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
SICHUAN FULING AIXI POWER 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 Sichuan Fuling Aixi Power Company
Limited ("Fuling Aixi") located in Sichuan Province, the People's Republic of
China ("PRC"). Fuling Aixi is the owner and operator of a 50 MW coal-fired
circulating fluidized bed power plant under construction in Nanchuan, Sichuan
Province, PRC. This facility is scheduled to be completed in February 1998.
Fuling Aixi is a 25-year, sino-foreign cooperative joint venture enterprise
between Sichuan Fuling Banxi Colliery ("Banxi Colliery") and AES Tian Fu Power
Company Limited ("AES Tian Fu"), with Banxi Colliery holding 30% of ownership
interest and AES Tian Fu holding 70% of ownership interest. AES Tian Fu is a
wholly owned subsidiary of AES China Generating Co. Ltd. ("AES Chigen").
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
