96-17663. Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended (``Act'')  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 134 (Thursday, July 11, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 36589-36590]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-17663]
    
    
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    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
    [Release No. 35-26540]
    
    
    Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as 
    amended (``Act'')
    
    July 5, 1996.
        Notice is hereby given that the following filing(s) has/have been 
    made with the Commission pursuant to provisions of the Act and rules 
    promulgated thereunder. All interested persons are referred to the 
    application(s) and/or declaration(s) for complete statements of the 
    proposed transaction(s) summarized below. The application(s) and/or 
    declaration(s) and any amendments thereto is/are available for public 
    inspection through the Commission's Office of Public Reference.
        Interested persons wishing to comment or request a hearing on the 
    application(s) and/or declaration(s) should submit their views in 
    writing by July 29, 1996, to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange 
    Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549, and serve a copy on the relevant 
    applicant(s) and/or declarant(s) at the address(es) specified below. 
    Proof of service (by affidavit or, in case of an attorney at law, by 
    certificate) should be filed with the request. Any request for hearing 
    shall identify specifically the issues of fact or law that are 
    disputed. A person who so requests will be notified of any hearing, if 
    ordered, and will receive a copy of any notice or order issued in the 
    matter. After said date, the application(s) and/or declaration(s), as 
    filed or as amended, may be granted and/or permitted to become 
    effective.
    
    American Electric Power Company, Inc. (70-5943)
    
        American Electric Power Company, Inc. (``AEP''), 1 Riverside Plaza, 
    Columbus, Ohio 43215, a registered holding company, has filed a post-
    effective amendment to its declaration under sections 6(a), 7, 32 and 
    33 of the Act and rules 53 and 54 thereunder.
        By orders dated January 3, 1986 (HCAR No. 23980), December 18, 1987 
    (HCAR No. 24534), December 27, 1990 (HCAR No. 25233) and December 1, 
    1993 (HCAR No. 25936), the Commission authorized AEP to issue and sell, 
    through December 31, 1996, up to 44 million shares of its authorized 
    but unissued shares of common stock, $6.50 par value (``Common 
    Stock''), pursuant to its Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan 
    (``Plan''). Through May 15, 1996, a total of 43,416,621 shares of 
    Common Stock had been issued and sold, leaving a balance of 583,379 
    shares of Common Stock (``Remaining Shares'').
        By order dated May 10, 1996 (HCAR No. 26516), the Commission 
    authorized, among other things, the use of proceeds of the issuance and 
    sale of up to ten million shares of Common Stock, including Common 
    Stock issued under the Plan, for the acquisition of interests in exempt 
    wholesale generators (``EWGs'') and foreign utility companies 
    (``FUCOS''), subject to a limitation on such investments to an amount 
    equal to 50% of AEP's consolidated retained
    
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    earnings, in accordance with rule 53 under the Act.
        AEP now proposes to extend the time period during which it may 
    issue and sell the Remaining Shares, and issue and sell an additional 
    ten million shares of Common Stock, pursuant to the Plan, through 
    December 31, 2000. As a result thereof, AEP will have total 
    authorization under the Plan to issue and sell up to 54 million shares 
    of Common Stock.
        The proceeds of the issuance and sale of the additional shares of 
    Common Stock will be used: (1) To pay, at maturity, unsecured debt of 
    AEP; (2) to make additional investments in the common stock equities of 
    AEP's subsidiaries; and (3) for other general corporate purposes, 
    including the acquisition of interests in EWGs and FUCOs.
    
    Entergy Corporation, et al. (70-8861).
    
