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, as amended
Grandelight Holding Limited Peak Pacific Investment Company Pte. Ltd.
Trident Chanbers 302 Orchard Road
P.O. Box 146 Tong Building #18-02B
Road Town, Tortola Singapore 238862
British Virgin Islands Republic of Singapore
Peak Pacific Investment Company (L)
Bhd Handan Chengfeng Heat & Power Co. Ltd
Level 13 (E) Main Office Tower Jinfeng Street, North Section
Financial Park Labuan Lin Zhang County
Jalan Merdeka, 87000 Handan City, Hebei Province
Labuan FT, East Malaysia People's Republic of China
Malaysia
Shijiazhuang Chengfeng Heat and
Power Co. Ltd Jinan Yaqing Heat and Power Co. Ltd.
North Beijuan Hualong Road, East End
Zhengding County Jinan City, 250100, Shandong Province
Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
Henan Anfeng Electric Power Co. Ltd. Henan Yongfeng Electric Power Co. Ltd.
Industrial Demonstration Zone, Industrial Demonstration Zone,
Gongyi City, Henan Province Gongyi City, Henan Province
People's Republic of China People's Republic of China
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(Names of foreign utility companies)
Alliant Energy Corporation
222 West Washington Avenue
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
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(Name of filing company if filed on behalf
of a foreign utility company)
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The Commission is requested to mail copies of all
communications relating to this Notification to:
Barbara J. Swan
Executive Vice president and General Counsel
Alliant Energy Corporation
222 West Washington Avenue
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
William T. Baker, Jr.
Thelen Reid & Priest LLP
40 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
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Alliant Energy Corporation ("Alliant"), a Wisconsin corporation and a
registered holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
(the "'35 Act"), as amended, acting on behalf of each of the entities named in
Item 1 below, hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") that each such entity is, and hereby claims status as, a foreign
utility company ("FUCO") within the meaning of Section 33 of the '35 Act.
ITEM 1. NAMES, BUSINESS ADDRESSES, FACILITIES AND OWNERSHIP.
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The name and business address of the companies claiming FUCO status are
as follows:
Grandelight Holding Limited Peak Pacific Investment Company Pte. Ltd.
Trident Chanbers 302 Orchard Road
P.O. Box 146 Tong Building #18-02B
Road Town, Tortola Singapore 238862
British Virgin Islands Republic of Singapore
Peak Pacific Investment Company
(L) Bhd Handan Chengfeng Heat & Power Co. Ltd
Level 13 (E) Main Office Tower Jinfeng Street, North Section
Financial Park Labuan Lin Zhang County
Jalan Merdeka, 87000 Handan City, Hebei Province
Labuan FT, East Malaysia People's Republic of China
Malaysia
Shijiazhuang Chengfeng Heat and
Power Co. Ltd Jinan Yaqing Heat and Power Co. Ltd.
North Beijuan Hualong Road, East End
Zhengding County Jinan City, 250100, Shandong Province
Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
Henan Anfeng Electric Power Co. Ltd. Henan Yongfeng Electric Power Co. Ltd.
Industrial Demonstration Zone, Industrial Demonstration Zone,
Gongyi City, Henan Province Gongyi City, Henan Province
People's Republic of China People's Republic of China
Grandelight Holding Limited ("Grandelight") is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Alliant Energy International, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Alliant Energy Resources, Inc. and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
Alliant. Grandelight owns approximately 65% of the outstanding voting securities
of Peak Pacific Investment Co. Pte. Ltd. ("Peak"), a Singapore corporation
engaged in the development, management and operation of power plants in the
People's Republic of China ("PRC") under Sino-foreign joint venture
arrangements. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company owns approximately 32%
of Peak's outstanding voting securities.
Peak is currently participating in five (5) cooperative joint ventures
in the PRC with PRC enterprise legal persons. Each joint venture company has
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been organized to, among other things, develop and operate co-generation steam
and power or stand-alone power facilities and to enhance the economic efficiency
of the generation of energy from the power plants. In the future, Peak may
participate in other similar joint venture enterprises in the PRC.
Peak Pacific Investment Company (Labuan) Berhad ("Peak Labuan") is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Peak. Peak Labuan is a financing subsidiary formed
for the purpose of making loans to Peak's various cooperative joint venture
companies in the PRC.
