content: Securities and Exchange Commission
  
                       Washington, DC  20549
  
                              Form 8-K
  
                           Current Report
  
               Pursuant to Section 13 to 15(d) of the
                    Securities Exchange Act 1934
  
  
                   Date of Report April 17, 1996
                 (Date of earliest event reported)
  
  
  
                      CalEnergy Company, Inc.
       (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
  
      Delaware                  1-9874               94-2213782
      (State of other       (Commission File         (IRS Employer
      jurisdiction of        Number)                  Identification No.)
      incorporation)
  
  
  
   302 South 36th Street, Suite 400,       Omaha, NE        68131
   (Address of principal executive offices)                Zip Code
  
  
  
  
  Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code:(402) 341-4500
  
  
                                 N/A
  
  
  Item 2.  Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
  
       On April 17, 1996, the Registrant completed the
  acquisition of Edison Mission Energy's 50% interest in four
  geothermal facilities at Imperial Valley, California, for a
  cash purchase price of $70 million, resulting in the
  Registrant owning an additional 74 net MW of generating
  capacity.  The acquisition involved the sale to a subsidiary
  of the Registrant by Edison Mission Energy of 100% of the
  stock in four of its subsidiaries which own general and
  limited partnership interests in four geothermal energy
  projects currently operated by an affiliate of the Registrant.
  The Registrant previously reported this event as Item 5 on
  Form 8-K dated April 12, 1996.
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
  Exhibit 1 - Press Release dated April 17, 1996.
  
  Financial Statements will be filed at a later date as part of
  an amendment to this Form 8-K.
  
  
  
  
  
  
                             SIGNATURE
  
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be
  signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
  authorized.
  
                                CalEnergy Company, Inc.
  
  
  
                                       By: \s\ Douglas L. Anderson
                                           Douglas L. Anderson
                                           Assistant Secretary
  
  
  
  Dated: May 2, 1996
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text: Securities and Exchange Commission
  
                       Washington, DC  20549
  
                              Form 8-K
  
                           Current Report
  
               Pursuant to Section 13 to 15(d) of the
                    Securities Exchange Act 1934
  
                   Date of Report April 17, 1996
                 (Date of earliest event reported)
  
                      CalEnergy Company, Inc.
       (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
      Delaware                  1-9874               94-2213782
      (State of other       (Commission File         (IRS Employer
      jurisdiction of        Number)                  Identification No.)
      incorporation)
  
   302 South 36th Street, Suite 400,       Omaha, NE        68131
   (Address of principal executive offices)                Zip Code
  
  Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code:(402) 341-4500
  
                                 N/A
  
  Item 2.  Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
  
       On April 17, 1996, the Registrant completed the
  acquisition of Edison Mission Energy's 50% interest in four
  geothermal facilities at Imperial Valley, California, for a
  cash purchase price of $70 million, resulting in the
  Registrant owning an additional 74 net MW of generating
  capacity.  The acquisition involved the sale to a subsidiary
  of the Registrant by Edison Mission Energy of 100% of the
  stock in four of its subsidiaries which own general and
  limited partnership interests in four geothermal energy
  projects currently operated by an affiliate of the Registrant.
  The Registrant previously reported this event as Item 5 on
  Form 8-K dated April 12, 1996.
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
  Exhibit 1 - Press Release dated April 17, 1996.
  
  Financial Statements will be filed at a later date as part of
  an amendment to this Form 8-K.
  
                             SIGNATURE
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be
  signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
  authorized.
  
                                CalEnergy Company, Inc.
  
                                       By: \s\ Douglas L. Anderson
                                           Douglas L. Anderson
                                           Assistant Secretary
  
  Dated: May 2, 1996