SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
FORM U-57/A
NOTIFICATION OF FOREIGN UTILITY COMPANY STATUS
Filed under Section 33(a) of the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended
(the "1935 Act")
Plantas Eolicas, S.A.
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(Name of Foreign Utility Company)
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Pursuant to instruction number four to Form U-57, Notification of
Foreign Utility Company Status, Charter Oak Energy, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Northeast Utilities, on behalf of Plantas Eolicas, S.A., a Costa
Rican company that owns and operates a power generation facility in Costa Rica,
hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission that Plantas Eolicas,
S.A. no longer requires Foreign Utility Company status with respect to ownership
by Northeast Utilities and its subsidiaries. Northeast Utilities and Charter Oak
Energy, Inc. sold their direct and indirect interest in Plantas Eolicas, S.A.
on May 5, 1998 to an unaffiliated party.
Signature
The undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
/s/ Sheri E. Bloomberg
By: Sheri E. Bloomberg
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene &
MacRae, L.L.P.
A Partnership Including
Professional Corporations
125 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
Attorney for Charter Oak
Energy, Inc.
Date: May 27, 1998
