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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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In the Matter of
ALLEGHENY GENERATING COMPANY
New York, New York
CERTIFICATE OF
ALLEGHENY POWER SYSTEM, INC. NOTIFICATION PURSUANT
New York, New York RULE 24
MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY
Fairmont, West Virginia
THE POTOMAC EDISON COMPANY
Hagerstown, Maryland
WEST PENN POWER COMPANY
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
File No. 70-7888
(Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935)
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1. ALLEGHENY GENERATING COMPANY (AGC), ALLEGHENY POWER SYSTEM,
INC. (Allegheny), MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY (Monongahela), THE POTOMAC EDISON
COMPANY (Potomac), and WEST PENN POWER COMPANY (West Penn), hereby amend their
Certificate of Notification Pursuant to Rule 24, filed January 10, 1997, by
deleting in its entirety the second paragraph which read:
"During the period January 1, 1996, through June 30, 1996,
Allegheny, Monongahela, Potomac, and West Penn issued
bank loans (BL). AGC, Allegheny, Monongahela, Potomac,
and West Penn sold their commercial paper (CP) to either
Citicorp Securities, Inc. or Merrill Lynch Money Markets,
Inc. AGC, Monongahela, and West Penn borrowed from the
Allegheny Power System Money Pool (MP). These borrowings
are set forth in the following table:"
and substituting the following therefor:
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"During the period July 1, 1996, through December 31, 1996,
Allegheny, Monongahela, Potomac, and West Penn issued
bank loans (BL). AGC, Allegheny, Monongahela, Potomac,
and West Penn sold their commercial paper (CP) to either
Citicorp Securities, Inc. or Merrill Lynch Money Markets,
Inc. AGC, Monongahela, and West Penn borrowed from the
Allegheny Power System Money Pool (MP). These borrowings
are set forth in the following table:"
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.
ALLEGHENY POWER SYSTEM, INC.
/s/ Eileen M. Beck
By:
Eileen M. Beck
Secretary
Dated: January 16, 1997
