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U:\LEGAL\COMMON\PLEASANT\U-1\AMEND-1.DOC
File No. 70-9115
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
APPLICATION OR DECLARATION
ON FORM U-1
UNDER
THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
Monongahela Power Company
1310 Fairmont Avenue
Fairmont, WV 26554
The Potomac Edison Company
10435 Downsville Pike
Hagerstown, MD 21740-1766
West Penn Power Company
800 Cabin Hill Drive
Greensburg, PA 15601
(Name of company or companies filing this statement and
addresses of principal executive offices)
Allegheny Energy, Inc.
(Name of top registered holding company parent of each
applicant or declarant)
Thomas K. Henderson, Esq.
Vice President
Allegheny Energy, Inc.
10435 Downsville Pike
Hagerstown, MD 21740
(Name and address of agent for service)
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1. Applicants hereby amend their Application or
Declaration by deleting Item No. 4. Regulatory Approval, in
its entirety and substitute the following therefor:
The proposed transactions will be authorized
by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, as to
Monongahela's participation; by the Public Utility
Commission of Pennsylvania as to such participation by
West Penn; and by the State Corporation Commission of
Virginia and the Public Service Commission of Maryland
as to Potomac Edison's participation and are exempt
under Rule 52(a). The Public Service Commission of
West Virginia is not expressly ruling on the issuance
of new pollution control notes. Therefore, the
Securities and Exchange Commission has jurisdiction
over the participation by Monongahela and Potomac
Edison insofar as West Virginia is concerned. No
regulatory agency, other than those named, has
jurisdiction over the proposed transactions.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, the undersigned company has
duly caused this statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY
By: /s/ Robert R. Winter
Robert R. Winter
Vice President
THE POTOMAC EDISON COMPANY
By: /s/ Robert R. Winter
Robert R. Winter
Vice President
WEST PENN POWER COMPANY
By: /s/ Robert R. Winter
Robert R. Winter
Vice President
Dated: October 7, 1997
