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
GASES DEL RISARALDA S.A.
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(Name of foreign company)
NORAM ENERGY CORP.
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(Name of filing company, if filed on behalf of a foreign utility company)
Item 1
The name of the entity claiming foreign utility company status is Gases
del Risaralda S.A., a Colombian corporation ("Gases del Risaralda"), the
business address of which is Edificio Camara de Comercio, Carrera 13 15-35
Orbicentro Local 201, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia. Gases del Risaralda will
provide natural gas to residential and industrial customers through pipelines it
will be building in the Colombian State of Risaralda.
Based on currently available information, the following is a summary
description of the facilities to be used by Gases del Risaralda for the
distribution of natural gas:
Gases del Risaralda expects by the end of year 1997
to have 50,188 meters of pipeline with eleven
regulator stations in the State of Risaralda and will
serve a total of 2,331 customers.
Based on the most recent data available, the following own five percent
or more of any class of voting securities of Gases del Risaralda:
Public Works of Pereira 26.00%
Gas Natural E.S.P. 15.00
NorAm Latin America, Inc. 15.00
Gases del Caribe S.A.E.S.P. 15.00
Item 2
The name of the domestic associate public-utility company is NorAm
Energy Corp., a Delaware corporation ("NorAm"). NorAm Latin America, Inc. is a
Delaware corporation and is a wholly owned subsidiary of NorAm. No portion of
the purchase price for the shares owned in Gases del Risaralda was paid by
NorAm.
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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.
NORAM ENERGY CORP.
By:
/s/Hubert Gentry, Jr.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Date: August 1, 1997
