As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2000 Registration No. 33-83736 - ------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ____________________________ TRIGEN ENERGY CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 13-3378939 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) One Water Street 10601 White Plains, New York 10601 (Zip Code) (Address of Principal Executive Offices) 1994 Stock Incentive Plan 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Full title of the Plans) _____________________________________ EUGENE E. MURPHY Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary One Water Street White Plains, New York 10601 (Name and address of agent for service) (914) 286-6600 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ____________________________________ with copies to: E. WILLIAM BATES, II King & Spalding 120 West 45th Street New York, New York 10036 (212) 556-2100 EXPLANATORY STATEMENT 	On September 6, 1994, Trigen Energy Corporation (the "Company") filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-83736) (the "Registration Statement"), which registered an aggregate of 1,250,000 shares of the Company's common stock, $.01 par value per share, issuable under the Company's 1994 Stock Incentive Plan (1,050,000 shares) and 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (200,000 shares) (collectively, the "Plans"). The Registration Statement also covered an indeterminable amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. On September 26, 1997, the Company filed Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to remove from registration the interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement is being filed to remove from registration all shares of Common Stock registered under the Registration Statement and remaining unsold as of the date hereof. SIGNATURES 	Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of White Plains, State of New York on this 15th day of May, 2000. TRIGEN ENERGY CORPORATION By: /s/ Richard E. Kessel ------------------------------- Richard E. Kessel Chief Executive Officer 	Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. /s/ Richard E. Kessel Chief Executive Officer - ----------------------- (Principal Executive Officer) May 15, 2000 Richard E. Kessel /s/ Christine Morin-Postel Director and Chairwoman of the Board - ------------------------- May 15, 2000 Christine Morin-Postel /s/ Michel Bleitrach - ------------------------- Director May 15, 2000 Michel Bleitrach /s/ Michel Carrese - ---------------------------- Director May 15, 2000 Michel Carrese /s/ Patrick Buffet - ---------------------------- Director May 15, 2000 Patrick Buffet /s/ Olivier Degos - ---------------------------- Director May 15, 2000 Olivier Degos