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
Entergy International Holdings Ltd. LLC
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(Name of foreign utility company)
Entergy Corporation
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(Name of filing company, if filed on behalf of
a foreign utility company)
The Commission is requested to mail copies of all
communications relating to this Notification to:
Laurence M. Hamric, Esq. Thomas C. Havens, Esq.
Associate General Counsel Mayer, Brown & Platt
Entergy Services, Inc. 1675 Broadway
639 Loyola Avenue New York, New York 10019-5840
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
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Entergy Corporation ("Entergy"), a registered holding
company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as
amended (the "Act"), hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange
Commission that Entergy International Holdings Ltd. LLC ("EIH")
is, and claims status as, a "foreign utility company" ("FUCO")
within the meaning of Section 33 of the Act.
Item 1. Name, Business Address, Facilities and Ownership.
The name and business address of the company claiming FUCO
status is:
Entergy International Holdings Ltd. LLC
c/o Entergy Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 61000
New Orleans, Louisiana 70161
EIH, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Entergy, was
organized for purposes of acquiring and holding Entergy's
interests in FUCOs. EIH claims an exemption from the Act as a
FUCO by virtue of its direct or indirect ownership interests in
the following subsidiary companies (each of which has also
claimed an exemption as a FUCO):
(1) Entergy International Ltd. LLC
(successor to Entergy Power Development
International Corporation), a direct
wholly-owned subsidiary of EIH formed
to acquire and hold Entergy's interests
in the following FUCOs:
(a) CitiPower Limited ("CitiPower"), a public utility
engaged in the distribution of electricity in the State of
Victoria, Australia. Entergy owns, indirectly through EIH and
other FUCO subsidiaries, 100% of the voting securities of
CitiPower. CitiPower's electric distribution network comprises
sub-transmission (66 kv and below) and distribution assets,
including approximately 37 zone substations and 4,321 transformer
installations. The network is predominantly an overhead, wooden
poled distribution system comprising approximately 2,745
kilometers (kms) of high and low voltage overhead lines and 1,864
kms of high and low voltage underground cables. CitiPower's
service territory covers approximately 157 total square kms of
the suburban and metropolitan Melbourne areas. This area
includes the municipalities of St. Kidda, Toorak, Camberwell,
Balwyn, Brunswick, Thornbury and the Port of Melbourne.
CitiPower serves approximately 232,800 residential, commercial
and industrial customers.
(b) London Electricity plc ("London Electricity"), a
"regional electric company" principally engaged in the business
of generating, purchasing and selling electricity to
approximately 2 million retail customers in a service territory
covering the greater metropolitan area of London, England.
Entergy owns, indirectly through EIH and other FUCO subsidiaries,
100% of the voting securities of London Electricity. The
principal assets of London Electricity consist of electric
distribution facilities. London Electricity also owns less that
1% of the capital shares of National Grid Holdings plc ("National
Grid") which, through a subsidiary, owns and manages the national
electric transmission system in England and Wales. London
Electricity purchases substantially all of its electricity
requirements from National Grid which, in turn, purchases
electricity from a variety of sources. In addition, London
Electricity has the following direct or indirect ownership
interests in electric generating facilities: a 13.5% ownership
interest in Barking Power Ltd., which owns a 1,000 MW gas-fired
power plant located in East London, England; and a 50% ownership
interest in Thames Valley Power Ltd., which owns a 14 MW gas-
fired turbine located at Heathrow Airport.
In addition to the foregoing existing ownership interests in
FUCOs, EIH also may from time to time acquire and hold, on behalf
of Entergy, interests in additional FUCOs. EIH undertakes to
file an amendment to this Notification in the event that it
acquires any securities or an interest in the business of another
FUCO.
Other than Entergy, no person holds a 5% or more voting
interest in EIH.
Item 2. Domestic Associate Public-Utility Companies
of EIH and their Relationship to EIH.
The following companies, each of which is a direct or
indirect subsidiary of Entergy, are domestic public utility
associate companies of EIH: Entergy Arkansas, Inc. ("Entergy
Arkansas"), Entergy Gulf States, Inc. ("Entergy Gulf States"),
Entergy Louisiana, Inc. ("Entergy Louisiana"), Entergy
Mississippi, Inc. ("Entergy Mississippi"), Entergy New Orleans,
Inc. ("Entergy New Orleans"), The Arklahoma Corporation
("Arklahoma"), System Energy Resources, Inc. ("SERI"), Entergy
Power, Inc. ("EPI") and Entergy Operations, Inc. ("EOI") (Entergy
Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy
Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Arklahoma, SERI, EPI and EOI
are collectively referred herein to as the "Domestic Utilities").
None of the Domestic Utilities has made an investment in or has
any contractual relationship with EIH.
EXHIBIT A. State Certification.
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.
ENTERGY CORPORATION
By: /s/William J. Regan, Jr.
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William J. Regan, Jr.
Vice President and Treasurer
Dated: October 15, 1997
