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 (the "Act")
ENERGETICKE CENTRUM KLADNO, SPOL. 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 Energeticke Centrum Kladno, spol. s.r.o., a limited liability
company organized under the laws of the Czech Republic ("ECK"), 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 ECK is a
"foreign utility company" ("FUCO") within the meaning of Section 33(a) of the
Act, and hereby claims for ECK the status of a FUCO under the Act.
ECK 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
ECK 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 ECK on
September 11, 1996, and on March 24, 1999.
ITEM 1
Name and Business Address
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Energeticke Centrum Kladno, spol. s.r.o.
272 03 Kladno
Dubska-Teplarna
Czech Republic
Description of Facilities
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ECK owns facilities in Kladno, Czech Republic, which are used for the
generation and associated transmission and distribution of electric energy for
sale. These facilities provide 54 MW of electrical generating capacity and
consist of eight coal-fired boilers, two condensing extraction steam
turbine-generator units, plus heating steam and process steam extraction; an
associated transformer and switch gears; and facilities used to effect retail
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sales, including a transformer, switch gears, and cabling. ECK also owns
facilities for the distribution of natural gas on the premises of the Poldi
Industrial Complex, a group of businesses whose primary activity is
manufacturing steel.
Ownership
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The ownership of ECK is as follows:
o Nations Kladno II B.V., a Netherlands company ("NKII"), owns a 26.7%
equity interest in ECK. NKII is owned:
(i) fifty percent (50%) by TM ECK L.L.C., a Delaware limited
liability company ("TM ECK"). TM ECK is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of TM Power Ventures L.L.C., a Delaware company ("TMPV"), which
in turn is a subsidiary of TPS and Mosbacher Power Partners,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("MPP"); and
(ii) fifty percent (50%) by Nations Energy Holland Holding B.V., a
Netherlands company ("NEHH"). NEHH is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of TM ECK II L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("TM
ECK II") and a wholly-owned subsidiary of TM Czech Power II
L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, which in turn 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. 1) B.V., a Netherlands company and an indirect wholly-
owned subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("NRG"), holds
a 44.5% equity interest in ECK. 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 ECK Holding Company, a Delaware corporation ("El Paso ECK"), owns
17.8% of ECK. El Paso ECK is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of El Paso
Energy International Company, a Delaware corporation ("El Paso
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International"). El Paso International is a wholly-owned subsidiary of El
Paso Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
o 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 ECK.
ITEM 2
The domestic associate public utility companies of ECK 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, ECK, 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 ECK 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
ECK 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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