Form U-57 - TransCanada BDS
File
No. 073-[_______]
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 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
TransCanada
BDS, S.E.C./
TransCanada
BDS, L.P.
c/o
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
S.E.N.C.R.L.,
s.r.l.
1150,
rue de Claire-Fontaine, 7e étage
Québec,
Québec, Canada GIR 5G4
(Name
of foreign utility company)
TransCanada
PipeLines Limited
450
- 1 Street S.W.
Calgary,
Alberta, Canada T2P 5HI
(Name
of filing company, if filed on behalf of
a
foreign utility company)
GENERAL
INSTRUCTIONS
1.
Use
of Form
A
notification to the Commission that a company is or proposes to become a foreign
utility company shall be filed on Form U-57 by or on behalf of such
company.
2.
Formal
Requirements
(a)
Two copies of the notification on this form, including the exhibit specified,
shall be filed with the Commission. At least one of such copies shall be
manually signed and filed at the place designated by the Commission for filings
under the laws it administers. The second copy shall be addressed to the
Division or Office responsible for administering the Act. Entities that have
(or
propose to have) a domestic associate public-utility company shall file one
copy
of this notification with each state or federal commission having jurisdiction
over the retail rates of such public-utility company.
(b)
The notification shall be on good quality, unglazed white paper, 8-1/2" x 11"
in
size.
3.
Definitions
All
terms used have the same meaning as in the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of
1935, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
4.
Withdrawal
of Filing
Within
45 days after determination that the entity filing for notification does not
require foreign utility company status (whether due to termination of the
proposed acquisition, change in applicable law or otherwise), all entities
having filed a Notification of Foreign Utility Company Status with the
Commission shall notify the Commission by amendment to such form that such
entity no longer requires such status.
Item
1
State
the name of the entity claiming foreign utility company status, its business
address, and a 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. To the extent known,
identify each person that holds five percent (5%) or more of any class of voting
securities of the foreign utility company and describe the amount and nature
of
the interest.
TransCanada
BDS, S.E.C./
TransCanada
BDS, L.P.
c/o
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
S.E.N.C.R.L.,
s.r.l.
1150,
rue de Claire-Fontaine, 7e étage
Québec,
Québec, Canada GIR 5G4
TransCanada
BDS, S.E.C./TransCanada BDS, L.P. (“TC-BDS”), a limited partnership formed under
the laws of Québec, Canada, is developing and, when completed, will own and
operate a 109.5 megawatt (MW) wind turbine power project located in the
Gaspésie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine region of the Province of Québec. The assets
related to the wind power project are indirectly co-owned by TransCanada
PipeLines Limited (62%) and Innergex Power Income Fund II (38%). The electric
energy produced by TC-BDS will be sold to Hydro-Québec.
Item
2
State
the 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 paid by any such
domestic associate public utility company for its interest in the foreign
utility company.
None.
EXHIBIT
A
If
applicable, the state certification(s) required under section 33(a)(2) of the
Act. Certification(s) previously filed with the Commission may be incorporated
by reference. If the certification(s) is not available at the time of filing
the
Form U-57, so state, and undertake to file such certification as an amendment
when available; however, foreign utility company status will not be deemed
obtained until all required certification(s) have been filed.
Not
Applicable.
SIGNATURES
The
undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be signed on its behalf
by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date:
February 6, 2006
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By:
/s/
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Rhondda
E. S. Grant
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Name:
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Rhondda
E. S. Grant
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Title:
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Vice-President,
Communications
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By:
/s/
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Alexander
J. Pourbaix
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Name:
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Alexander
J. Pourbaix
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Title:
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Executive
Vice-President, Power
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