File No. 70-8779
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 6
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
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY
40 Franklin Road, Roanoke, Virginia 24022
COLUMBUS SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY
215 North Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215
INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER COMPANY
One Summit Square, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46801
KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY
1701 Central Avenue, Ashland, Kentucky 41101
KINGSPORT POWER COMPANY
422 Broad Street, Kingsport, Tennessee 37660
OHIO POWER COMPANY
339 Cleveland Avenue, S.W., Canton, Ohio 44702
WHEELING POWER COMPANY
51 - 16th Street, Wheeling, West Virginia 26003
(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 by amending and restating the second paragraph of ITEM 5 as
follows:
"American agrees to include in its Quarterly Report
on Form U-9C-3 a description of any guaranties by
American of obligations of the New Subsidiaries, their
terms and conditions, together with a copy of such
guaranties."
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/ G. P. Maloney
Executive Vice President
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
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/ G. P. Maloney
Vice President
Dated: April 30, 1997
