-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TQ6W6c6QXw1DuiGLTIqnA7Bsv5ftZ6J3Mf57eB76/MBHH9aKR/jPzZNwGBbyxI7Z DFUR/ZwvzUKvVJNyEsvlcw== 0001047469-04-038575.txt : 20041229 0001047469-04-038575.hdr.sgml : 20041229 20041229172132 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001047469-04-038575 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: U-57/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20041229 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20041229 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AES CORPORATION CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000874761 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COGENERATION SERVICES & SMALL POWER PRODUCERS [4991] IRS NUMBER: 541163725 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: U-57/A SEC ACT: 1935 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 073-00010 FILM NUMBER: 041231924 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1001 N 19TH ST STREET 2: STE 2000 CITY: ARLINGTON STATE: VA ZIP: 22209 BUSINESS PHONE: 7035221315 U-57/A 1 a2149350zu-57a.htm U-57/A

File No.

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.

FORM U-57
Amendment No. 1

NOTIFICATION OF FOREIGN UTILITY COMPANY STATUS

Filed under section 33(a) of the

Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended

Empresa Distribuidora de Energia Norte S.A. ("EDEN")
(Name of foreign utility company)

THE AES CORPORATION
4300 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, Virginia 22203
(Name of filing company, if filed on behalf of foreign utility company)

The Commission is requested to mail copies of all correspondence relating to this Notification to:

Vincent W. Mathis
The AES Corporation
4300 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, Virginia 22203

Andrew B. Young
Hugh E. Hilliard
Dewey Ballantine LLP
1775 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006

The AES Corporation ("AES") hereby amends and restates in its entirety the Form U-57 filed on behalf of EDEN on April 22, 1997, as follows:

ITEM 1

Foreign utility status is claimed by EDEN, a corporation organized under the laws of Argentina, with its business address at Carlos Pellegrini 1023, piso 11, C1009ABU, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

EDEN is an electric distribution company located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. AES indirectly owns an approximately 90% interest in EDEN. PPP Employee Pension, an employee stock ownership plan, owns approximately 10% of EDEN.

AES, a Delaware corporation, is a public utility holding company exempt from registration under section 3(a)(5) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (the "Act"). The AES Corp., Holding Company Act Release No. 27363 (Mar. 23, 2001).

ITEM 2

EDEN has one domestic associate public utility company, Indianapolis Power and Light Company ("IPL"). IPL is wholly owned by IPALCO Enterprises, Inc., which, in turn, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AES. IPL has not made any investment in, nor has any contractual relationship with, EDEN, nor are any such investments or contractual relationships contemplated.

EXHIBIT A

By letter dated September 28, 2000, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission certified to the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to IPL that (1) it has the authority and resources to protect ratepayers subject to its jurisdiction, and (2) it intends to exercise that authority as required under section 33(a)(2) of the Act in connection with AES' acquisition of foreign utility companies. AES hereby incorporates this letter, filed October 27, 2000, in file number 070-09779, by reference.

The undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


By:	/s/ VINCENT W. MATHIS Vincent W. Mathis Assistant General Counsel The AES Corporation 4300 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, Virginia 22203 (703) 522-1315

Dated: December 29, 2004

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