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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
FORM U-33-S
ANNUAL REPORT CONCERNING FOREIGN
UTILITY COMPANIES
Filed Under Section 33(e) of the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,
as amended for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996
Filed pursuant to the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 by
PACIFIC ENTERPRISES
633 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
The Commission is requested to mail copies of all
communications relating to this Annual Report to:
Leslie E. LoBaugh, Jr.
Vice President and General Counsel
Pacific Enterprises
633 West Fifth Street, Suite 5200
Los Angeles, California 90071
Pacific Enterprises ("Pacific"), is a public utility holding company
exempt from the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended
(the "Holding Company Act"), by order of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to Section 3(a)(1)thereof.
Pacific is the parent company of Southern California Gas Company
("SoCalGas"), a gas utility company and the only subsidiary company
within Pacific's holding company system that is a public utility
company.
On behalf of SoCalGas and pursuant to Section 33(e) of the Holding
Company Act, Pacific hereby files with the Commission this Annual Report
Concerning Foreign Utility Companies on Form U-33-S for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1996.
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All terms used in this Annual Report shall have the same meanings
as in the Holding Company Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
Item 1 - Identification of Foreign Utility Companies.
Pacific indirectly holds interests in Camuzzi Gas Pampeana S.A.
("Pampeana") and Camuzzi Gas Del Sur S.A. ("Sur"), foreign utility
companies having respective business addresses as follows:
Camuzzi Gas Pampeana, S.A.
Av. Davila 240, Dique 2
(1007)Capital Federal, Argentina
Camuzzi Gas Del Sur S.A.
Av. Davila 240, Dique 2
(1007) Capital Federal, Argentina
Pacific's interests in Pampeana and Sur are held through Pacific
Enterprises International ("PE International"), a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Pacific and an associate company (but not a subsidiary
company) of SoCalGas. PE International owns 12.5% of the outstanding
common stock of each of Sodigas Pampeana S.A. and Sodigas Sur S.A.
which, in turn, respectively own approximately 70% of the outstanding
common stock of Pampeana and 90% of the outstanding common stock of Sur.
Pampeana and Sur hold the exclusive licenses from the Argentine
Government to distribute natural gas in each of two contiguous regions
of Argentina. Neither company derives any part of its income, directly
or indirectly, from the generation, transmission, or distribution of
electric energy for sale or the distribution of natural or manufactured
gas for heat, light or power within the United States of America, and
neither company nor any of its subsidiary companies is a public utility
company operating in the United States of America.
Pampeana derives most of its income from the distribution at retail
of natural or manufactured gas to industrial, commercial and residential
customers within the Provinces of La Pampa and Buenos Aires (including
certain portions of the metropolitan region of the city of Buenos
Aires)in the Republic of Argentina. This region includes the cities of
La Plata, Mar del Plata and Bahia Blanca.
Sur derives its income from the distribution at retail of natural
or manufactured gas to industrial, commercial and residential customers
within the Provinces of Neuquen, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz, and
Tierra del Fuego in the Republic of Argentina.
The respective facilities used by Pampeana and Sur for the distribution
at retail of natural or manufactured gas consist of transportation and
distribution lines, meters, pumps, valves and pressure and flow
controllers.
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Item 2 - Debt and Other Financial Obligations.
Neither Pacific nor any of its system companies is subject to
recourse for any debt or other financial obligation (through direct or
indirect guarantees or otherwise) of Pampeana or Sur.
Item 3 - Service, Sales and Construction Contracts.
There are no service, sales or construction contracts between
Pacific or any of its system companies and Pampeana or Sur.
Exhibit A
Attached as Exhibit A to this Annual Report is an organizational
chart showing the relationship of Pampeana and Sur to Pacific and its
system public utility companies.
Signature
The undersigned company has duly caused this Annual Report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized
pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935. The signature of the undersigned company shall be deemed to
relate only to matters having reference to such company or its
subsidiaries.
April 25, 1997 PACIFIC ENTERPRISES
By: Leslie E. LoBaugh, Jr.
Leslie E. LoBaugh, Jr.
Vice President and
General Counsel
Pacific Enterprises
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Exhibit A
to
Annual Report Concerning Foreign Utility Companies
on
Form U-33-S for the Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 1996
Filed by
PACIFIC ENTERPRISES
The following organizational chart shows the
relationship of Pacific Enterprises and its system public-utility
companies to each foreign utility company:
Pacific Enterprises
- Southern California Gas Company
- Pacific Enterprises International
- Sodigas Pampeana S.A. (12.5%)
- Camuzzi Gas Pampeana S.A. (70%)
- Sodigas Sur S.A. (12.5%)
- Camuzzi Gas Del Sur S.A. (90%)