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 July 25, 1995
                     (Date of earliest event reported)
  
  
  
                      California Energy 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
              (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  
  Item 5.  Other Events
  
       On July 25, 1995, the Registrant announced that it had completed an 
  offering of $200 million principal amount of its 9 7/8% Limited Recourse 
  Senior Secured Notes Due 2003.  Additionally, the Registrant announced that
  Salton Sea Funding Corporation, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of the 
  Registrant, had concurrently completed a sale to institutional buyers of $475
  million principal amount of Senior Secured Notes and Bonds, which are 
  nonrecourse to the Registrant.  A copy of the press release is the Registrant is
  set forth as Exhibit 1 hereto and is incorporated hereto by reference.
   
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
   
  Exhibit 1 - Press Release dated July 25, 1995.
  
  
  
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                                 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.
  
                                   California Energy Company, Inc.
  
  
  
                                                                         
                                   By: \s\ Douglas L. Anderson           
                                        Douglas L. Anderson
                                        Assistant Secretary
  
  
  
  Dated: July 25, 1995<PAGE>
  
                                 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.
  
                                   California Energy Company, Inc.
  
  
  
                                   By: ______________________________
                                        Douglas L. Anderson
                                        Assistant Secretary
  
  
  
  Dated: July 25, 1995
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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 July 25, 1995
                     (Date of earliest event reported)
  
                      California Energy 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
              (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  Item 5.  Other Events
  
       On July 25, 1995, the Registrant announced that it had completed an 
  offering of $200 million principal amount of its 9 7/8% Limited Recourse 
  Senior Secured Notes Due 2003.  Additionally, the Registrant announced that
  Salton Sea Funding Corporation, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of the 
  Registrant, had concurrently completed a sale to institutional buyers of $475
  million principal amount of Senior Secured Notes and Bonds, which are 
  nonrecourse to the Registrant.  A copy of the press release is the Registrant is
  set forth as Exhibit 1 hereto and is incorporated hereto by reference.
   
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
   
  Exhibit 1 - Press Release dated July 25, 1995.
  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.
  
                                   California Energy Company, Inc.
  
                                                                         
                                   By: \s\ Douglas L. Anderson           
                                        Douglas L. Anderson
                                        Assistant Secretary
  
  Dated: July 25, 1995
  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.
  
                                   California Energy Company, Inc.
  
                                   By: ______________________________
                                        Douglas L. Anderson
                                        Assistant Secretary
  
  Dated: July 25, 1995