trading Corp. England Inactive
Limited
Manweb Nominees Limited Corp. England Dormant
Manweb Share Scheme Trustees Corp. England Inactive
Limited
ScotPower Limited Corp. Scotland Dormant
Scotspower Limited Corp. Scotland Dormant
Scotsgrid Limited Corp. Scotland Dormant
ScottishPower Finance Limited Corp. Scotland Investment Holding Company
Shoreham Operations Co., Ltd. Corp. England Generating Project Co.
Corp (50% held)
South Coast Power Limited Corp. England Dormant
ScottishPower Insurance Limited Corp. Isle of Man Insurance
ScottishPower Leasing Limited Corp. Scotland Lease Finance
ScottishPower Securities Limited Corp. Scotland Inactive
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Name of Company Organization State/Country Type of Business
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Thus plc (50.1% held) Corp. Scotland Telecommunications and
Internet Service Provider
Demon Internet Inc. Corp. Delaware Internet Service Provider
Scotland Online Limited Corp. Scotland Internet Service Provider
Golfing Scotland Limited Corp. Scotland Internet Service Provider
ScottishPower Telecommunications Corp. Scotland Inactive
Limited
Demon Internet Limited Corp. England Inactive
Cityscape Global Media Limited Corp. England Inactive
Cityscape Internet Services Corp. England Inactive
Limited
Cityscape Limited Corp. England Inactive
Demon Internet Inc. Corp. USA Internet Service Provider
Demon Limited Corp. England Inactive
Dispatch Publishing Limited Corp. England Inactive
Locomotive Software Group Corp. England Inactive
Limited
Locomotive Software Corp. England Inactive
Developments Limited
Turnpike 1996 Limited Corp. England Inactive
Turnpike Limited Corp. England Inactive
The IP Systems Operation Corp. England Inactive
Limited
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Name of Company Organization State/Country Type of Business
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Lancastrian Holdings Limited Corp. England Inactive
Megafone (UK) Limited Corp. England Inactive
Psychic Companions Limited Corp. England Inactive
Watermark Games Limited Corp. England Inactive
SPPT Limited Corp. England Dormant
SSEB Limited Corp. Scotland Dormant
Waterline Insurance Company Corp. Isle of Man Insurance
Limited
ScottishPower Share Scheme Trustees Corp. Scotland Special Purpose Company
Limited
Scottish Power Transmission Limited Corp. Scotland Dormant
SMW Limited Corp. Scotland Sewage Sludge Treating
Southern Water plc Corp. England Inactive
Aquaclear Limited Corp. England Dormant
Bowsprit Holdings Limited Corp. England Property Investment
Bowsprit Property Development Corp. England Property Development
Limited
Monk Rawling Limited Corp. England Inactive
Coastal Wastewater Consultants Corp. England Inactive
Limited
E S Taylor (Worthing) Holdings Corp. England Inactive
Limited
James Leppard & Sons Limited Corp. England Landfill Site Operator
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Name of Company Organization State/Country Type of Business
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T&E Hire (Tool & Equipment) Corp. England Dormant
Limited
Taylor Plant & Haulage Limited Corp. England Waste Disposal Site
Operator
Taylors Glass & Waste Recycling Corp. England Inactive
Limited
TES Environmental Services Corp. England Inactive
Limited
Ecoclear Limited Corp. England Inactive
Hazeley Down Mineral Water Corp. England Dormant
Company Limited
Linemicro Limited Corp. England Inactive
M.W. Longley Limited Corp. England Dormant
McDowells Limited Corp. England Pension Company
ScottishPower Group Money Corp. England Pension Company
Purchase Pension Scheme Limited
Southern Science Limited Corp. England Inactive
Southern Water Executive Pension Corp. England Pension Company
Scheme Trustees Limited
Southern Water Global Limited Corp. England Dormant
Southern Water Industries Limited Corp. England Inactive
Contract Services (S.E.) Limited Corp. England Dormant
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Name of Company Organization State/Country Type of Business
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Southern Water Mirror Image Corp. England Pension Company
