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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
In the Matter of :
ALLEGHENY POWER SYSTEM, INC. :
Hagerstown, Maryland
:
MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY CERTIFICATE
Fairmont, West Virginia :
OF
THE POTOMAC EDISON COMPANY :
Hagerstown, Maryland NOTIFICATION
:
WEST PENN POWER COMPANY
Greensburg, Pennsylvania :
(70-6358) :
Public Utility Holding :
Company Act of 1935
:
This is to certify that Allegheny Power System, Inc.
(ALLEGHENY) and Allegheny Pittsburgh Coal Company (AP COAL)
have carried out the following transaction in accordance with
the terms and conditions of and for the purposes represented
by the Application or Declaration and the Order of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, dated January 2, 1980.
On January 15, 1997, ALLEGHENY made an interest bearing
open account advance to AP COAL in the amount of
$2,425,442.16. This Certificate of Notification is filed
within ten days of the carrying out of the foregoing
transaction.
ALLEGHENY POWER SYSTEM, INC.
