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File No. 70-8779
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 4
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.
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
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AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
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APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY
40 Franklin Road, Roanoke, Virginia 24022
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COLUMBUS SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY
215 North Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215
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INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER COMPANY
One Summit Square, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46801
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KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY
1701 Central Avenue, Ashland, Kentucky 41101
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KINGSPORT POWER COMPANY
422 Broad Street, Kingsport, Tennessee 37660
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OHIO POWER COMPANY
339 Cleveland Avenue, S.W., Canton, Ohio 44702
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WHEELING POWER COMPANY
51 - 16th Street, Wheeling, West Virginia 26003
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(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
(Names and addresses of agents for service)
American Electric Power Company, Inc. ("American"), a holding
company registered under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935 ("1935 Act"), and American Electric Power Service Corporation,
Appalachian Power Company, Columbus Southern Power Company,
Kentucky Power Company, Kingsport Power Company, Indiana Michigan
Power Company, Ohio Power Company and Wheeling Power Company
(sometimes collectively referred to herein as "Applicants") hereby
amend their Application or Declaration on Form U-1 in File No. 70-
8779 as follows:
1. The following paragraph is added to the end of Item 1C:
"American will not seek recovery through higher rates to
customers of its utility subsidiaries in order to compensate
American for any possible losses that it may sustain by its
guarantee of any debt or other obligations of the New
Subsidiaries."
2. By adding the following paragraph to the end of ITEM 3.
APPLICABLE STATUTORY PROVISIONS:
"American considers that Sections 6, 7 and 12(b) of the
1935 Act and Rule 45 thereunder are applicable to the proposed
guarantee by American of the debt and other obligations of the
New Subsidiaries described in Post-Effective Amendment No.3."
3. By amending and restating the last sentence under ITEM 2.
FEES, COMMISSIONS AND EXPENSES:
"No additional expenses are expected to be incurred in
connection with the proposed transactions desribed in Post-
Effective Amendment No. 3."
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 SERVICE CORPORATION
By /s/ A. A. Pena
Treasurer
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY
COLUMBUS SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY
KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY
KINGSPORT POWER COMPANY
INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER COMPANY
OHIO POWER COMPANY
WHEELING POWER COMPANY
By /s/ A. A. Pena
Treasurer
Dated: March 27, 1997
