content: Securities and Exchange Commission
  
                       Washington, DC  20549
                              Form 8-K
                           Current Report
  
               Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                    the Securities Exchange Act
                    1934
                    
                    
                  Date of Report October 28, 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            (Commissione           (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
   (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
                                 
                                 
  Item 5.  Other Events
  
       On October 28, 1996, the Registrant announced that CE
  Electric UK plc, which is indirectly owned 70% by the
  Registrant and 30% by Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc., had commenced an
  unsolicited $1.225 billion cash tender offer to acquire all the
  issued and outstanding ordinary and preference shares of
  Northern Electric plc ("Northern").  Northern is a regional
  electricity distribution and supply company in the United
  Kingdom that serves approximately 1.5 million customers in
  north east England.  A copy of the press release issued by the
  Registrant is set forth as Exhibit 1 hereto and is incorporated
  herein by reference.
  
  
  Item 7.  Exhibits
  
      Press Release of CalEnergy Company, Inc., dated October 28, 1996.
  
  
                             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 and
                                          Assistant General
                                          Counsel (U.S. and
                                          Corporate)
  
  Dated: October 28, 1996
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text: Securities and Exchange Commission
  
                       Washington, DC  20549
                              Form 8-K
                           Current Report
  
               Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                    the Securities Exchange Act
                    1934
                    
                    
                  Date of Report October 28, 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            (Commissione           (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
   (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
                                 
                                 
  Item 5.  Other Events
  
       On October 28, 1996, the Registrant announced that CE
  Electric UK plc, which is indirectly owned 70% by the
  Registrant and 30% by Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc., had commenced an
  unsolicited $1.225 billion cash tender offer to acquire all the
  issued and outstanding ordinary and preference shares of
  Northern Electric plc ("Northern").  Northern is a regional
  electricity distribution and supply company in the United
  Kingdom that serves approximately 1.5 million customers in
  north east England.  A copy of the press release issued by the
  Registrant is set forth as Exhibit 1 hereto and is incorporated
  herein by reference.
  
  Item 7.  Exhibits
  
      Press Release of CalEnergy Company, Inc., dated October 28, 1996.
  
                             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 and
                                          Assistant General
                                          Counsel (U.S. and
                                          Corporate)
  
  Dated: October 28, 1996