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
COMPANIA BOLIVIANA ENERGIA ELECTRICA S.A.-
BOLIVIA POWER COMPANY LIMITED
(name of foreign utility company)
Compania Boliviana Energia Electrica S.A.-Bolivia Power Company Limited
("COBEE"), a corporation formed under the laws of Nova Scotia, 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 COBEE is a "foreign utility company" under Section
33(a) of the Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 79z-5b(a). COBEE 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:
Compania Boliviana Energia Electrica S.A.-Bolivia Power Company Limited
Avenida Hernando Siles No. 5635
Obrajes, La Paz
Bolivia
COBEE owns and operates one gas-fired electric generating facility in El
Alto, Bolivia and 13 hydroelectric generating facilities that are located in the
Zongo and Miguillas Valleys of Bolivia, representing an aggregate installed
electric energy generation capacity of approximately 220 MW. The following
persons hold five percent (5%) or more of the voting securities of COBEE:
Person % Ownership
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NRGenerating Holdings (No. 21) B.V. 99%
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 COBEE: 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 COBEE. The Xcel Companies are subsidiary
companies of Xcel Energy, Inc.
No portion of the purchase price of COBEE was paid by any domestic
associate public utility company of COBEE.
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.
COBEE has duly caused this statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
/s/
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Roland Gibson,
Vice President - Finance
Compania Boliviana Energia Electrica S.A.-
Bolivia Power Company Limited
Avenida Hernando Siles No. 5635
Obrajes, La Paz
Bolivia
August 28, 2002
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