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UNITED STATES
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
BY
SITHE ASIA HOLDINGS LIMITED
ON BEHALF OF
SITHE DAESAN COGENERATION CO., LTD
SITHE ICHON COGENERATION CO., LTD
The Commission is requested to address communications to:
John P. Giraudo, Esq.
General Counsel Jared W. Johnson, Esq.
Sithe Asia Holdings Limited Bradley D. Hutter
42/F Cheung Kong Center Latham & Watkins
No. 2 Queen's Road Central 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Hong Kong Suite 1300
Washington, D.C. 20004
July 10, 2000
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ITEM 1
The names and business addresses of the entities claiming foreign
utility company status under Section 33(a) of PUHCA are:
Sithe Daesan Cogeneration Co., Ltd. ("Sithe Daesan")
679-7 Daejuk-Ri, Daesan-Eup, Seosan-Shi, Coongchungnam-Do, Korea
Sithe Ichon Cogeneration Co., Ltd. ("Sithe Ichon")
1-1, Daeheung-Ri, Daewol-myun, Ichon-Si, Kyoungki-Do, 467-701 Korea
Sithe Daesan is a single asset special purpose vehicle that owns and
operates a 347 MW fuel oil-fired cogeneration plant that provides electricity
and steam to the Hyundai Petrochemical ("HPC") complex at Daesan, Korea. All of
Sithe Daesan's electrical and steam capacity is sold to HPC under a 20-year
energy sales agreement.
Sithe Ichon is a single asset special purpose vehicle that owns and
operates a 357 MW heavy oil-fired captive cogeneration plant that provides
electricity and steam to a semi-conductor plant in Ichon City, Kyonggi Province,
South Korea, owned and operated by Hyundai Electronics Industries Company
("HEIC"). This cogeneration facility sells approximately 80% of its electrical
and steam capacity to HEIC, and may make electricity sales to the state-owned
utility, Korea Electric Power Company.
Sithe Daesan and Sithe Ichon are project companies that are wholly-owned
subsidiaries of Sithe Korea Holdings Limited and Sithe Asia Energy Services
Limited, which, in turn, are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Sithe Asia Holdings
Limited ("Sithe Asia"). Sithe Asia is a leading independent power producer in
Asia. Through its subsidiaries, Sithe Asia is engaged in developing, acquiring,
constructing, owning and operating electric power generating facilities
throughout Asia, including Korea, Thailand, China, the Philippines, Pakistan,
India, and many of the other major national Asian power markets.
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Neither Sithe Daesan nor Sithe Ichon derives 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 within the United States. Neither Sithe Daesan nor Sithe Ichon
is a public-utility company operating in the United States.
ITEM 2
Sithe Daesan and Sithe Ichon and are not associate companies, as defined
in Section 2(a) of PUHCA, of any public-utility company in the United States.
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EXHIBIT A
The requirement for State commission certification set forth in Section
33(a)(2) of PUHCA is not applicable to this notification, because Sithe Daesan,
Sithe Ichon and Sithe Asia are not associate companies, or affiliate companies,
of any domestic public-utility company.
SIGNATURE
The undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Sithe Asia Holdings Limited
By: /s/ James Spencer
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James Spencer, President
Dated: July 10, 2000
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