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
ECK GENERATING, S.R.O.
by
TECO Power Services Corporation
702 North Franklin Street
Tampa, Florida 33602
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TECO Power Services Corporation, a Florida corporation ("TPS"), acting
on behalf of ECK Generating, s.r.o., a limited liability company organized under
the laws of the Czech Republic ("ECKG"), hereby notifies the Commission,
pursuant to Section 33(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as
amended (the "Act"), and Rule 57 thereunder, that ECKG is a "foreign utility
company" ("FUCO") within the meaning of Section 33(a) of the Act, and hereby
claims for ECKG the status of a FUCO under the Act.
ECKG does not derive and will not derive any part of its income,
directly or indirectly, from the generation, transmission or distribution of
electric energy for sale (or the distribution at retail of natural or
manufactured gas for heat, light or power) within the United States. Neither
ECKG nor any of its subsidiary companies is or will be a public utility
operating in the United States.
Notifications of FUCO status were previously filed on behalf of ECKG
on September 11, 1996, and on March 24, 1999.
ITEM 1
Name and Business Address
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ECK Generating, s.r.o.
272 03 Kladno
Dubska-Teplarna
Czech Republic
Description of Facilities
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Applicant operates owned and leased facilities, all of which are in
Kladno, Czech Republic, used for the generation and associated transmission and
distribution of electric energy for sale (together, the "Facility"). The leased
facilities consist of 28 MW of electrical generating capacity, including a
coal-fired boiler, water pumping station and related piping and water storage
tanks, one condensing extraction steam turbine-generator unit, one back pressure
turbine generator unit, and associated transformer, switch gears, and cabling
used to effect retail sales. Applicant owns and operates additional adjacent
facilities that increase the Facility's net electric capacity to approximately
344 MW, consisting of a 250 MW coal-fired steam generating plant, a 66 MW
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gas-fired combustion turbine, plus associated transformers and switchgear, and
two sub-interconnection lines connecting the power station to two different
substations. Applicant will sell power provided by the Facility to wholesale
customers, and to certain industrial customers located outside the United
States. Applicant also will sell products incidental to, or by-products, of the
Facility's generation of electric power, such as steam and water.
Ownership
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Matra Powerplant Holdings B.V., a Netherlands company ("Matra"), holds
an eighty-nine percent (89%) equity interest in ECKG. Stredoceska Energeticke,
a.s., a Czech joint-stock company, which is one of the eight Czech Republic
government-owned regional electricity distribution companies and which operates
in the Central Bohemia region of the Czech Republic, holds an 11% equity
interest in ECKG.
The ownership of Matra is as follows:
o Nations Kladno B.V., a Netherlands company ("NK"), owns a thirty percent
(30%) equity interest in Matra. NK is owned:
(i) fifty percent (50%) by TM Kladno B.V., a Netherlands limited
liability company and a wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of TM
Power Ventures L.L.C., a Delaware company ("TMPV") and a
subsidiary of TPS and Mosbacher Power Partners, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership ("MPP"); and
(ii) fifty percent (50%) by TM Czech Power II L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company ("TMCP II"), which is owned (a)
ninety-nine percent (99%) by TMPV, (b) five-tenths percent (0.5%)
by TPS, and (c) five-tenths percent (0.5%) by MPP.
TPS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TECO Energy, Inc., a Florida
corporation ("TECO"), which is an exempt holding company.
o Kladno Power (No. 2) B.V., a Netherlands company ("Kladno Power"), holds a
50% equity interest in Matra. Kladno Power is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
NRG Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("NRG"). NRG is an indirect,
wholly-owned subsidiary of Northern States Power Company (Minnesota), a
Minnesota corporation ("NSP"), which is an exempt holding company.
o El Paso Kladno B.V., a Netherlands company ("El Paso Kladno"), holds a 20%
equity interest in Matra. El Paso Kladno is a direct, wholly-owned
subsidiary of El Paso Energy International Company, a Delaware corporation
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("El Paso International"). El Paso International is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of El Paso Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
ITEM 2
The domestic associate public utility companies of ECKG are: (i) Tampa
Electric Company ("Tampa Electric"), a Florida corporation; (ii) Hardee Power
Partners, Ltd. ("Hardee"), a Florida limited partnership; (iii) NSP; and (iv)
Northern States Power Company (Wisconsin) ("NSPW"), a Wisconsin corporation.
Tampa Electric and Hardee are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of TECO
Energy, Inc., and NSPW is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NSP.
None of these utility companies has made an investment in, and none of
these utility companies has any contractual relationship with, ECKG, nor is any
such investment or contractual relationship contemplated.
State certifications, as required under Section 33(a)(2) of the Act,
have been received from the following state commissions:
Arizona Corporation Commission
Florida Public Service Commission
Michigan Public Service Commission
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
North Dakota Public Service Commission
South Dakota Public Utilities Commission
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
The Florida Public Service Commission certification is attached to the
Notification of FUCO status filed by TPS on behalf of ECKG on March 24, 1999 and
is incorporated herein by reference; the remaining certifications are attached
to the Notification of FUCO Status filed by Nations Energy Corp. on behalf of
ECKG on September 11, 1996, and also are incorporated herein by reference.
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The Commission is requested to mail copies of all correspondence
relating to this Notification to:
Sheila M. McDevitt, Esq. Judith A. Center, Esq.
Vice President and General W. Mason Emnett, Esq.
Counsel Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
TECO Energy, Inc. & Flom LLP
702 North Franklin Street 1440 New York Avenue, N.W.
Tampa, Florida 33602 Washington, D.C. 20005
SIGNATURE
The undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
TECO POWER SERVICES CORPORATION
By: /s/ Richard E. Ludwig
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Name: Richard E. Ludwig
Title: President
Date: February 9, 2000
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