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
NIGEN Limited ("NIGEN"),
Kilroot Power, Ltd. ("Kilroot") and
Belfast West, Ltd. ("Belfast West")
(Names of foreign utility companies)
THE AES CORPORATION
(Name of filing company, if filed on behalf of a foreign utility company)
ITEM 1
Foreign utility status is claimed by NIGEN Limited ("NIGEN"), Kilroot
Power, Ltd. ("Kilroot") and Belfast West, Ltd. ("Belfast West"). NIGEN, Kilroot
and Belfast West are limited liability companies incorporated under the Laws of
the United Kingdom ("U.K."). The business address for both NIGEN and Kilroot is
Larne Road, Carrickgergus, County Antrim BT387LX, Northern Ireland. The business
address for Belfast West is McCaughey Road, Belfast 839AG Northern Ireland.
NIGEN is a joint venture company, 47.05 percent owned by AES Electric, Ltd.
a U.K. subsidiary of The AES Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and 47.05
percent owned by a subsidiary of Tractebel, S.A., a Belgian utility. Kilroot and
Belfast West are wholly owned direct subsidiaries of NIGEN. The remaining 5.9
percent of NIGEN is owned by the empoyees of Kilroot Power, Ltd. and Belfast
West Power, Ltd.
Kilroot is the owner and operator of a 520 megawatt dual-fired (coal and
oil) electricity generating power plant located in or near Carrickfergus ,
Northern Ireland. Belfast West is the owner and operator of a 240 megawatt
coal-fired electricity generating power plant located in Belfast, Northern
Irleand. The Kilroot and Belfast West plants have entered into long-term power
sales contracts for the sale of their electricity to Northern Ireland
Electricity, plc, a transmission and distribution company.
ITEM 2
NIGEN, Kilroot, and Belfast West have no domestic associate public
utility companies. Additionally, no state commission certification is required
under Section 33(a)(2) of the Act in connection with this filing.
EXHIBIT A
Not Applicable.
Signature
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: November 25, 1998
