<PAGE> File No. 70-8429
File No. 70-6126
File No. 70-5943
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 to 70-8429
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 12 to 70-6126
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 23 to 70-5943
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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 RESOURCES, 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
John F. Di Lorenzo, Jr., Associate General Counsel
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Jeffrey D. Cross, General Counsel
AEP RESOURCES, INC.
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
(Names and addresses of agents for service)
American Electric Power Company, Inc. ("American"), a registered
holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,
as amended (the "1935 Act"), and AEP Resources, Inc. ("Resources"),
a subsidiary of American, by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1, amended
their Application or Declaration on Form U-1 in File No. 70-8429.
Please treat Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 in File No. 70-8429 also
as Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to File No. 70-6126 and Post-
Effective Amendment No. 23 to File No. 70-5943.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, the undersigned companies have duly caused this
statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
By:_/s/ P. J. DeMaria______________
Controller
AEP RESOURCES, INC.
By:_/s/ P. J. DeMaria______________
Vice President
Dated: March 14, 1996
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