AEPCO and APCO Press Release re WV Settlement Agreement

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
April 24, 2006

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

New York
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-3525
13-4922640
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Virginia
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
1-3457
54-0124790
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, OH
43215
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

614-716-1000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

None
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibits, is being furnished, not filed, under Item 7.01.

Attached and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of Appalachian Power Company regarding a settlement agreement in a rate case of Appalachian Power Company and Wheeling Power Company which was filed with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1 Press Release dated April 25, 2006



SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
 
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer
 
Name:
Thomas G. Berkemeyer
 
April 25, 2006
EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.
Description
   
99.1
Press Release dated April 25, 2006