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 12, 2003                                                                                                                                                      
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