Pension Trustees Limited
Southern Water Pension Trustees Corp. England Pension Company
Limited
Southern Water Services Limited Corp. England Water Supply and Waste
Water Services
Pipeworks Limited Corp. England Dormant
Southern Water Services Finance Corp. England Finance Company
plc
Southern Water Share Scheme Corp. England Inactive
Trustees Limited
Southern Water Technologies Corp. England Dormant
Limited
Timber Clear Limited Corp. England Inactive
Water Working Limited Corp. England Inactive
Teledata (Holdings) Limited Corp. Scotland Inactive
Ring-a-Round Limited Corp. England Dormant
Teledata (Outsourcing) Limited Corp. England Inactive
The Call Centre Service Limited Corp. England Inactive
Teledata Scotland Limited Corp. Scotland Inactive
The Information Service Limited Corp. England Inactive
Clubcall Telephone Services Corp. England Inactive
Limited
Clubline Services Limited Corp. England Dormant
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Name of Company Organization State/Country Type of Business
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Telephone International Media Corp. England Inactive
Holdings Limited
Copperteam Limited Corp. England Inactive
Telephone International Media Corp. England Inactive
Limited
TIM Limited Corp. England Dormant
Scot Ash Limited Corp. England Ash Sales
Sabre Water Limited Corp. Scotland Inactive
ScottishPower NA 1 Limited Corp. Scotland Special Purpose Company
ScottishPower NA 2 Limited Corp. Scotland Special Purpose Company
NA General Partnership Partnership Nevada Special Purpose Entity
PacifiCorp Corp. OR Electric Utility
Centralia Mining Company Corp. WA Mining Company
Demand Side Receivables, Inc. Corp. OR Demand Side Company
Energy West Mining Company Corp. UT Mining Company
Glenrock Coal Company Corp. WY Mining Company
Interwest Mining Company Corp. OR Mining Company
Pacific Minerals, Inc. Corp. WY Parent of Coal Company (JV)
Bridger Coal Company Corp. WY Mining Company (JV -
66.67% interest)
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Name of Company Organization State/Country Type of Business
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PacifiCorp Environmental Corp. DE Claims Remediation
Remediation Company
Biodiversidad Sostenible Business Bolivia Greenhouse mitigation
Arrangement project
Rio Bravo Carbon Business Belize Greenhouse mitigation
Sequestration Pilot Project Arrangement project
PFS Acquisition Corp. Corp. OR Special purpose company
PPW Repurchase LLC L.L.C. DE Special purpose finance
company
PacifiCorp Future Corp. OR Holds rain forest carbon
Generations, Inc. credits
PacifiCorp Group Holdings Corp. DE Nonutility Holding Company
Company
PACORP Corp. OR DRIP Trust
PacifiCorp Investment Corp. OR Investments
Management, Inc.
PGHC
En . able LLC L.L.C. DE Energy-related Investments
Orcom System, Inc. Corp. OR Billing and customer
service (JV-50% interest)
New Energy Holdings I, Inc. Corp. OR Nonutility Holding
Company
EnergyWorks Holdings I Corp. Cayman Islands Cogeneration projects
EnergyWorks (C.I.) LLC L.L.C. Cayman Islands Cogeneration projects
(JV-50% interest)
Inspect LLC L.L.C. OR Cogeneration project (JV
- 60% interest)
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Name of Company Organization State/Country Type of Business
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PACE Group, Inc. Corp. OR Economic Development Assets
Pacific Kinston Energy, Inc. Corp. OR Generation-related Company
Pacific Klamath Energy, Inc. Corp. OR Generation-related Company
PacifiCorp Development Company Corp. OR Generation-related Company
Pacific Generation (Cayman), Inc. Corp. Cayman Islands Generation-related Company
PacGen GP Co., Ltd. Corp. Cayman Islands Generation-related Company
PacifiCorp Generation Int'l, BV Corp. Netherlands Philippine Generation
Assets
Pacific Bakun Energy, BV Corp. Netherlands Philippine Generation
Assets
Pacific Generation Int'l. Ltd. Corp. Cayman Islands Philippines Generation
Assets
PacGen SMHPC Ltd. Corp. Mauritius Project Bidding Company
PacifiCorp Australia Gas Project Corp. Cayman Islands Project Bidding Company
Corp.
