File No. 70-5503
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 18
to
FORM U-1
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APPLICATION OR DECLARATION
under the
PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
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APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY
40 Franklin Road, S.W., Roanoke, Virginia 24011
(Name of company filing this statement and
address of principal executive office)
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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, Senior Vice President
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
John F. Di Lorenzo, Jr., Secretary
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
(Names and addresses of agents for service)
Appalachian Power Company ("Appalachian"), a wholly-owned
utility subsidiary of American Electric Power Company, Inc.
("AEP"), a holding company registered under the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, hereby amends its Application or
Declaration on Form U-1 in File No. 70-5503, as heretofore amended,
by supplying the following list of estimated expenses with respect
to the transactions contemplated in Post-Effective Amendment No.
17:
Printing Official Statement, etc. . . . . . . . . . $ 25,000
Independent Auditors' Fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,000
Charges of Trustee (including counsel fees) . . . . 20,000
Legal Fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,000
Underwriter Fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240,000
Rating Agency Fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,000
Miscellaneous Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,000
TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $480,000
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, the undersigned company has duly
caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY
By:/s/ John F. Di Lorenzo, Jr.__
John F. Di Lorenzo, Jr.
Secretary
Date: August 6, 1998
