<ARTICLE> UT <CIK> 0000055373 <NAME> KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 12-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1999 <PERIOD-END> DEC-31-1999 <BOOK-VALUE> PER-BOOK <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT> 739,040 <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST> 20,416 <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS> 120,215 <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES> 10,671 <OTHER-ASSETS> 96,296 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 986,638 <COMMON> 50,450 <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN> 158,750 <RETAINED-EARNINGS> 67,110 <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ> 276,310 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 0 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET> 260,782 <SHORT-TERM-NOTES> 0 <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE> 0 <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS> 39,665 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT> 105,000 <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT> 0 <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS> 11,830 <LEASES-CURRENT> 3,311 <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB> 289,740 <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB> 986,638 <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE> 373,982 <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE> 15,942 <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 303,365 <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 319,307 <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS> 54,675 <OTHER-INCOME-NET> (327) <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN> 54,348 <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE> 28,918 <NET-INCOME> 25,430 <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 0 <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM> 25,430 <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 29,772 <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS> 12,712 <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS> 46,934 <EPS-BASIC> 0<F1> <EPS-DILUTED> 0<F1> <FN> <F1> All common stock owned by parent company; no EPS required. </FN>