<ARTICLE> UT <CIK> 0000055373 <NAME> KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 3-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1998 <PERIOD-END> MAR-31-1999 <BOOK-VALUE> PER-BOOK <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT> 726,919 <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST> 15,126 <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS> 106,077 <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES> 8,684 <OTHER-ASSETS> 91,785 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 948,591 <COMMON> 50,450 <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN> 148,750 <RETAINED-EARNINGS> 72,218 <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ> 271,418 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 0 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET> 296,089 <SHORT-TERM-NOTES> 450 <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE> 0 <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS> 11,500 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT> 72,797 <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT> 0 <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS> 14,352 <LEASES-CURRENT> 4,013 <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB> 277,972 <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB> 948,591 <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE> 90,741 <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE> 4,986 <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 70,395 <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 75,381 <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS> 15,360 <OTHER-INCOME-NET> (114) <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN> 15,246 <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE> 7,037 <NET-INCOME> 8,209 <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 0 <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM> 8,209 <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 7,443 <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS> 3,466 <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS> 24,642 <EPS-PRIMARY> 0<F1> <EPS-DILUTED> 0<F1> <FN> <F1> All common stock owned by parent company; no EPS required. </FN>