        Entergy Corporation (``Entergy''), 639 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, 
    Louisiana 70113, a registered holding company, and two of its wholly-
    owned subsidiaries, Entergy Operations, Inc. (``Entergy Operations''), 
    Echelon One, 1340 Echelon Parkway, Jackson, Mississippi 29213 and 
    Entergy Services, Inc. (``Entergy Services'' and together with Entergy 
    and Entergy Operations, ``Applicants''), 639 Loyola Avenue, New 
    Orleans, Louisiana 70113, have filed an application-declaration under 
    sections 6(a), 7, 9(a), 10 and 13 of the Act and rules 45, 86, 87, 90 
    and 91.
        Appicants requests authority for Entergy to establish a new 
    subsidiary named Entergy Nuclear, Inc. (``Entergy Nuclear''), to serve 
    as a holding company for one or more wholly-owned special purpose 
    companies (``Subsidairies''). Entergy Nuclear will, directly or through 
    the subsidiaries, provide nuclear plant operations, management and 
    other nuclear-related services and products to domestic and foreign 
    nonassociate companies. All such nuclear-related services and any 
    related products would be provided to nonassociates at market prices.
        Entergy Services provides certain administrative, financial, and 
    support services to associates in the Entergy system. To support the 
    sale by Entergy Nuclear of services to nonassociates, Applicants 
    propose that Entergy Services enter into a service agreement with 
    Entergy Nuclear. Under this agreement, Entergy Services may provide to 
    Entergy Nuclear certain administrative and support services that will 
    enable Entergy Nuclear to provide such services to nonassociates. 
    Entergy Nuclear will reimburse Entergy Services for these services at 
    cost, in accordance with rules 90 and 91 under the Act. Additionally, 
    each of Entergy Nuclear and Entergy Services may provide to the other 
    intellectual property it has developed or otherwise acquired.
        Entergy Operations currently operates and manages the five nuclear 
    power generating plants in the Entergy system, which are owned by 
    certain Entergy subsidiaries (``System Nuclear Owners''). To support 
    the sale by Entergy Nuclear of services to nonassociates, Applicants 
    propose that Entergy Operations enter into an agreement with Entergy 
    Nuclear. Under this agreement, Entergy Operations will provide to 
    Entergy Nuclear certain services and products related to nuclear 
    business operations, including the sharing and/or loaning of personnel, 
    that will enable Entergy Nuclear to provide such services to 
    nonassociates.
        Under the agreement between Entergy Operations and Entergy Nuclear, 
    Entergy Nuclear may also provide certain services and products related 
    to nuclear business operations, including the sharing and/or loaning of 
    personnel, to Entergy Operations. Each of Entergy Operations and 
    Entergy Nuclear will reimburse the other for services rendered under 
    the agreement at cost, in accordance with rules 90 and 91.
        The agreement between Entergy Nuclear and Entergy Operations will 
    also provide that each may provide to the other intellectual property 
    it has developed or otherwise acquired. Under the agreement, Entergy 
    Nuclear may sell to nonassociates rights to intellectual property 
    obtained under the agreement from Entergy Operations, provided that no 
    such sale would prohibit or restrict the continued use of such property 
    by Entergy Operations or the System Nuclear Owners.
        Applicants additionally propose that Entergy Nuclear provide 
    certain nuclear-related services and products and administrative and 
    support services to each of the Subsidiaries pursuant to a separate 
    agreement with each such Subsidiary. Each such agreement will also 
    provide for the provision of services related to nuclear business 
    operations by the Subsidiary to Entergy Nuclear.
        Services provided by either Entergy Nuclear or the Subsidiary under 
    such an agreement may involve the sharing and/or loaning of personnel 
    from time to time. These services will be provided in accordance with 
    rules 90 and 91. Additionally, each of Entergy Nuclear and a Subsidiary 
    may, under a service agreement between the two, provide to the other 
    certain intellectual property it has developed or otherwise acquired.
        Entergy requests authority to make investments in Entergy Nuclear, 
    at one time or from time to time, up to an aggregate amount of $10 
    million outstanding at any one time through December 31, 2001. Such 
    investments may take the form of (1) purchase of common stock, (2) 
    capital contributions and open accounts, (3) loans, (4) guarantees of 
    securities or other obligations, or (5) any combination thereof. 
    Further, Entergy Nuclear proposes, through December 31, 2001, to lend 
    to, or act as co-surety or indemnitor with respect to the securities or 
    other obligations of, the Subsidiaries for amounts aggregating up to 
    $10 million.
    
        For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
    pursuant to delegated authority.
    Jonathan G. Katz,
    Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 96-17663 Filed 7-10-96; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
07/11/1996
Department:
Securities and Exchange Commission
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
96-17663
Pages:
36589-36590 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Release No. 35-26540
PDF File:
96-17663.pdf