File No. 70-7888
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 18
TO
FORM U-1
APPLICATION OR DECLARATION
UNDER
THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
Allegheny Energy, Inc. Monongahela Power Company
10435 Downsville Pike 1310 Fairmont Avenue
Hagerstown, MD 21740 Fairmont, WV 26554
Allegheny Power Service Corporation The Potomac Edison Company
800 Cabin Hill Drive 10435 Downsville Pike
Greensburg, PA 15601 Hagerstown, MD 21740
Allegheny Generating Company West Penn Power Company
10435 Downsville Pike 800 Cabin Hill Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21740 Greensburg, PA 15601
(Name of company or companies filing this statement
and addresses of principal executive offices)
Allegheny Energy, Inc.
10435 Downsville Pike
Hagerstown, MD 21740
(Name of top registered holding company parent of
each applicant or declarant)
Thomas K. Henderson, Esquire
Vice President and General Counsel
Allegheny Energy, Inc.
10435 Downsville Pike
Hagerstown, MD 21740
________________________________________________________________
(Name and address of agent for service)
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1. Applicants hereby amend Item 1. Description of Proposed
Transaction by adding the following to the end thereof:
West Penn Power Company ("West Penn") agrees to limit
the use of the increased short-term debt financing ($318
million) to transactions related to meeting the requirements
of restructuring in Pennsylvania. Such uses may include
supplementing daily cash flow fluctuations and temporary
stop-gap measures until other financing transactions are
completed. West Penn requests authority for the increased
authority through December 31, 2001.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, the undersigned Applicants have
duly caused this statement to be signed on their behalf by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
ALLEGHENY ENERGY, INC.
By /s/ Thomas K. Henderson
Thomas K. Henderson
Vice President
MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY
By /s/ Thomas K. Henderson
Thomas K. Henderson
Vice President
THE POTOMAC EDISON COMPANY
By /s/ Thomas K. Henderson
Thomas K. Henderson
Vice President
WEST PENN POWER COMPANY
By /s/ Thomas K. Henderson
Thomas K. Henderson
Vice President
Dated: October 5, 1999
