<PAGE> File No. 70-5862
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 10
TO
FORM U-1
______________________________
APPLICATION OR DECLARATION
under the
PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
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OHIO POWER COMPANY
301 Cleveland Avenue, S.W., Canton, Ohio 44702
(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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G. P. Maloney, Executive Vice President
American Electric Power Service Corporation
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Jeffrey D. Cross, Assistant General Counsel
American Electric Power Service Corporation
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
(Names and addresses of agents for service)
The undersigned Ohio Power Company ("OPCo") hereby amends its
Application or Declaration on Form U-1 in File No. 70-5862, as
heretofore amended, as follows:
By amending and restating the third sentence in the first
paragraph which was added at the end of ITEM 1E. DETERMINATION OF
BARGE RATES as follows:
"Therefore, OPCo proposes that the provision for cost of
capital applicable to its investment in the Cook Coal Terminal
would be adjusted on an annual basis, determined as set forth
in Appendix A attached hereto."
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. 10 to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
OHIO POWER COMPANY
By_/s/ G. P. Maloney_____
Vice President
Dated: September 22, 1995
70-5862.10