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
Solaris Power Limited
(Name of foreign utility company)
General Public Utilities Corporation ("GPU")
(Name of filing company, if filed on
behalf of a foreign utility company)<PAGE>
Item 1.
1. The name of the entity claiming foreign utility company
status is Solaris Power Limited ("Solaris"). Solaris' business
address is:
Solaris Power Limited
Level 12
555 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000
Australia
2. The following is a brief description of facilities used
for the transmission and distribution of electric energy for
sale, which are owned by Solaris.
Solaris' distribution network comprises subtransmission
(66 kV and below) and distribution assets including
zone substations and distribution transformers. The
network is predominantly an overhead, wooden poled
distribution system comprising approximately 5,325 kms
of high and low voltage overhead lines and 515 kms of
high and low voltage underground cables.
Solaris' distribution area covers approximately 956 sq
kms in the north western suburbs of the Melbourne,
Australia metropolitan area. This area includes the
municipalities of Williamstown in the south of the
region through Footscray, Coburg, Preston to Heidelberg
in the east, and the communities of Broadmeadows out
through to Sunbury and the semi-rural north west.
3. Fifty percent of the voting shares of Solaris are owned
by Victoria Electric, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of EI
Energy, Inc., which, in turn, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
GPU. The other fifty percent of Solaris' voting shares are owned
indirectly by The Australian Gas Light Company.
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Item 2.
1. The following U.S. public utility companies are
associates of Solaris: Jersey Central Power & Light Company,
Metropolitan Edison Company and Pennsylvania Electric Company,
which are wholly-owned subsidiaries of GPU. No such public
utility company is acquiring an interest in Solaris.
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The undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.
GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES
CORPORATION
By:
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T.G. Howson
Vice President & Treasurer
Date: November 20, 1995<PAGE>
