SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                        Date of Report February 20, 2001
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                        (Date of earliest event reported)

                          Commission File No. 33-95538
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                         SALTON SEA FUNDING CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                   47-0790493
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                        (IRS Employer Identification No.)


                                    (State or other                (I.R.S.
                                    jurisdiction of                Employer
(Exact name of Registrants          incorporation or             Identification
as specified in their charters)       organization)                   No.)
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Salton Sea Brine Processing L.P.       California                 33-0601721
Salton Sea Power Generation L.P.       California                 33-0567411
Fish Lake Power LLC                    Delaware                   33-0453364
Vulcan Power Company                   Nevada                     95-3992087
CalEnergy Operating Corporation        Delaware                   33-0268085
Salton Sea Royalty LLC                 Delaware                   47-0790492
VPC Geothermal LLC                     Delaware                   91-1244270
San Felipe Energy Company              California                 33-0315787
Conejo Energy Company                  California                 33-0268500
Niguel Energy Company                  California                 33-0268502
Vulcan/BN Geothermal Power Company     Nevada                     33-3992087
Leathers, L.P.                         California                 33-0305342
Del Ranch, L.P.                        California                 33-0278290
Elmore, L.P.                           California                 33-0278294
Salton Sea Power LLC                   Delaware                   47-0810713
CalEnergy Minerals LLC                 Delaware                   47-0810718
CE Turbo LLC                           Delaware                   47-0812159
CE Salton Sea Inc.                     Delaware                   47-0810711
Salton Sea Minerals Corp.              Delaware                   47-0811261

 302 S. 36th Street, Suite 400-A, Omaha, NE  68131
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(Address of principal executive offices and
 Zip Code of Salton Sea Funding Corporation)

Salton Sea Funding Corporation's
Telephone Number, including area code:  (402) 341-4500
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                                       N/A
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)




ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

     The Registrants have previously  reported that Southern  California  Edison
Company  ("Edison") has failed to make timely payment for power purchased during
November  and  December  2000  under   long-term   power  sales  contracts  (the
"Contracts")  with  the  Registrants.  The  Registrants  own and  operate  eight
operating geothermal plants with an approximate  aggregate net rated capacity of
267 MW located in the Imperial  Valley,  California and sell the power to Edison
pursuant  to  the  Contracts.  Today  a  lawsuit  was  filed  on  behalf  of the
Registrants in California's Imperial County Superior Court seeking a court order
requiring Edison to make payment of more than $45 million for power delivered in
November and December 2000 in accordance  with the  Contracts.  The lawsuit also
requests that the court order permit the  Registrants to  discontinue  providing
such power to Edison  during  such  times as Edison  continues  non-payment  and
instead be allowed to sell it to other  delivery  entities  in  California.  The
Registrants  intend to vigorously  pursue their remedies in this action in light
of Edison's continuing non-payment.

     Certain  information  included  in  this  report  contains  forward-looking
statements made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
("Reform Act"). Such statements are based on current  expectations and involve a
number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties  that could cause the actual
results  and  performance  of the  Registrants  to  differ  materially  from any
expected   future  results  or  performance,   expressed  or  implied,   by  the
forward-looking  statements including  expectations regarding the future results
of operations of Registrants.  In connection with the safe harbor  provisions of
the Reform Act, the  Registrants  have identified  important  factors that could
cause actual  results to differ  materially  from such  expectations,  including
development and construction  uncertainty,  operating  uncertainty,  acquisition
uncertainty,  uncertainties  relating  to  geothermal  resources,  uncertainties
relating to economic and political  conditions and  uncertainties  regarding the
impact of regulations,  changes in government policy,  industry deregulation and
competition.  Reference  is  made  to  all  of  the  Registrants'  SEC  Filings,
incorporated  herein  by  reference,  for a  description  of such  factors.  The
Registrants  assume  no  responsibility  to update  forward-looking  information
contained herein.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

None





                                                      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 thereunto duly authorized.


                                             SALTON SEA FUNDING CORPORATION


Date:  February 20, 2001                     By:    /s/  Paul J. Leighton
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                                                         Paul J. Leighton
                                                         Secretary