<PAGE> File No. 70-8307
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 7
TO
FORM U-1
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APPLICATION OR DECLARATION
under the
PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
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AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
AEP ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
(Name of company or companies filing this statement
and addresses of principal executive offices)
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AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
(Name of top registered holding company
parent of each applicant or declarant)
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G. P. Maloney, Executive Vice President
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Jeffrey D. Cross, General Counsel
AEP ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
(Names and addresses of agents for service)
American Electric Power Company, Inc. ("American") and AEP
Energy Services, Inc. ("AEPES") hereby amend their Application or
Declaration on Form U-1 in File No. 70-8307 as follows:
By amending and restating part D. Investments in AEPES,
Financing and Guaranties under ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED
TRANSACTION as follows:
"By extending American's authority to guarantee AEPES' debt
and other obligations until December 31, 1998. All other
terms relating to American's authority to guarantee AEPES'
debt and other obligations, as set forth in the Commission's
Order dated April 5, 1995 (HCAR No. 35-26267) remains
unchanged. American's authority to invest in AEPES and
AEPES's authority to incur debt is now permitted under Rules
45 and 52, as amended in HCAR No. 26311 (June 28, 1995), and
therefore does not need to be extended."
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, the undersigned companies have duly caused
this amendment to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
By _/s/ G. P. Maloney______________
Vice President
AEP ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
By _/s/ D. M. Clements, Jr.________
President
Dated: December ____, 1995
