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 12, 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) 341-450
  
  
                                 N/A
  
  
  Item 5.  Other Events
  
       On April 12, 1996, the Registrant announced that
  CalEnergy Capital Trust, the ("Trust"), completed a private
  placement of $100 million of 6 1/4% convertible preferred
  securities (TIDES), with a liquidation preference of $50 each.
  Each TIDES will be convertible at the option of the holder at
  any time into 1.6728 shares of CalEnergy Common Stock,
  equivalent to a conversion price of $29.89 per share.  The
  Registrant owns all of the common securities of the Trust.
  Additionally, the initial purchasers, CS First Boston and
  Merrill Lynch, exercised an option to purchase an additional
  78,600 TIDES, or $3,930,000 to cover over-allotments.
  
       On April 17, 1996, the Registrant announced that it had
  completed the acquisition of Edison Mission Energy's 50%
  interest in four geothermal facilities at Imperial Valley,
  California, resulting in CalEnergy owning an additional 74 net
  MW of generating capacity.
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
  Exhibit 1 - Press Release dated April 12, 1996.
  Exhibit 2 - Press Release dated April 17, 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
  
  
  
  Dated: April 22, 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 12, 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) 341-450
  
                                 N/A
  
  Item 5.  Other Events
  
       On April 12, 1996, the Registrant announced that
  CalEnergy Capital Trust, the ("Trust"), completed a private
  placement of $100 million of 6 1/4% convertible preferred
  securities (TIDES), with a liquidation preference of $50 each.
  Each TIDES will be convertible at the option of the holder at
  any time into 1.6728 shares of CalEnergy Common Stock,
  equivalent to a conversion price of $29.89 per share.  The
  Registrant owns all of the common securities of the Trust.
  Additionally, the initial purchasers, CS First Boston and
  Merrill Lynch, exercised an option to purchase an additional
  78,600 TIDES, or $3,930,000 to cover over-allotments.
  
       On April 17, 1996, the Registrant announced that it had
  completed the acquisition of Edison Mission Energy's 50%
  interest in four geothermal facilities at Imperial Valley,
  California, resulting in CalEnergy owning an additional 74 net
  MW of generating capacity.
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
  Exhibit 1 - Press Release dated April 12, 1996.
  Exhibit 2 - Press Release dated April 17, 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
  
  Dated: April 22, 1996