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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
JIAOZUO AES WANG FANG POWER COMPANY LIMITED
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(Name of foreign utility company)
THE AES CORPORATION
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(Name of filing company, if filed on behalf of a foreign utility company)
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The Commission is requested to mail copies of all correspondence relating
to this Notification to:
William R. Luraschi
General Counsel
The AES Corporation
1001 N. 19th Street
Arlington, Virginia 22209
The AES Corporation hereby files with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to Section 33 of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended (the "Act"), this Form U-57 on behalf of
Jiaozuo Wang Fang Power Company Limited for the purpose of notifying the
Commission that the foregoing company is or will be a foreign utility company
("FUCO") within the meaning of Section 33 of the Act, and hereby claims status
as a FUCO under the Act.
This notification amends and restates, in its entirety, an earlier
notification filed on October 29, 1997, by The AES Corporation with respect to
Jiaozuo Wang Fang Power Company Limited.
ITEM 1
Foreign utility status is claimed by Jiaozuo AES Wang Fang Power Company
Limited ("Jiaozuo") located in Henan Province, the People's Republic of China
("PRC"). Its business address is Daiwangzhen, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province,
China. Jiaozuo is the owner and operator of a 2 x 125 MW coal-fired electricity
generating plant and associated transmission facilities in Henan Province, PRC.
Jiaozuo is a sino-foreign cooperative joint venture enterprise between
Jiaozuo Aluminum Mill ("Jiaozuo Mill") and Jiaozuo Power Partners, L.P.
("Jiaozuo Power Partners"), with Jiaozuo Mill holding a 30% ownership interest
and Jiaozuo Power Partners holding a 70% ownership interest. Jiaozuo Power
Partners is a wholly owned subsidiary of AES China Generating Co. Ltd. ("AES
Chigen"). The AES Corporation owns 100% of AES Chigen's outstanding voting
shares.
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ITEM 2
Jiaozuo does not have any domestic associate public-utility companies as
such terms are used in the Act.
EXHIBIT A
No state commission certification is required under Section 33(a)(2) of the
Act in connection with this filing.
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 : December 29, 1998
