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 ENERGETICOS, S.A.
(name of foreign utility company)
Servicios Energeticos, S.A. ("SESA"), a company formed under the laws of
the Republic of Bolivia, hereby files this Form U-57 under Section 33(a) of the
Public Utility Holding Company Act, as amended, (the "Act") for the purpose of
notifying the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that SESA is a "foreign
utility company" under Section 33(a) of the Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 79z-5b(a). SESA
is a subsidiary company of NRG Energy, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary
company of Xcel Energy, Inc.
ITEM 1: NAME, BUSINESS ADDRESS, DESCRIPTION OF FACILITIES, AND, TO THE EXTENT
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KNOWN, EACH PERSON WHO HOLDS FIVE PERCENT OR MORE OF THE VOTING SECURITIES OF
THE FOREIGN UTILITY COMPANY, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE AMOUNT AND NATURE OF THE
INTEREST.
The name and address of the entity claiming foreign utility company status
is:
Servicios Energeticos, S.A.
c/o Compania Boliviana de Energia Electrica S.A.-Bolivian Power Company Limited
Avenida Hernando Siles No. 5635
Obrajes, La Paz
Bolivia
SESA operates an approximately 87-MW natural gas-fired electric generating
facility located within the Carrasco gas production field near Santa Cruz,
Republic of Bolivia. The following persons hold five percent (5%) or more of
the voting securities of SESA:
Person % Ownership
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Compania Boliviana de Energia Electrica S.A.-
Bolivian Power Company Limited 99.8%
ITEM 2: NAME OF ANY DOMESTIC ASSOCIATE PUBLIC-UTILITY COMPANY, DESCRIPTION OF
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUCH COMPANY AND THE FOREIGN UTILITY COMPANY, AND
PURCHASE PRICE PAID BY SUCH COMPANY FOR ITS INTEREST IN THE FOREIGN UTILITY
COMPANY.
The following are the domestic public-utility companies and their holding
companies that are associate companies of SESA: Southwestern Public Service
Company, Public Service Company of Colorado, Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power
Company, Northern States Power Company, Northern States Power Company-Wisconsin,
and Black Mountain Gas Company (collectively, the "Xcel Companies") are domestic
associate public-utility companies of SESA. The Xcel Companies are subsidiary
companies of Xcel Energy, Inc.
No portion of the purchase price of SESA was paid by any domestic associate
public utility company of SESA.
EXHIBIT A
STATE CERTIFICATION(S) REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 33(A)(2) OF THE ACT
The Xcel Companies are subsidiary companies of Xcel Energy, Inc., a
registered holding company, and therefore, pursuant to Section 33(a)(2) of the
Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 79z-5b(a)(2), are not required to obtain state
certification.
SESA has duly caused this statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
/s/
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Julio LeMaitre,
President
Authorized Representative
Servicios Energeticos, S.A.
Avenida Hernando Siles No. 5635
Obrajes, La Paz
Bolivia
August 28, 2002
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