As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2000	Registration No. 333-87277 - -------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 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 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Full title of the Plan) __________________________________ 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 17, 1999, Trigen Energy Corporation (the "Company") filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-87277) (the "Registration Statement"), which registered an aggregate of 200,000 shares of the Company's common stock, $.01 par value per share, issuable under the Company's 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 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. 1 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 Richard E. Kessel (Principal Executive Officer) May 15, 2000 /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