SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                Washington, D.C.


                                    FORM U-57


                 NOTIFICATION OF FOREIGN UTILITY COMPANY STATUS


                          Filed under Section 33 of the
             Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended


                       NRGenerating Holdings (No. 2) GmbH


                                       by


                                NRG Energy, Inc.

                          1221 NICOLLET MALL, SUITE 700
                              MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55403

          NRG Energy, Inc. ("NRG"), a Delaware corporation and majority owned
subsidiary of Xcel Energy, Inc., a Minnesota corporation ("Xcel") and a
registered holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
(the "Act"), hereby files with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") pursuant to Section 33 of the Act this Form U-57 for the purpose
of notifying the Commission that NRGenerating Holdings (No. 2) GmbH, a company
organized under the laws of Switzerland ("NRGenerating Holdings"), is a "foreign
utility company" ("FUCO") within the meaning of Section 33 of the Act.

          NRGenerating Holdings does not derive and will not derive any part of
its income, directly or indirectly, from the generation, transmission or
distribution of electric energy for sale (or the distribution at retail of
natural or manufactured gas for heat, light or power) within the United States.
Neither NRGenerating Holdings nor any of its subsidiary companies is or will be
a public utility operating within the United States.

                                     ITEM 1

Name and Business Address:

     NRGenerating Holdings (No. 2) GmbH
     Level 22
     307 Queen Street
     Brisbane, Queensland 4000
     Australia

Description of Facilities:

     NRGenerating Holdings has formed a partnership with Flinders Labuan (No. 1)
     Ltd and Flinders Labuan (No.2) Ltd, both companies limited by shares and
     organized under the laws of Labuan, to acquire interests in and operate two
     power stations owned by the government of South Australia, Australia. Under
     the agreements, NRGenerating Holdings will receive a 50% interest in a
     100-year lease of the 240-megawatt Playford Power Station and the
     520-megawatt Northern Power Station, both located in Port Augusta,
     approximately 190 miles north of Adelaide, South Australia. NRGenerating
     Holdings also will receive a 50% interest in a lease, for a period not to
     exceed 30-years, of fuel-related assets, including the Leigh Creek coal
     mine 175 miles north of the power stations and a dedicated rail line
     between the mine and the power stations. The partners of NRGenerating
     Holdings will hold the remaining lease interests in the power stations and
     fuel-related assets.

     In addition, NRGenerating Holdings and its partners will provide gas to,
     and purchase electricity from, a 190-megawatt South Australian
     co-generation facility owned by Osborn Cogeneration Pty Ltd, an unrelated
     limited liability company organized under the laws of Australia.

Ownership:

     NRGenerating Holdings is a company organized under the laws of Switzerland.
     NRGenerating Holdings is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of NRG, which
     in turn is owned 82% by Xcel and 18% by the general public. Xcel is the
     registered holding company formed by the recent merger of Northern States
     Power Company, a Minnesota corporation ("NSP-MN") and New Century Energies,
     a Delaware corporation.

                                     ITEM 2

          The domestic associate public utility companies of NRGenerating
Holdings are: NSP-MN; Northern States Power Company, a Wisconsin corporation
("NSP-WI"); Black Mountain Gas Company, a Minnesota corporation ("BMGC")1;
Southwestern Public Service, a New Mexico corporation ("SPS"); Public Service
Company of Colorado, a Colorado corporation ("PSCo"); and Cheyenne Light, Fuel
and Power Company, a Wyoming corporation ("Cheyenne") (collectively, the
"Associate Companies").

          No Associate Company has made an investment in, nor has any
contractual relationship with, NRGenerating Holdings, nor is any such investment
or contractual relationship contemplated.

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1    BMGC was formed to own and operate  the  natural  gas and propane  services
     formerly  operated  by NSP-MN  after its  merger  with Black  Mountain  Gas
     Company, an Arizona corporation. The spin-down of operations from NSP-MN to
     BMGC was approved by the  Commission on August 16, 2000, in Holding Co. Act
     Release No. 27212 and is expected to occur in the immediate future.

          The Associate Companies are all subsidiaries of Xcel, a registered
holding company, and therefore the certification of state commissions is not
required under Section 33(a)(2) of the Act.

          The Commission is requested to mail copies of all correspondence
relating to this Notification to:

     Shaun Messer
     NRG Asia-Pacific Ltd
     Level 22
     307 Queen Street
     Brisbane, Queensland 4000
     Australia

     Glenn J. Berger, Esq.
     W. Mason Emnett, Esq.
     Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
     1440 New York Ave. NW
     Washington, D.C.  20005


          The undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned officer thereunto duly authorized.

                                        NRG Energy, Inc.



                                        By:  /s/ James J. Bender
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name: James J. Bender
                                             Title: Vice President & General
                                                    Counsel

Date:     August 23, 2000