SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
FORM U-57/A
NOTIFICATION OF FOREIGN UTILITY COMPANY STATUS
Filed Under Section 33(a) of the
Public Utility Holding Company Act, as amended
VISAYAS GEOTHERMAL POWER COMPANY
Name of Foreign Utility Company
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS COMPANY
Name of Filing Company,
if Filed on Behalf of a Foreign Utility Company
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MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, an Iowa corporation,
("MidAmerican Holdings"), as successor to CalEnergy Company Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, ("CalEnergy"), hereby amends Item 1, Item
2 and Exhibit A of CalEnergy's Notification of Foreign Utility
Company Status filed June 21, 1996 ("June 1996 Notice").
CalEnergy is now named MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company and
has acquired the holding company which owns MidAmerican Energy
Company ("MidAmerican Energy"), a public utility company.
ITEM 1
1. The name and address of the foreign utility company is:
Visayas Geothermal Power Company, a Philippine general
partnership ("VGPC"), c/o MidAmerican Energy Holdings
Company, Attention: General Counsel, 666 Grand Avenue, Des
Moines, Iowa, 50303.
2. The facilities owned by the foreign utility company for the
generation, transmission and distribution of electric energy for
sale or for the distribution at retail of natural or manufactured
gas consist of:
VGPC developed, owns and operates a 231 gross MW geothermal
power plant as fully described in the June 1996 Notice.
3. The owners of 5% or more of any class of voting security of
the foreign utility company and the amount and nature of the
interest are:
Magma Netherlands, B.V., a Netherlands company with limited
liability, is a general partner of VGPC and owns 99% of the
voting equity interests in VGPC.
MidAmerican Holdings owns 100% of the voting, equity
securities of Magma Netherlands, B.V.
ITEM 2
1. The names of any domestic associate public-utility
company and its holding company are:
MidAmerican Energy Company, an Iowa corporation, which is an
indirect subsidiary of MidAmerican Holdings.
2. The relationship between the foreign utility company
and such domestic associate public-utility company is:
Fifty percent of the ownership interest of VGPC is
indirectly held by MidAmerican Holdings which indirectly
holds 100% of the common stock of MidAmerican Energy, the
domestic associate public-utility company.
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3. The purchase price paid by any such domestic associate
public-utility company for its interest in the foreign utility
company is:
Not applicable. MidAmerican Energy did not purchase VGPC.
EXHIBIT A
State certifications required under Section 33(a)(2) of the
Public Utility Holding Company of 1935 are incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit A of the Form U-57/A, Notification of
Foreign Utility Company Status, of Northern Electric, PLC, CE
Electric UK, PLC and CE Electric UK Holdings filed on March 12,
1999.
SIGNATURE
The undersigned company has duly caused this to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS COMPANY
By: /s/ Douglas L. Anderson
Douglas L. Anderson
Assistant Secretary
Date: March 12, 1999
