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                                  UNITED STATES
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                  FORM 10-K/A
                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
               (X) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                  For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2000
                                       OR
             ( ) TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                  For the Transition Period from _____to_____

                               Mirant Corporation
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 Delaware                               001-16107               58-2056305
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(State or other Jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)  (I.R.S. Employer
 Incorporation or Organization)                              Identification No.)

  1155 Perimeter Center West, Suite 100, Atlanta, Georgia           30338
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      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                   (Zip Code)

                                 (678) 579-5000
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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           Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 Title of each class                   Name of each exchange on which registered
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share            New York Stock Exchange

Company obligated mandatorily redeemable
Preferred securities, $27.50 liquidation amount    New York Stock Exchange

           Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
                                      None

     Indicate  by check mark  whether the  registrant  (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934  during  the  preceding  12 months  (or for such  shorter  period  that the
registrant was required to file such reports),  and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [_]

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent  filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best  of  the  registrants'   knowledge,  in  definitive  proxy  or  information
statements  incorporated  by  reference  in Part  III of this  Form  10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K. (X)

     Aggregate  market  value of  voting  stock  held by  non-affiliates  of the
registrant was approximately  $13,370,407,606  on May 31, 2001, (based on $39.30
per share, the closing price in the daily composite list for transactions on the
New York Stock Exchange for that day. As of May 31, 2001, there were 340,317,212
shares of the registrant's Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share outstanding.

     This Annual  Report on Form 10-K/A is being filed as Amendment No. 1 to the
Registrant's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December 31,
2000 to amend  Exhibit 99 to  include  for  presentation  purposes  the  audited
financial statements of Berliner Kraft-und Licht  (Bewag)-Aktiengesellschaft,  a
non-consolidated  subsidiary,  for the year  ended  June 30,  1998,  which  were
incorporated by reference in our original 10-K filed on March 21, 2001:
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                                     PART IV

Item 14.  Exhibits, Financial Statements schedules and Reports on Form 8-K

(a) (3) Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.        Exhibit Name
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     99            Financial Statements of Berliner Kraft-und Licht (Bewag)-
                   Aktiengesellschaft as required by Regulation S-X 210.3-09



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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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, on this 29th day of June,
2001.

                                                MIRANT CORPORATION


                                                By: /s/Raymond D. Hill
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                                                    Raymond D. Hill
                                                    Executive Vice President,
                                                    and Chief Financial Officer
                                                   (Principle Financial Officer)