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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
:
In the matter of :
:
AEP GENERATING COMPANY, INC. :
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. :
1 Riverside Plaza : CERTIFICATE OF
Columbus, Ohio 43215 : NOTIFICATION
: No. 7
(70-8237) :
Public Utility Holding Company :
Act of 1935 :
:
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT AEP GENERATING COMPANY
("Generating") and AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. ("AEP"),
in accordance with the terms and conditions of, and for the
purposes represented by, the Application - Declaration herein and
the Orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect
thereto, dated December 10, 1993, HCAR No. 35-25943, and August
12, 1997, HCAR No. 35-26754, have carried out the transactions
set forth below:
On November 18, 1997, the Board of Directors of AEP
Generating Company authorized the payment of a
$3,000,000 dividend out of paid-in capital to American
Electric Power Company, Inc. Such dividend was paid on
November 21, 1997.
Generating and AEP will file a "past tense" opinion of
counsel as to all the transactions authorized by the
aforementioned Order of the Commission in this proceeding at the
time the last of such transactions has been carried out.
AEP GENERATING COMPANY, INC.
By: /s/ A. A. Pena
Treasurer
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
By: /s/ A. A. Pena
Treasurer
Dated: November 21, 1997
