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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM U-57
NOTIFICATION OF FOREIGN UTILITY COMPANY STATUS
Filed under section 33(a) of the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
Camuzzi Gas Pampeana S. A.
Camuzzi Gas del Sur S. A.
Empresa Distribuidora de Energia Atlantica S.A.
(Name of foreign utility companies)
CNG International Corporation
Suite 600
Two Fountain Square
11921 Freedom Drive
Reston, VA 20190-5608
Name of filing companies, if filed on behalf of
a foreign utility company)
The Commission is requested to send copies of all
communications relating to this Notification to:
N. F. Chandler
General Attorney
Consolidated Natural Gas Service Company, Inc.
CNG Tower
625 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3199
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Item 1
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The name and address of the entities claiming foreign utility company
status are:
Camuzzi Gas Pampeana S.A. ("Camuzzi Pampeana")
Av. Alicia Moreau de Justo 240
3rd Floor
(1107) Buenos Aires
Argentina
Camuzzi Gas del Sur S.A. ("Camuzzi del Sur")
Av. Alicia Moreau de Justo 240
3rd Floor
(1107) Buenos Aires
Argentina
Empresa Distribuidora de Energia Atlantica S.A. ("EDEA")
Av. Pedro Luro 2937
7th Floor
(7600) Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Camuzzi Pampeana, Camuzzi del Sur and EDEA are collectively referred to
herein as the "Argentine Utilities."
Pursuant to a stock purchase agreement dated December 22, 1997, CNG
International ("CNGI") acquired 12.5% of the voting shares of Sodigas Pampeana
S.A. ("Sodigas"), 12.5% of the voting shares of Sodigas Sur S.A. ("Sodigas
Sur") and 20% of the voting shares of Buenos Aires Energy Company S.A.
("Baeco").
Camuzzi Argentina S.A. operates the largest gas distribution concession in
Argentina and owns 51% of both Sodigas and Sodigas Sur. Loma Negra C.I.A.S.A.,
EDEA's largest customer and Argentina's largest cement manufacturer, owns 18.1%
of Sodigas and Sodigas Sur. Pacific Enterprises owns 12.5% of Sodigas and
Sodigas Sur.
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Sodigas owns 70% of the voting shares of Camuzzi Pampeana. Sodigas Sur
owns 90% of the voting shares of Camuzzi del Sur. The Argentine government
owns 20% of Camuzzi Pampeana. The employees of Camuzzi Pampeana and Camuzzi
del Sur each own 10% of their respective companies.
Camuzzi Argentina S.A. and Loma Negra C.I.A.S.A. own 60% and 20%,
respectively, of BAECO. Baeco owns 55% of the voting shares of Inversora
Electria de Buenos Aires S.A. ("IEBA"), which in turn owns 90% of EDEA. United
Utilities International Limited, one of the largest electric distributors in
the United Kingdom, owns the remaining 45% of IBEA. The employees of EDEA own
the remaining 10% of EDEA.
Camuzzi Pampeana serves approximately 770,000 customers in Buenos Aires
province (but not in the city of Buenos Aires itself). Camuzzi del Sur serves
approximately 354,000 customers in Argentina to the south of Buenos Aires.
Camuzzi Pampeana and Camuzzi del Sur together sell approximately 335 bcf of
natural gas per year. EDEA serves approximately 398,000 electric customers in
the province of Buenos Aires, delivering about 1,800 gigawatt-hours a year.
Item 2
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CNGI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Consolidated Natural Gas Company
("CNG"), a registered holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935.. The following companies, each of which is a direct subsidiary of
CNG, are domestic public utility associate companies of the Argentine
Utilities: The East Ohio Gas Company, The Peoples Natural Gas Company, Virginia
Natural Gas, Inc., and Hope Gas, Inc. None of these gas public utility
companies has made an investment in or has any contractual relationship with
any of the Argentine Utilities.
EXHIBIT A
Not applicable.
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SIGNATURE
The undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
CNG INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
By N. F. Chandler
Its Attorney
Dated this 28th day
of January, 1998
