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File No. 70-8693
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 7
to
FORM U-1
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
AEP GENERATING COMPANY
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY
40 Franklin Road, S.W., Roanoke, Virginia 24011
COLUMBUS SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY
215 North Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215
INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER COMPANY
One Summit Square, P. O. Box 60, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46801
KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY
1701 Central Avenue, Ashland, Kentucky 41101
KINGSPORT POWER COMPANY
40 Franklin Road, S. W. Roanoke, Virginia 24011
OHIO POWER COMPANY
301 Cleveland Avenue, S. W., Canton, Ohio 44701
WHEELING POWER COMPANY
51 Sixteenth St., 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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A. A. Pena, Treasurer
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
John F. DiLorenzo, 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"), AEP Generating Company
("Generating"), Appalachian Power Company ("Appalachian"), Columbus Southern
Power Company ("Columbus"), Indiana Michigan Power Company ("Indiana"), Kentucky
Power Company ("Kentucky"), Kingsport Power Company ("Kingsport"), Ohio Power
Company ("Ohio") and Wheeling Power Company ("Wheeling") (collectively, "the
Companies") propose to amend their Application/Declaration on Form U-1, as
amended, in File No. 70-8693, by supplying the following exhibit in ITEM 6.
EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
Exhibit F-2 Opinion of counsel
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, the undersigned have duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to
Form U-1 to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
AEP GENERATING COMPANY
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY
COLUMBUS SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY
INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER COMPANY
KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY
KINGSPORT POWER COMPANY
OHIO POWER COMPANY
WHEELING POWER COMPANY
By: /s/ A. A. Pena
Treasurer
Dated: July 13, 1999
EXHIBIT F-2
(614) 223-1649
July 13, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Regulation
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: American Electric Power Company, Inc.
AEP Generating Company
Appalachian Power Company
Columbus Southern Power Company
Indiana Michigan Power Company
Kentucky Power Company
Kingsport Power Company
Ohio Power Company
Wheeling Power Company
(File No. 70-8693)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I have acted as counsel for American Electric Power Company, Inc. ("American")
and certain of its subsidiaries in the above-captioned matter, which involves
the increase in amount of the short-term financing program for American, AEP
Generating Company ("Generating"), Appalachian Power Company ("Appalachian"),
Columbus Southern Power Company ("Columbus"), Indiana Michigan Power Company
("Indiana"), Kentucky Power Company ("Kentucky"), Kingsport Power Company
("Kingsport"), Ohio Power Company ("Ohio") and Wheeling Power Company
("Wheeling") for the period through December 31, 2003. The proposed short-term
financing program of American, Appalachian, Columbus, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio
involves the issuance, reissuance and sale of short-term debt, in the form of
notes to banks and commercial paper to one or more dealers in commercial paper
for resale, in aggregate amounts not to exceed $500,000,000; $325,000,000;
$350,000,000; $500,000,000; $150,000,000; and $450,000,000, respectively,
outstanding at any one time, from time to time prior to January 1, 2004. The
proposed short-term financing program of Generating, Kingsport, and Wheeling
involves the issuance, reissuance and sale of short-term debt in the form of
notes to banks in aggregate amounts not to exceed $125,000,000; $30,000,000; and
$30,000,000, respectively, outstanding at any one time, from time to time prior
to January 1, 2004.
In connection with my review of the above-described and proposed transactions, I
have examined, among other things, the Application or Declaration on Form U-1,
as amended, through the date thereof, as filed by American and its subsidiaries
with your Commission under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935; and
the resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors of American, Generating,
Appalachian, Columbus, Indiana, Kentucky, Kingsport, Ohio and Wheeling
authorizing the proposed short-term financing program and the filing of all
necessary applications for regulatory approvals in connection therewith.
In my opinion, if said Application or Declaration on Form U-1 as filed with your
Commission is granted or permitted to become effective, and if the proposed
transactions are consummated in accordance with said Application or Declaration
on Form U-1: (a) all state laws applicable to the proposed transactions will
have been complied with; (b) American, Appalachian, Columbus, Indiana, Kentucky
and Ohio, the proposed issuers of the notes to banks and the commercial paper,
are validly organized and duly existing corporations and such notes to banks and
such commercial paper will be valid and binding obligations of American,
Appalachian, Columbus, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio in accordance with their
terms; (c) Generating, Kingsport and Wheeling, the proposed issuers of the notes
to banks, are validly organized and duly existing corporations and such notes to
banks will be valid and binding obligations of Generating, Kingsport and
Wheeling in accordance with their terms; and (d) the consummation of the
proposed transactions will not violate the legal rights of the holders of any
securities issued by American, Appalachian, Generating, Columbus, Indiana,
Kentucky, Kingsport, Ohio and Wheeling, or by any associate company of any of
them.
I consent to the use of this opinion as part of the above-mentioned Application
or Declaration on Form U-1.
Very truly yours,
Ann B. Graf
Counsel for
American Electric Power Company, Inc.
AEP Generating Company
Appalachian Power Company
Columbus Southern Power Company
Indiana Michigan Power Company
Kentucky Power Company
Kingsport Power Company
Ohio Power Company
Wheeling Power Company
