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
COMPANIA DE LUZ ELECTRICA DE SANTA ANA (CLESA)
(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 Compania de Luz Electrica de Santa
Ana, S.A. ("CLESA"), located in El Salvador. CLESA is the owner of an electrical
distribution company which serves 188,000 customers in and around the El
Salvadoran City of Santa Ana.
CLESA is an indirectly, 70.87 percent owned subsidiary of The AES
Corporation. The remaining 20.13 percent of CLESA is owned indirectly through an
El Salvadoran trust by CLESA employees at approximately 15 percent and by
Comision Ejecutiva Hidroelectrica Del Rio Lempa, the local governmental utility,
at five percent. The government-owned shares are expected to be sold on the
local exchange in the near future.
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 : February 13, 1998
