<ARTICLE> UT <CIK> 0000055373 <NAME> KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 3-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1999 <PERIOD-END> SEP-30-2000 <BOOK-VALUE> PER-BOOK <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT> 740,150 <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST> 41,305 <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS> 174,487 <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES> 7,419 <OTHER-ASSETS> 100,204 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 1,063,565 <COMMON> 50,450 <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN> 158,750 <RETAINED-EARNINGS> 61,602 <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ> 270,802 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 0 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET> 200,991 <SHORT-TERM-NOTES> 23,863 <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE> 0 <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS> 0 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT> 140,000 <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT> 0 <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS> 11,332 <LEASES-CURRENT> 3,151 <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB> 413,426 <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB> 1,063,565 <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE> 301,661 <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE> 10,561 <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 252,297 <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 262,858 <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS> 38,803 <OTHER-INCOME-NET> 868 <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN> 39,671 <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE> 22,409 <NET-INCOME> 17,262 <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 0 <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM> 17,262 <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 22,770 <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS> 7,127 <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS> 87,675 <EPS-BASIC> 0<F1> <EPS-DILUTED> 0<F1> <FN> <F1> All common stock owned by parent company; no EPS required. </FN>