PacifiCorp Brazil Development Corp. Cayman Islands Project Bidding Company
Corp.
PacifiCorp International Corp. Cayman Islands Project Bidding Company
Development Corp.
PacifiCorp Ismir Development Corp. Corp. Cayman Project Bidding Company
Islands
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Name of Company Organization State/Country Type of Business
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PacifiCorp Turkey Holding Co. Corp. OR Project Bidding Company
PacifiCorp Turkey BV Corp. Netherlands Project Bidding Company
PacifiCorp Turkey Generation Corp. Cayman Islands Project Bidding Company
Development Corp.
PacifiCorp Energy, Inc. (3) Corp. OR Gas Storage Development
PacifiCorp-Enstor Gas Storage Co. Corp. DE Gas Storage Development
(JV - 33.3% interest)
Columbia Gas Storage LLC L.L.C. DE Gas Storage Development
(98% interest)
Delta Gas Storage LLC L.L.C. DE Gas Storage Development
(98% interest)
Farnham Gas Storage LLC L.L.C. DE Gas Storage Development
(98% interest)
Jefferson Gas Storage LLC L.L.C. DE Gas Storage Development
(98% interest)
Moab Gas Storage LLC L.L.C. DE Gas Storage Development
(98% interest)
PacifiCorp Kentucky Energy Co. Corp. OR Energy-related Investments
PacifiCorp Energy Services, Inc. Corp. OR Service Company
PacifiCorp Energy Ventures, Inc. Corp. OR Investments
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Name of Company Organization State/Country Type of Business
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PacifiCorp EnergyCo Holdings LLC L.L.C. OR Finance Company
PacifiCorp International Group Corp. OR Nonutility Holding Company
Holdings Company
PacifiCorp Power Marketing, Inc. Corp. OR Marketing Company
PPM 1 LLC L.L.C. OR Inactive
PPM 2 LLC L.L.C. OR Inactive
PPM 3 LLC L.L.C. OR Inactive
PPM 4 LLC L.L.C. OR Inactive
PPM 5 LLC L.L.C. OR Inactive
PPM 6 LLC L.L.C. OR Inactive
PacifiCorp Powercoal LLC L.L.C. OR Finance Company
PacifiCorp Trans, Inc. Corp. OR Transportation Company
PacifiCorp Financial Services, Inc. Corp. OR Nonutility Holding Company
Birmingham Syn Fuel I, Inc. Corp. OR Syn. Fuel Company
Birmingham Syn Fuel, LLC L.L.C. OR Syn. Fuel Company
PacifiCorp Syn Fuel, LLC L.L.C. OR Syn. Fuel Company
Birmingham Syn Fuel II, Inc. Corp. OR Syn. Fuel Company
CS Holdings, Inc. Corp. OR Investments
Covol Technologies, Inc. Corp. DE R&D for agents for iron
reverts, coal and coke (JV
- 9.40% interest)
Koala FSC, Ltd. Corp. Bermuda Special Purpose Finance
Company
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Name of Company Organization State/Country Type of Business
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Leblon Sales Corporation Corp. U.S. Virgin Special Purpose Finance
Islands Company
Paccom Leasing Corporation Corp. OR Leasing Company
Pacific Development (Property), Inc. Corp. OR Property Development
Company
Pacific Harbor Capital, Inc. Corp. DE Financial Service Company
Lakewood Properties, Inc. Corp. DE Real Estate Investments
PFI International, Inc. Corp. Guam Special Purpose Finance
Company
PFI Lakewood Limited, Inc. Corp. OR Tax-Exempt Investments
PHC Properties Corporation Corp. FL Tax-Exempt Investments
PCC Holdings, Inc. Corp. OR Finance Company
Hillsborough Leasing Services, Corp. NJ Leasing Company
Inc.
