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
SERVICIOS AZTECA VIII S. de R.L. de C.V.
(Name of foreign utility company)
AEP Resources, Inc.
(Name of filing company if filed on behalf of a foreign utility company)
Please send a copy of all notices and correspondence concerning this Notice to:
J. D. Cross, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel
AEP Resources, Inc.
1 Riverside Plaza, 20th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
614/223-1580
Pursuant to Section 33(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as
amended (the "1935 Act") and Rule 57 thereunder, AEP Resources, Inc., an Ohio
corporation ("Resources"), acting on behalf of Servicios Azteca VIII S. de R.L.
de C.V., a limited liability company established under the laws of Mexico (the
"Company"), hereby notifies the Commission that the Company is a "foreign
utility company" ("FUCO") within the meaning of Section 33(a) of the 1935 Act.
ITEM 1
State the name of the entity claiming foreign utility company status, its
business address, and a description of the facilities used for the
generation, transmission and distribution of electric energy for sale or
for the distribution at retail of natural or manufactured gas. To the
extent known, identify each person that holds five percent (5%) or more of
any class of voting securities of the foreign utility company and describe
the amount and nature of the interest.
The name and business address of the entity for which FUCO status is
claimed:
Servicios Azteca VIII S. de R.L. de C.V.
c/o AEP Resources, Inc.
1 Riverside Plaza
Columbus, OH 43215
Description of Facilities:
The Company will manage a facility engaged in the generation of
electricity that is currently under construction in San Luis de la Paz, State of
Guanajuato, Mexico.
Ownership:
AEPR Global Ventures B.V., a Netherlands corporation ("Global Ventures")
owns fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of the voting securities of
the Company. Resources owns, indirectly through one or more
subsidiaries/entities, one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding shares of
the voting securities of Global Ventures.
ITEM 2
State the name of any domestic associate public-utility company and, if
applicable, its holding company, and a description of the relationship
between the foreign utility company and such company, and the purchase
price paid by any such domestic associate public-utility company for its
interest in the foreign utility company.
Resources is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Electric Power
Company, Inc. ("AEP"), a registered "holding company" as defined in the 1935
Act. Consequently, the following domestic "public-utility companies" are
"associate companies" of the Company:
AEP Generating Company
Appalachian Power Company
Columbus Southern Power Company
Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corporation
Indiana Michigan Power Company
Kentucky Power Company
Kingsport Power Company
Ohio Power Company
Ohio Valley Electric Corporation
Wheeling Power Company
AEP is a "holding company" with respect to each of AEP Generating Company,
Appalachian Power Company, Columbus Southern Power Company, Indiana-Kentucky
Electric Corporation ("IKEC"), Indiana Michigan Power Company, Kentucky Power
Company, Kingsport Power Company, Ohio Power Company, Ohio Valley Electric
Corporation ("OVEC") and Wheeling Power Company (collectively, the "AEP
Subsidiaries"). In addition, OVEC is a "holding company" of IKEC.
None of the AEP Subsidiaries have any relationship with the Company other
than sharing AEP as a "holding company" and being an "associate company" of the
Company. None of the AEP Subsidiaries paid any part of the purchase price for
the Company.
EXHIBITS - Not applicable
SIGNATURE
The undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
AEP RESOURCES, INC.
By:/s/ Jeffrey D. Cross________
Name: Jeffrey D. Cross
Title: Vice President and General Counsel
Dated: March 6, 2000
