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 Electric Asia, Ltd.
(Name of foreign utility company)
Entergy Enterprises, Inc.
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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:
Frederick F. Nugent, Esq. Thomas C. Havens, Esq.
General Counsel Mayer, Brown & Platt
Entergy Enterprises, Inc. 1675 Broadway
4 Park Plaza New York, New York 10019-5820
Suite 2000
Irvine, California 92614
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Entergy Enterprises, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
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 Electric Asia, Ltd. ("Entergy Asia") 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 Electric Asia, Ltd.
c/o Entergy Power Group
3708 Lippo Centre
89 Queensway
Hong Kong
Entergy Asia, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Entergy,
was formed to acquire and hold Entergy's interest in Nantong
Entergy Heat & Power Co., Ltd. ("Nantong"). Nantong owns and
operates a cogeneration power plant (the "Plant") located in the
Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone (the "Zone")
in the Peoples Republic of China. The Plant consists of two 12
MW turbine generators, three 75 ton-per-hour pulverized coal-
fired steam boilers, electrostatic precipitators, a water
treatment plant, coal and ash handling facilities, a 110 kV
switchyard and other related auxilliary equipment. Process steam
produced at the Plant will be sold to industrial customers in the
Zone, and electricity generated at the Plant will be sold to the
Jiangsu Provincial Power Bureau. Entergy, indirectly through
Entergy Asia and other subsidiaries, owns a 92% interest in
Nantong.
No person (other than Entergy) currently owns a 5% or more
voting interest in Entergy Asia.
Item 2. Domestic Associate Public-Utility Companies of
Entergy Asia and their Relationship to Entergy Asia
The following companies, each of which is a direct or
indirect subsidiary of Entergy, are domestic public utility
associate companies of Entergy Asia: 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 Entergy Asia.
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 ENTERPRISES, INC.
By: /s/Frederick F. Nugent
Frederick F. Nugent
Dated: July 18, 1997
