(As filed March 21, 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
Hebei Wuan Peak Coal Heat and Power Co., Ltd.
No. 589, Nanhuan West Road
WuAn City, Hebei Province
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.
Hebei Wuan Peak Coal Heat and Power Co., Ltd.
No. 589, Nanhuan West Road
WuAn City, Hebei Province
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 Hebei WuAn Peak
Coal Heat and Power Co., Ltd. ("WuAn"), hereby notifies the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") that WuAn is, and hereby claims status
as, a foreign utility company ("FUCO") within the meaning of Section 33 of
the 1935 Act.
Grandelight Holding Limited ("Grandelight") 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. Grandelight owns approximately 77% of the outstanding voting
securities of Peak Pacific Investment Co., Ltd ("Peak"), 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. Peak participates in five (5) cooperative joint
ventures in the PRC with PRC enterprise legal persons.1
Peak now has entered into a Cooperative Joint Venture Agreement with Hebei
WuAn City West Stone Coal Heat and Power Plant ("Hebei WuAn") organized to,
among other things, develop and operate co-generation steam and power or
stand-alone power facilities and to enhance the economic efficiency of the
generation of energy from the power plants. In the future, Peak may continue
to participate in other similar joint venture enterprises in the PRC.
Peak will own a majority interest in the following operating joint venture:
Hebei WuAn Peak Coal Heat and Power Co., Ltd. ("WuAn"): is a joint venture
between Peak and Hebei WuAn City West Stone Coal Heat and Power Plant ("Hebei
Wuan"), a state-owned enterprise established under the laws of the PRC. Peak
owns 75% of the joint venture, and the remaining 25% is owned by Hebei WuAn.
WuAn is a 24MW waste coal fired electric and steam facility in Hebei
Province, PRC. Steam from WuAn is primarily sold as heat to space heating
customers in WuAn City. Power generated by the facility is sold to the
provincial grid within the Handan City region.
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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 WuAn:
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 WuAn.
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: March ___, 2001
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1 See Form U-57 filed on July 30, 1999 by Alliant Energy in which it
claimed "foreign utility company" status on behalf of five (5) development
projects of Peak.
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