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File No. 70-7167
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3
TO
FORM U-1
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APPLICATION OR DECLARATION
under the
PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
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AEP GENERATING COMPANY
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY
40 Franklin Road, Roanoke, Virginia 24022
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 46802
KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY
1701 Central Avenue, P.O. Box 1428, Ashland, Kentucky 41101
OHIO POWER COMPANY
301 Cleveland Avenue, S.W., Canton, Ohio 44702
(Name of 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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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 companies hereby amend their Application or
Declaration on Form U-1 in File No. 70-7167, as heretofore amended,
as follows:
1. By amending and restating the third sentence in the sixth
paragraph in ITEM 1E. DETERMINATION OF BARGE RATES as follows:
"Therefore, I&M proposes that the provision for cost of
capital applicable to its investment in the River Transpor-
tation Division would be adjusted on an annual basis,
determined as set forth in Appendix A attached hereto."
2. By adding the following paragraph at the end of ITEM 2.
FEES, COMMISSIONS AND EXPENSES:
"The expenses of the companies in connection with the
transactions proposed herein are estimated not to exceed
$5,000, consisting of expenses to be billed at cost by
American Electric Power Service Corporation and the
Commission's $2,000 filing fee."
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, the undersigned companies have duly caused
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to be signed on their behalf by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
AEP GENERATING COMPANY
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY
COLUMBUS SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY
INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER COMPANY
KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY
OHIO POWER COMPANY
By_/s/ G. P. Maloney_____
Vice President
Dated: September 13, 1995
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