File No. _________________
                       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
                  Orissa Power Generation Corporation ("OPGC")
                        (Name of foreign utility company)
                               THE AES CORPORATION
    (Name of filing company, if filed on behalf of a foreign utility company)
Item 1
         Foreign   utility   status  is  claimed  by  Orissa  Power   Generation
Corporation  Limited,  a company  incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 (of
India) and having its  registered  office at Alok  Bharati  Complex,  6th Floor,
Saheed  Nagar,  Bhubaneswar,  Orissa 751007  ("OPGC").  OPGC owns and operates a
coal-fired  thermal power plant consisting of 2x210 MW steam turbine  generating
units and  associated  interconnection  facilities.  This plant is located at Ib
Valley,  Banharpalli,  District of Sambalpur,  State of Orissa, India. The first
unit of 210MWs was placed into commercial operation in December 1994. The second
210 MW unit went into commercial operation in June 1996.
         The Government of Orissa,  a State Government in India, is the owner of
51% of the equity of OPGC. The AES Corporation, a Delaware corporation,  through
its subsidiaries,  AES India LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, AES OPGC
Holdings,  a  Mauritius  limited  liability  company,  and AES  India  (Private)
Limited, an Indian company, is the owner of 49% of the equity of OPGC.
ITEM 2
         OPGC has no domestic associate public utility companies.  Additionally,
no state commission  certification is required under Section 33(a)(2) of the Act
in connection with this filing.
EXHIBIT A
         Not Applicable.
                                    Signature
         The undersigned  company has duly caused this statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
                         By : __________________________
                                                William R. Luraschi
                                                General Counsel
                                                The AES Corporation
                                                1001 N. 19th Street
                                                Arlington, Virginia 22209
                                                (703) 522-1315
Dated:  December 2, 1998