Peak owns a majority interest in each of the following five (5)
operating joint venture companies:
HANDAN CHENGFENG HEAT & POWER CO. LTD. ("HANDAN CHENGFENG") is a joint
venture between Peak and Hebei Lin Zhang County Ganshi Cogeneration Plant
("Ganshi"), a state-owned enterprise established under the laws of the PRC. Peak
owns 75% of the joint venture, and the remaining 25% is owned by Ganshi. Handan
Chengfeng is a greenfield project currently under construction. Completion is
currently scheduled for the year 2001. The facility is a coal-fired
co-generation plant that will produce and supply both electricity and thermal
energy. The generating facilities will consist of two 12-megawatt units. Handan
Chengfeng will sell electricity to the Lin Zhang County Power Company. The steam
produced will be sold to the Lin Zhang County Municipal Administration Bureau
Steam Company.
SHIJIAZHUANG CHENGFENG HEAT & POWER CO. LTD. ("SHIJIAZHUANG CHENGFENG")
is a joint venture between Peak and Shijiazhuang City Zhengding Chemical
Fertilizer Group Co. Ltd ("Zhengding Chemical"), a limited liability company
incorporated under the laws of the PRC. Peak owns 70% of the joint venture, and
the remaining 30% is owned by Zhengding Chemical. Shijiazhuang Chengfeng is a
greenfield project currently under construction. Completion is scheduled for the
year 2001. When complete, the facility will be a coal-fired, co-generation plant
that will produce and supply both electricity and thermal energy. The generating
facilities will consist of two 12-megawatt units. Shijiazhuang Chengfeng will
sell electricity to the Zhengding County Sandianban. The steam produced will be
sold to the Zhengding County Supply Company.
JINAN YAQING HEAT AND POWER CO. LTD. ("JINAN YAQING") is a joint
venture between Peak, Asia Power Development Corporation ("Asia Power"), and
Jinan Development Zone Heat and Power Plant ("Jinan Development"). Peak owns
66.5% of the joint venture, Asia Power owns 3.5%, and the remaining 30% is owned
by Jinan Development. Asia Power is a limited liability company incorporated in
the British Virgin Islands. Jinan Development is a state-owned enterprise
established under the laws of the PRC. Jinan Yaqing's facilities include one
6-megawatt generating unit and related steam production equipment. A second
6-megawatt unit and related steam production equipment may be added. Jinan
Yaqing will sell electricity to the Jinan City Power Supply Bureau. The steam
produced will be sold to the Jinan Development Zone Heat and Power Plant
Industrial Company.
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HENAN ANFENG ELECTRIC POWER CO. LTD. ("HENAN ANFENG") is a joint
venture between Peak and Henan Gongyi No. 2 Power Plant ("Henan Gongyi"), a
Chinese company established under the laws of the PRC. Peak owns 70% of the
joint venture, and the remaining 30% is owned by Henan Gongyi. Henan Anfeng
produces only electricity. Its facilities consist of one 50-megawatt unit. The
plant will sell electricity to the Gongyi Power Supply Company and the Henan
YongAn Aluminum & Power Group Co. Ltd.
HENAN YONGFENG ELECTRIC POWER CO. LTD. ("HENAN YONGFENG") is a joint
venture between Peak and Henan Gongyi No. 2 Power Plant ("Henan Gongyi"), a
Chinese company established under the laws of the PRC. Peak owns 70% of the
joint venture, and the remaining 30% is owned by Henan Gongyi. Henan Yongfeng
produces only electricity. Its facilities consist of a 50-megawatt generating
unit. Henan Yongfeng will sell electricity to the Gongyi Power Supply Company
and the Henan YongAn Aluminum & Power Group Co. Ltd.
ITEM 2. DOMESTIC ASSOCIATE PUBLIC-UTILITY COMPANIES OF ENTITIES NAMED IN
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ITEM 1.
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The following companies, each of which is a direct or indirect
subsidiary of Alliant, are domestic public utility companies and associate
companies of each of the FUCOs identified in Item 1, above: IES Utilities Inc.,
Interstate Power Company, Wisconsin Power and Light Company and South Beloit
Water, Gas & Electric Company (collectively, the "Domestic Utilities"). At
present, apart from their common affiliation with Alliant, none of the Domestic
Utilities has any relationship with any of the FUCOs identified above.
EXHIBIT A. STATE CERTIFICATION.
Inapplicable.
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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.
ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION
By: /s/ Barbara J. Swan
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Barbara J. Swan
Executive Vice President
and General Counsel
Date: July 30, 1999
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