(As filed April 4, 2001)
File No. 073-00091
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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
Anhui New Energy Heat & Power Co., Ltd.
220 Long March Road
Bengbu, Anhui Province 233010
People's Republic of China
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(Name of foreign utility companies)
Alliant Energy Corporation
222 West Washington Avenue
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
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(Name of filing company if filed on behalf
of a foreign utility company)
The Commission is requested to mail copies of all communications relating to
this Notification to:
Barbara J. Swan William T. Baker, Jr., Esq.
EVP & General Counsel Thelen, Reid & Priest LLP
Alliant Energy Corporation 40 West 57th Street
222 West Washington Avenue New York, NY 10019
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
ITEM 1. Name of the entity(ies) on whose behalf foreign utility company
status is claimed, its (their) business address(es), and a brief 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. Identity of each person that holds five percent (5%) or
more of any class of voting securities of the foreign utility company(ies)
and description of the amount and nature of the interest.
Anhui New Energy Heat & Power Co., Ltd.
220 Long March Road
Bengbu, Anhui Province 233010
People's Republic of China
Alliant Energy Corporation ("Alliant Energy"), a Wisconsin corporation
and a registered holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935 (the "1935 Act"), as amended, acting on behalf of Anhui New Energy
Heat & Power Co., Ltd. ("Anhui New Energy"), hereby notifies the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") that Anhui New Energy is, and
hereby claims status as, a foreign utility company ("FUCO") within the
meaning of Section 33 of the 1935 Act.
Interstate Energy Corporation Pte. Ltd. ("IEC/PTE") is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Alliant Energy International, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Alliant Energy Resources, Inc. and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
Alliant Energy. IEC/PTE is a Singapore corporation engaged in the
development, management and operation of power plants in the People's
Republic of China ("PRC") under Sino-foreign joint venture arrangements.
IEC/PTE participates in two (2) cooperative joint ventures in the PRC with
PRC enterprise legal persons.1
IEC/PTE now has entered into a Cooperative Joint Venture Agreement with
Bengbu Thermal Power Plant ("Bengbu Thermal") organized to, among other
things, develop, own, manage and operate co-generation steam and power
facilities and to enhance the economic efficiency of the generation of energy
from the power plants. In the future, IEC/PTE may continue to participate in
other similar joint venture enterprises in the PRC.
IEC/PTE will own a majority interest in the following operating joint venture:
Anhui New Energy Heat & Power Co., Ltd. ("Anhui New Energy") is a joint
venture among IEC/PTE, TransPacific Capital LLC ("TPC"), a limited liability
corporation established under the laws of the state of California, and Bengbu
Thermal Power Plant ("Bengbu Thermal"), a state-owned enterprise established
under the laws of the PRC. IEC/PTE owns 64% of the joint venture, TPC owns
6% of the joint venture, and the remaining 30% is owned by Bengbu Thermal.
Anhui New Energy is an 80MW coal-fired electric and steam facility in Anhui
Province, PRC. Steam from Anhui New Energy is primarily sold to various
industrial users in the city of Bengbu. Power generated by the facility is
sold to Anhui Electric Power Company, the provincial grid.
ITEM 2. 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
by any such domestic associate public-utility company for its interest in the
foreign utility company.
The following companies, each of which is a direct or indirect subsidiary of
Alliant Energy, are domestic public-utility companies and associate companies
of Anhui New Energy:
IES Utilities Inc.
Interstate Power Company
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
South Beloit Water, Gas & Electric Company
ATC Management, Inc.
American Transmission Company LLC
At present, none of the aforementioned domestic public-utility companies has
made an investment in or has any contractual relationship with Anhui New
Energy.
EXHIBIT A. State Certification.
Inapplicable.
SIGNATURE
The undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Alliant Energy Corporation
By: /s/ Barbara J. Swan
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Barbara J. Swan
Executive Vice President
and General Counsel
Date: April 4, 2001
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1 See Form U-57 filed on December 12, 1997 by IES Industries Inc., a
predecessor company to Alliant Energy in which it claimed "foreign utility
company" status on behalf of ICE/PTE.