File No. _________________
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
ANHUI LIYUAN-AES POWER COMPANY LIMITED AND
HEFEI ZHONGLI ENERGY COMPANY LIMITED
(Name of foreign utility company)
THE AES CORPORATION
(Name of filing company, if filed on behalf of a foreign utility company)
ITEM 1
Foreign utility status is claimed by Anhui Liyuan-AES Power Company Limited
("Liyuan-AES") and Hefei Zhongli Energy Company Limited ("Zhongli Energy")
located in Anhui Province, the People's Republic of China ("PRC"). Both
Liyuan-AES and Zhongli Energy are the owners and operators of an oil-fired
combined cycle power plant consisting of 2 x 38.2 MW gas turbines generating
units ("gas turbine unit") and a 38.8 MW heat recovery steam turbine generating
unit ("steam turbine unit") and associated interconnection facilities under
construction in Hefei, Anhui Province, PRC. The gas turbine unit of the facility
is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter of 1997 and the steam turbine
unit is scheduled to be completed in the second quarter of 1998.
Both Liyuan-AES and Zhongli Energy are 16-year sino-foreign cooperative
joint venture enterprises formed among Anhui Liyuan Electric Power Development
Company Ltd. ("Anhui Liyuan"), Hefei Municipal Construction and Investment
Company ("Hefei Construction") and AES Anhui Power Company Ltd. ("AES Anhui").
AES Anhui is a wholly owned subsidiary of AES China Generating Co. Ltd. ("AES
Chigen"). Each party's respective ownership interest in Liyuan-AES and Zhongli
Energy is as follows: (i) Anhui Liyuan, 20%, (ii) Hefei Construction, 10%, and
(iii) AES Chigen, 70%. Effective on October 29, 1997, the AES Corporation owns
100% of AES Chigen's outstanding voting shares.
ITEM 2
Not Applicable.
EXHIBIT A
Not Applicable.
The undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
By : __________________________
William R. Luraschi
General Counsel
The AES Corporation
1001 N. 19th Street
Arlington, Virginia 22209
(703) 522-1315
Dated : October 29, 1997