Exhibit 31



CERTIFICATION







|I, JAMES E. ABEL, the principal executive officer
        and principal financial officer of PPL Transition Bond Company, LLC (the
        "registrant"), certify that:
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|Date: August 11, 2004                                                                                                                                                  
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