SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                Washington, D.C.






                                   FORM U-6B-2






                           CERTIFICATE OF NOTIFICATION




            Filed by a registered holding company or subsidiary thereof pursuant
to Rule 52 adopted under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.






              Certificate is filed by Appalachian Power Company.






            This Certificate is notice that the above-named  company has issued,
renewed or guaranteed the security or securities  described herein, which issue,
renewal or guaranty was exempted from the  provisions of Section 6(a) of the Act
by the  provisions  of Section  6(b) of the Act and was neither the subject of a
Declaration  or  Application  on Form U-1,  nor  included  within the  exemption
provided by Rule U-48.



1.    Type of security or securities:

            Floating Rate Notes, Series A, Due 2001

2. Issue, renewal or guaranty:

            Issuance

3. Principal amount of each security:

            $ 75,000,000

4. Rate of interest per annum of each security:

            Reset quarterly based on the three-month LIBOR rate plus 0.50%

5. Date of issue, renewal or guaranty of each security:

            June 27, 2000

6. If renewal of security, give date of original issue:

            Not applicable

7. Date of maturity of each security:

            June 27, 2001

8. Name of persons to whom each security was issued, renewed or guaranteed:

            CEDE & Co., a nominee of The Depository Trust Company

9. Collateral given with each security:

            None

10. Consideration received for each security:

            Consideration received in amount of $74,887,500

11. Application of proceeds of each security:

            The net proceeds from the sale of the securities were used to redeem
            maturing  long-term  debt,  to fund its  construction  program or to
            repay short-term debt.

12.   Indicate  by a check  after the  applicable  statement  below  whether the
      issue,  renewal or guaranty of each security was exempt from the provision
      of Section 6(a) because of:

            (a)   the  provisions  contained  in the first  sentence  of Section
                  6(b).

            (b)   the  provisions  contained  in the fourth  sentence of Section
                  6(b).

            (c)   the  provisions  contained  in any  rule  of the  Commission
                  other than Rule U-48.  X

13.   If the  security  or  securities  were  exempt  from the  provisions  of
      Section 6(a) by virtue of the first  sentence of Section 6(b),  give the
      figures  which  indicate  that  the  security  or  securities  aggregate
      (together  with  all  other  then  outstanding  notes  and  drafts  of a
      maturity  of nine  months or less,  exclusive  of days of  grace,  as to
      which such company is primarily or  secondarily  liable) not more than 5
      per  centum  of  the  principal  amount  and  par  value  of  the  other
      securities of such company then outstanding.

            Not applicable

14.   If the security or  securities  are exempt from the  provisions of Section
      6(a)  because of the fourth  sentence of Section  6(b),  name the security
      outstanding on January 1, 1935, pursuant to the term of which the security
      or securities herein described have been issued.

            Not applicable

15.   If the security or  securities  are exempt from the  provisions of Section
      6(a) because of any rule of the Commission other than Rule U-48, designate
      the rule under which exemption is claimed.

            Rule 52 relating to issuance  of  indebtedness  by public  utility
            subsidiaries of registered holding companies


                              APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY


                               /s/ John F. Di Lorenzo, Jr.__
                                    John F. Di Lorenzo, Jr.
                                    Secretary


Dated:      July 24, 2000