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 December 16, 1997
                 (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
   (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  Item 5.  Other Events
  
       On December 16, 1997, the Registrant announced that it had
  closed the sale of $125 million of its 6.853% Senior Notes due
  2004, $237 million of its 6.995% Senior Notes due 2007 and  pounds 200
  million of its 7.25% Sterling Bonds due 2022.  A press release
  issued by the Registrant is attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and is
  incorporated herein by reference.
  
       IItem 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
       Exhibit 1 - Press Release dated December 16, 1997
  
  
  
                             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
  
  
  
  
  Dated: December 16, 1997
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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 December 16, 1997
                 (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
   (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  Item 5.  Other Events
  
       On December 16, 1997, the Registrant announced that it had
  closed the sale of $125 million of its 6.853% Senior Notes due
  2004, $237 million of its 6.995% Senior Notes due 2007 and  pounds 200
  million of its 7.25% Sterling Bonds due 2022.  A press release
  issued by the Registrant is attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and is
  incorporated herein by reference.
  
       IItem 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
       Exhibit 1 - Press Release dated December 16, 1997
  
                             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
  
  Dated: December 16, 1997