UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                                   before the
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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            In the Matter of                 :
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      AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.  :
      1 Riverside Plaza                      :             CERTIFICATE OF
      Columbus, OH 43215                     :               NOTIFICATION
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      File No. 70-9381                       :
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(Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935) :
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      American Electric Power Company, Inc. ("AEP"), a registered holding
company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, hereby
certifies in connection with the Application-Declaration on Form U-1 in the
above-entitled matter, that certain of the transactions specified in said
Application-Declaration, as amended, have been carried out in accordance with
the terms and conditions of, and for the purposes represented by, said
Application-Declaration, as amended, and the Order of the Securities and
Exchange Commission with respect thereto, dated June 14, 2000 (HCAR No.
35-27186), as follows:

      In December 2000 AEP Communications, LLC (AEPC) and C3 Communciations,
Inc. (C3) transferred their Datapult related assets and liabilities to two new
companies Datapult, LLC and Datapult Limited Partnership (Datapult LP).
Datapult, LLC is a company that is 100% owned by AEPC. Datapult, LLC is the
general partner and AEPC and C3 are the limited partners of Datapult LP.

      The transactions described herein were consummated within the period
designated in said Application-Declaration.

                              AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.


                              By:_/s/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer_
                               Assistant Secretary


Dated:  July 20, 2001