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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000004904-98-000081.txt : 19980603
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000004904-98-000081
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	U-1/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19980602
SROS:			NONE

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000004904
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				134922640
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		U-1/A
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	070-09191
		FILM NUMBER:		98641028

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 RIVERSIDE PLZ
		CITY:			COLUMBUS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43215
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6142231000

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	KINGSPORT UTILITIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19660906
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                                                 File No. 70-9191


               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                     Washington, D.C. 20549


               __________________________________

                         AMENDMENT NO. 3
                               TO
                            FORM U-1
               __________________________________



                   APPLICATION OR DECLARATION

                            under the

           PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935

                              * * *

              AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
             1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215


           AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION
             1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215


                              * * *


              AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
             1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
             (Name of top registered holding company
             parent of each applicant or declarant)

                              * * *

                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)


     American Electric Power Company, Inc. ("AEP"), a holding
company registered under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935 ("1935 Act"), and American Electric Power Service Corporation
("AEPSC"), a service company subsidiary of AEP (hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "Applicants"), hereby amend their
Application or Declaration on Form U-1 in File No. 70-9191, as
amended, by restating the fifth paragraph of Item 1:
          "The amount of rent proposed to be guaranteed by AEP
     for the remainder of the initial term is $458,636 per
     year through December 31, 2009.  Assuming AEPSC exercises
     one or more of its renewal options, the amount of rent
     guaranteed by AEP during each five year extension would
     equal the fair market rental value of the Canton Computer
     Center; provided, however, that the amount of rent
     guaranteed during any such five year extension would not
     exceed $2,300,000."
                            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.


                    By:/s/ A. A. Pena______________
                       A. A. Pena, Treasurer


                    AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION


                    By:/s/ A. A. Pena______________
                       A. A. Pena, Treasurer


Date:  June 2, 1998
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