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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 March 14, 1997, ALLEGHENY made an interest bearing open
account advance to AP COAL in the amount of $2,446,004.79. This
Certificate of Notification is filed within ten days of the
carrying out of the foregoing transaction.
ALLEGHENY POWER SYSTEM, INC.
