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: August 7, 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
  
  
                           Not Applicable
    (Former name or former address, if changed from last report)
  
  
  
  Item 5.  Other Events
  
       On August 7, 1996, the Registrant announced that it had
  completed the acquisition of Falcon Seaboard Resources, Inc.
  ("FSRI") including FSRI's ownership interest in three operating
  gas-fired cogeneration plants totalling 520 MW capacity and
  related natural-gas pipelines for a cash purchase price of $226
  million.  The acquisition involved the purchase of all of the
  outstanding shares of FSRI, the parent company indirectly holding
  the significant project entities.  Certain interests in oil and
  gas properties and subsidiaries not associated with the operating
  facilities previously held by FSRI were distributed to the Falcon
  shareholders.
  
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
  Exhibit 99 - Press Release dated August 7, 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 and
                               Assistant General Counsel
                               (U.S. and Corporate)
  
  
  
  
  Dated: August 7, 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: August 7, 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
  
                           Not Applicable
    (Former name or former address, if changed from last report)
  
  Item 5.  Other Events
  
       On August 7, 1996, the Registrant announced that it had
  completed the acquisition of Falcon Seaboard Resources, Inc.
  ("FSRI") including FSRI's ownership interest in three operating
  gas-fired cogeneration plants totalling 520 MW capacity and
  related natural-gas pipelines for a cash purchase price of $226
  million.  The acquisition involved the purchase of all of the
  outstanding shares of FSRI, the parent company indirectly holding
  the significant project entities.  Certain interests in oil and
  gas properties and subsidiaries not associated with the operating
  facilities previously held by FSRI were distributed to the Falcon
  shareholders.
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
  Exhibit 99 - Press Release dated August 7, 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 and
                               Assistant General Counsel
                               (U.S. and Corporate)
  
  Dated: August 7, 1996