DOCIDDC #101952 v14
(As filed October 30, 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
Peak Energy Development Corporation LLC
Maples & Calder, Ugland House
P.O. Box 309 GT, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Luannan Peak Heat & Power Company Ltd.
Luannan Peak Second Heat & Power Company Ltd.
Benchengzhong Street
Luannan County, Tangshan 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
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 each of the
entities named in Item 1 below, hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") that each such entity is, and hereby claims
status as, a foreign utility company ("FUCO") within the meaning of Section
33 of the 1935 Act.
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.
Peak Energy Development Corporation LLC
Maples & Calder, Ugland House
P.O. Box 309 GT, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Luannan Peak Heat & Power Company Ltd.
Luannan Peak Second Heat & Power Company Ltd.
Benchengzhong Street
Luannan County, Tangshan City, Hebei Province
People's Republic of China
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 83% 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 eight (8) joint ventures in the
PRC with PRC enterprise legal persons.1
Peak Energy Development Corporation LLC ("Peak Energy"): is an exempted
company established in the Cayman Islands by Peak and Chinamac Pte. Ltd.
("Chinamac"), a limited liability company established under the laws of
Singapore. Peak owns 99% of the company stock, and the remaining 1% is owned
by Machimpex (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, an associated company of Chinamac to whom
the interest was transferred. Peak Energy owns a majority interest in each
of the following two (2) operating joint venture companies:
Luannan Peak Heat & Power Company Ltd. ("EJV1"): is a joint venture between
Peak Energy and Luannan County Heat & Power Plant ("Luannan County"), a
state-owned enterprise established under the laws of the PRC. Peak Energy
owns 87.92% of the joint venture, and the remaining 12.08% is owned by
Luannan County. EJV1 is a 50 MW coal fired electric and steam facility in
Hebei Province, PRC. Power generated by the facility is sold to the
Jing-Jin-Tang Grid of the North China Power Group Company.
Luannan Peak Second Heat & Power Company Ltd. ("EJV2"): is a joint venture
between Peak Energy and Tangshan Luanhua Co. (Group) ("Tangshan Luanhua"), a
state-owned enterprise established under the laws of the PRC. Peak Energy
owns 87.92% of the joint venture, and the remaining 12.08% is owned by
Tangshan Luanhua. EJV2 is a 50 MW coal fired electric and steam facility in
Hebei Province, PRC. Power generated by the facility is sold to the
Jing-Jin-Tang Grid of the North China Power Group Company.
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 the FUCOs identified in Item 1 above:
IES Utilities Inc.
Interstate Power Company
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
South Beloit Water, Gas & Electric Company
ATC Management, Inc.
American Transmission Company LLC
Wisconsin River Power Company
At present, none of the aforementioned domestic public-utility companies
has made an investment in or has any contractual relationship with the FUCOs
identified in Item 1 above.
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: October 30, 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, three (3) of which continue to be active, Henan Yongfeng
Electric Power Co. Ltd., Henan Anfeng Electric Power Co. Ltd., and
Shijiazhuang Chengfeng Cogen Co. Ltd.; Form U-57 filed on March 21, 2001 by
Alliant Energy claiming "foreign utility company" status on behalf of Hebei
Wuan Peak Coal Heat and Power Co., Ltd.; Form U-57 filed on August 1, 2001 by
Alliant Energy claiming "foreign utility company" status on behalf of Weifang
Ocean Peak Heat and Power Co., Ltd.; Form U-57 filed on August 29, 2001 by
Alliant Energy claiming "foreign utility company" status on behalf of Zouping
Peak CHP Co., Ltd.; and the entities named in this filing.