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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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:
In the Matter of :
:
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. : CERTIFICATE OF
AEP RESOURCES, INC. : NOTIFICATION
AEP ENERGY SERVICES, INC. :
Columbus, Ohio :
:
(70-9353) :
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 :
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American Electric Power Company, Inc. ("AEP"), a registered
holding company, and AEP Energy Services, Inc. ("AEPES") and AEP
Resources, Inc. ("Resources"), wholly owned nonutility
subsidiaries of AEP (collectively, "Applicants"), hereby certify
pursuant to the Order in this File No. 70-9353 and Regulation
250.24 (Rule 24 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935) that:
1. On December 1, 1998, Resources purchased from Equitable
Resources Energy Company, ET Bluegrass Company, and EREC
Nevada, Inc. (collectively, "Equitable") all of the
outstanding equity securities of the following Energy Asset
Companies: Equitable Storage Company, L.L.C., Equitable
Pipeline Company, Louisiana Intrastate Gas Company, L.L.C.,
LIG, Inc., LIG Liquids Company, L.L.C., LIG Chemical
Company, and Tuscaloosa Pipeline Company for approximately
$323,000,000.
2. A portion of this acquisition of these equity securities was
financed with the proceeds of the issuance of $73,000,000 of
Resources' 6-1/2% Senior Notes due 2003, which notes are
supported by AEP. The remaining $250,000,000 acquisition
costs were financed by a drawing under the revolving Credit
Agreement dated June 7, 1996 among Resources, AEP Resources
International, Limited and AEP, as guarantor, and The Bank
of New York, as agent, for certain banks.
3. On December 1, 1998, AEPES purchased certain gas trading
assets from ERI Services, Inc. ("Energy Assets") for cash in
the amount of approximately $17,000,000. The acquisition
was financed through short-term borrowings as authorized by
the SEC by order dated November 30, 1998 in File No. 70-8779.
4. The acquisition of the capital stock of the Energy Asset
Companies and the Energy Assets were carried out in
accordance with the terms and conditions of and for the
purposes represented by the application, as amended, of
Resources, AEPES and AEP in this file and by order dated
November 2, 1998, in this file (Release No. 35-26933).
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
AEP RESOURCES, INC.
AEP ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ H. W. Fayne
H. W. Fayne, Vice President
Dated: December 28, 1998
