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 April 17, 1998
                 (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 April 17, 1998, the Registrant announced that its
  Philippine subsidiary, CE Casecnan Water and Energy Company, Inc.
  ("CE Casecnan"), and Hanbo Corporation, Hanbo Engineering &
  Construction Company, Ltd. and Hanbo Steel Company, Ltd.
  (collectively, the "Hanbo Entities") and Korea First Bank ("KFB")
  have mutually agreed to settle the differences among them related
  to the Casecnan project in the Philippines. 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 April 17, 1998.
  
  
  
  
                             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: April 17, 1998
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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 April 17, 1998
                 (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 April 17, 1998, the Registrant announced that its
  Philippine subsidiary, CE Casecnan Water and Energy Company, Inc.
  ("CE Casecnan"), and Hanbo Corporation, Hanbo Engineering &
  Construction Company, Ltd. and Hanbo Steel Company, Ltd.
  (collectively, the "Hanbo Entities") and Korea First Bank ("KFB")
  have mutually agreed to settle the differences among them related
  to the Casecnan project in the Philippines. 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 April 17, 1998.
  
                             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: April 17, 1998