(As filed January 03, 2003)
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
Tai An Hua Feng Peak Heat and Power Company Limited
NingYang County, Tai An City
Shandong Province
People's Republic of China
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(Name of foreign utility companies)
Alliant Energy Corporation
4902 N. Biltmore Lane
Madison, Wisconsin 53718
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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 875 Third Avenue
4902 N. Biltmore Lane New York, NY 10022
Madison, Wisconsin 53718
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.
Tai An Hua Feng Peak Heat and Power Company Limited
NingYang County, Tai An City
Shandong 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 Tai An Hua Feng
Peak Heat and Power Company Limited ("Hua Feng"), hereby notifies the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") that Hua Feng 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 93.5% 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) cooperative joint
ventures in the PRC with PRC enterprise legal persons.1
Peak now has entered into a Cooperative Joint Venture Agreement with
Ningyang Hua Feng Heat and Power Company Ltd. ("Ningyang") 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.
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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. (no longer active); Form U-57 filed on
August 28, 2001 by Alliant Energy claiming "foreign utility company" status
on behalf of Zouping Peak CHP Co., Ltd.; Form U-57 filed on October 30, 2001
by Alliant Energy claiming "foreign utility company" status on behalf of
Luannan Peak Heat & Power Company Ltd. and Luannan Peak Second Heat & Power
Company Ltd; and Hua Feng as set forth in this filing.
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Peak will own an interest in the following operating joint venture:
Tai An Hua Feng Peak Heat and Power Company Limited ("Hua Feng"): is a joint
venture between Peak and Ningyang Hua Feng Heat and Power Company Ltd.
("Ningyang"), a limited liability company established under the laws of the
PRC. Peak owns 80% of the joint venture, and the remaining 20% is owned by
Ningyang. Hua Feng is a 37 MW coal fired electric and steam facility in
Shandong Province, PRC. Steam from Hua Feng is primarily sold to Xin Wen
Mining Group Company Ltd. Power generated by the facility is also sold to
Xin Wen Mining Group Company Ltd.
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 Hua Feng:
Interstate Power and Light 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 Hua Feng.
EXHIBIT A
State Certification
Inapplicable.
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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: January 03, 2003
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