[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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