EXHIBIT
31(b)
 CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302
 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
 I,
Michael G. Morris, certify that:
 
 1.
    I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q
of:
 
 AEP
Generating Company
 AEP Texas
Central Company
 AEP Texas
North Company
 Appalachian
Power Company
 Columbus
Southern Power Company
 Indiana
Michigan Power Company
 Kentucky
Power Company
 Ohio
Power Company
 Public
Service Company of Oklahoma
 Southwestern
Electric Power Company;
 
 2.
    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any
      untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
      necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
      which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
      covered by this report;
 
 3.
    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
      financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
      material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
      flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
      report;
 
 4.
    The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are
      responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
      procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) for
      the registrant and we
have:
 
 a.
    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
      such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
      supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
      registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us
      by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which
      this report is being
prepared;
 
 b.
    Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure
      controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about
      the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
      of the period covered by this report based on such evaluations;
    and
 
 c.
    Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s
      internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
      registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or
      is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal
      control over financial
reporting;
 
 5.
    The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have
      disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
      financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee
      of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
      function):
 
 a.
    All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
      design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
      reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
      process, summarize and report financial information;
and
 
 b.
    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
      or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s
      internal control over financial
reporting.
 
 /s/
Michael G. Morris
 Michael
G. Morris
 Chief
Executive Officer