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                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                                 FORM 10-Q/A
			        AMENDENT NO. 1
            [X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                   OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

               For The Quarterly Period Ended MARCH 31, 1998

           [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                   OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

            For The Transition Period from          to         

Commission           Registrant; State of Incorporation;    I. R. S. Employer
File Number          Address; and Telephone Number          Identification No.
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  1-3525      AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.                13-4922640
              (A New York Corporation)
              1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio  43215
              Telephone (614) 223-1000

  0-18135     AEP GENERATING COMPANY (An Ohio Corporation)         31-1033833
              1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio  43215
              Telephone (614) 223-1000

  1-3457      APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY (A Virginia Corporation)   54-0124790
              40 Franklin Road, Roanoke, Virginia  24011
              Telephone (540) 985-2300

  1-2680      COLUMBUS SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY 
              (An Ohio Corporation)                                31-4154203
              215 North Front Street, Columbus, Ohio  43215
              Telephone (614) 464-7700

  1-3570      INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER COMPANY
              (An Indiana Corporation)                             35-0410455
              One Summit Square
              P.O. Box 60, Fort Wayne, Indiana  46801
              Telephone (219) 425-2111

  1-6858      KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY (A Kentucky Corporation)      61-0247775
              1701 Central Avenue, Ashland, Kentucky  41101
              Telephone (800) 572-1141

  1-6543      OHIO POWER COMPANY (An Ohio Corporation)             31-4271000
              301 Cleveland Avenue S.W., Canton, Ohio  44702
              Telephone (330) 456-8173

AEP Generating Company, Columbus Southern Power Company and Kentucky Power
Company meet the conditions set forth in General Instruction H(1)(a) and (b) of
Form 10-Q and are therefore filing this Form 10-Q with the reduced disclosure
format specified in General Instruction H(2) to Form 10-Q.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants (1) have filed all reports
required to be filed by Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrants were required to file such reports), and (2) have been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.                                 
                                                                               
                        Yes   X          No      
The number of shares outstanding of American Electric Power Company, Inc. Common
Stock, par value $6.50, at April 30, 1998 was 190,428,046.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
 This amendent No. 1 to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,1998
is filed in order to add an omitted Exhibit 99.
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                            SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this amendment to this report to be signed on its 
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.  The signatures for each
undersigned company shall be deemed to relate only to matters having reference
to such company and any subsidiaries thereof.


              AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.


A.A. Pena                                    P.J. DeMaria                
A.A. Pena, Treasurer                         P.J. DeMaria, Controller
                         
                      AEP GENERATING COMPANY


A.A. Pena                                    P.J. DeMaria                
A.A. Pena, Treasurer                         P.J. DeMaria, Vice President
                                                                and Controller
                    APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY


A.A. Pena                                    P.J. DeMaria                
A.A. Pena, Treasurer                         P.J. DeMaria, Vice President
                                                                and Controller

                 COLUMBUS SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY


A.A. Pena                                    P.J. DeMaria                
A.A. Pena, Treasurer                         P.J. DeMaria, Vice President
                                                                and Controller

                  INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER COMPANY


A.A. Pena                                    P.J. DeMaria                
A.A. Pena, Treasurer                         P.J. DeMaria, Vice President
                                                                and Controller

                      KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY


A.A. Pena                                    P.J. DeMaria                
A.A. Pena, Treasurer                         P.J. DeMaria, Vice President
                                                                and Controller

                        OHIO POWER COMPANY


A.A. Pena                                    P.J. DeMaria                
A.A. Pena, Treasurer                         P.J. DeMaria, Vice President
                                                                and Controller




Date:  May 13, 1998