Stanan Computer Leasing, Inc. Corp. DE Leasing Company
PNF Holdings, Inc. Corp. WA Finance Company
VCI Acquisition Co. Corp. OR Acquisition Company
Eastern Investment Company Corp. OR Finance Company
PacifiCorp Australia, LLC L.L.C. OR Indirect Holding Company
for Powercor
PacifiCorp Australia Holdings Pty Corp. Australia Indirect Holding Company
Ltd. for Powercor
Powercor Australia Limited Corp. Australia Electric Company
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Name of Company Organization State/Country Type of Business
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Australia Ombudsman Corporation Corp. Australia Ombudsman among utilities
& customers
Hazelwood Australia, Inc. Corp. OR Indirect Holding Company
for Hazelwood
Hazelwood Ventures, Inc. Corp. OR Finance Company
Hazelwood Finance LP Partnership Australia Financing Entity
(LP - 12.55% interest)
Hazelwood Holdings, Inc. Corp. Cayman Islands Indirect Holding for
Hazelwood
Hazelwood Pacific Pty Ltd. Corp. Australia Indirect Holding Company
for Hazelwood
Hazelwood Power Partners Partnership Australia Operating Power Plant and
adjacent coal mine (19.9%
GP interest)
PacifiCorp Global, Inc. Corp. Cayman Islands Indirect Holding Company
for Hazelwood
PacifiCorp EnergyCo Corp. England/Wales Inactive
PacifiCorp Services Limited Corp. England/Wales Inactive
PacifiCorp Finance (UK) Limited Corp. England/Wales Inactive
PacifiCorp Acquisitions Corp. England/Wales Inactive
PacifiCorp Investments (Middle Corp. United Kingdom Inactive
East) Int'l Holding Co. Limited
Pan-Pacific Global Corporation Corp. OR Finance Company
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Name of Company Organization State/Country Type of Business
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PacifiCorp Australia Pty Ltd. Corp. Australia Indirect Holding Company
for Powercor
PacifiCorp Netherland Holdings BV Corp. Netherlands Indirect Holder of
Philippine Assets
PacifiCorp Philippines Development Corp. Cayman Islands Indirect Holder of
Corporation Philippine Assets
Ambuklao Power, Inc. Corp. Philippines Inactive
PacifiCorp Turkey Development Corp. Cayman Islands Inactive
Corporation
PacifiCorp UK Development Corp. Cayman Islands Inactive
Corporation
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Signature
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935, the registrant has caused this notification of registration to be duly
signed on its behalf in the City of New York on this the 29th day of November,
1999.
Scottish Power plc
By: /s/ Ian Russell
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Ian Russell
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
(Seal)
Attest
/s/ James Stanley
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James Stanley
General Counsel
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Verification
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State of New York
ss.:
County of New York
The undersigned , being duly sworn, deposes and says that he has duly executed
the attached Notification of Registration dated November 29, 1999 for and on
behalf of Scottish Power plc, that he is the Chief Executive Officer of such
company, and that all action by stockholders, directors and other bodies
necessary to authorize deponent to execute and file such instrument has been
taken. Deponent further says that he/she is familiar with such instruments and
the contents thereof, and that the facts therein set forth are true to the best
of his/her knowledge, information and belief.
/s/ Ian Russell
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Ian Russell
(Official seal)
Subscribed and sworn to before me at this 29th day of November, 1999.
/s/ Raquel Miranda
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My commission expires: June 1, 2001
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