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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
DONGGUAN HOUJIE POWER COMPANY
CHANGZHOU SITHE COGENERATION COMPANY LIMITED
SAMUTPRAKARN COGENERATION COMPANY, LIMITED
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:
Dongguan Houjie Power Company Limited ("Houjie")
Xia Shi Jiao Cun, Houjie Municipality, Dongguang City, Guangdong
Province, P.R.C.
Changzhou Sithe Cogeneration Company Limited ("Changzhou")
58 Huashan Bei Lu, New District, Changzhou 213022, Jiangsu Province,
P.R.C.
Samutprakarn Cogeneration Company, Limited ("Samutprakarn")
Maptaput Industrial Estate, 745 Moo 2, Pracksamai Muang District,
Samutprakarn Province 10280, Thailand
1. Houjie owns and operates a 63 MW oil-fired diesel plant and a
2.5 MW steam turbine facility located in Houjie, Dongguan City in Guangdong
Province, PRC. All net electrical energy from the Houjie facility is sold to
Dongguan Power Bureau under a long-term power purchase agreement. Houjie is a
project company that is jointly owned by Sithe FWA Power Co. Ltd. (60%),
Dongguan Houjie Technology Development (16%), Dongguan Power Corporation (12%)
and Lucky Man Investment (12%). A majority interest in Sithe FWA Power Co. is
indirectly owned by Sithe Asia ("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.
2. Changzhou owns and operates a 38 MW gas turbine and 10 MW steam
turbine cogeneration facility located in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, PRC.
Energy from the
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Changzhou facility is purchased by the provincial power bureau. Changzhou is a
project company that is jointly owned by Sithe China Holdings Limited (80%),
Changzhou Hi Tech Zone General Company (10%) and Changzhou Municipal Power
Supply Company (10%). A majority interest in Changzhou is indirectly owned by
Sithe Asia.
3. Samutprakarn owns and operates a 125 MW combined cycle natural
gas-fired cogeneration plant located in the Bangpoo Industrial Estate,
Samutprakarn Province, Thailand. Over 80% of the plant's annual contracted
electric capacity is sold under a long-term power purchase agreement.
Samutprakarn is a project company that is wholly-owned by Sithe Pacific Holdings
Ltd. Sithe Asia, in turn, holds a majority interest in Sithe Pacific Holdings
Ltd.
Neither Houjie, Changzhou, nor Samutprakarn 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 Houjie, Changzhou
nor Samutprakarn is a public-utility company operating in the United States.
ITEM 2
Houjie, Changzhou and Samutprakarn 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 Houjie,
Changzhou, Samutprakarn 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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