(As filed June 26, 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 Xin Wen Peak Heat and Power Co., Ltd.
Xintai City
Shandong Province
People's Republic of China
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(Name of foreign utility companies)
Alliant Energy Corporation
4902 North 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 40 West 57th Street
4902 North Biltmore Lane New York, NY 10019
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 Xin Wen Peak Heat and Power Co., Ltd.
Xintai 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 Xin Wen Peak Heat
and Power Co., Ltd. ("Xin Wen"), hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") that Xin Wen 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 currently 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 nine (9) cooperative joint ventures in the
PRC with PRC enterprise legal persons.1
Peak now has entered into a Cooperative Joint Venture Agreement with Xin
Wen Mining Group Company Ltd. ("XWMG") 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; Form U-57 files
on January 03, 2003 by Alliant Energy claiming "foreign utility company" status
on behalf of Tai An Hua Feng Heat and Power Company Limited; and Xin Wen as set
forth in this filing.
Peak will own an interest in the following operating joint venture:
Tai An Xin Wen Peak Heat and Power Co., Ltd. ("Xin Wen"): is a joint venture
between Peak and Xin Wen Mining Group Company Ltd. ("XWMG"), 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 XWMG. Xin Wen is a 50 MW coal fired
electric and steam facility in Shandong Province, PRC. Steam from Xin Wen 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. and the local grid.
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 Xin Wen:
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 Xin Wen.
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/ F. J. Buri
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F. J. Buri
Corporate Secretary
Date: June 26, 2003