File No. 70-8205
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 11
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.
CENTRAL AND SOUTH WEST CORPORATION
CSW ENERGY, INC.
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
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(Name of company or companies filing this statement
and address of principal executive office)
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AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
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(Name of top registered holding company
parent of each applicant or declarant)
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A. A. Pena, Senior Vice President and Treasurer
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Susan Tomasky, General Counsel
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
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(Names and addresses of agents for service)
American Electric Power Company, Inc. ("AEP"), a New York corporation and
a registered holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, as amended (the "1935 Act"), Central and South West Corporation, a
Delaware corporation ("CSW"), a registered holding company under the 1935 Act
and a wholly-owned subsidiary of AEP, and CSW Energy, Inc. ("Energy"), a Texas
corporation, an indirect subsidiary of AEP and a wholly-owned non-utility
subsidiary of CSW, hereby amend the Form U-1 Application-Declaration in File No.
70-8205 and restate the Application-Declaration in the following respects. In
all other respects the Application-Declaration as previously filed and amended
will remain the same.
ITEM 3. APPLICABLE STATUTORY PROVISIONS
Sections 6(a), 7 and 12(b) and Rule 45(a) under the 1935 Act may be
applicable with respect to the proposed activities.
Exhibit F-1, Opinion of Counsel, is filed herewith.
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 COMPANY, INC.
CENTRAL AND SOUTH WEST CORPORATION
CSW ENERGY, INC.
By: /s/ John F. Di Lorenzo, Jr.
John F. Di Lorenzo, Jr.
Secretary
Dated: December 15, 2000
Exhibit F-1
Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of Public Utility Regulation
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
December 15, 2000
Re: American Electric Power Company, Inc. ("AEP")
Central and South West Corporation ("CSW")
SEC File No. 70-8205
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Gentlemen:
In connection with the transactions proposed and described in the post-effective
amendments to the Application or Declaration on Form U-1 filed by AEP, CSW
Energy, Inc. and CSW (the "Companies") with this Commission in the captioned
proceeding, to which this opinion is an exhibit, I wish to advise you as
follows:
I am of the opinion that the Companies are corporations validly organized and
duly existing under the laws of the states in which they were incorporated.
I am further of the opinion that, in the event that the proposed transactions
are consummated in accordance with said Application or Declaration:
(a) All state laws applicable to the proposed transactions will have been
complied with;
(b) Such securities will be valid and binding obligations of the
guarantors;
(c) Consummation of the proposed transactions will not violate the legal
rights of the holders of any securities issued by the Companies or
any associate company thereof.
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
above-captioned Application or Declaration, as amended.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer
Thomas G. Berkemeyer
Counsel for the Companies
