Exhibit 4(d) Instruction No. 1 Kentucky Power Company Unsecured Medium Term Notes, Series A Instructions To: Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee Trade or sale date: 9/26/97 Principal Amount: $48,000,000 Maturity Date: 10/1/07 Interest Rate: 6.91% Redemption Provisions: Redeemable: Yes___ No X In Whole: Yes___ No___ In Part: Yes___ No___ Initial Redemption Date: ______________________ Redemption Limitation Date: ____________________ Initial Redemption Price: ______% Reduction Percentage: _______% Original Issue Date: 10/1/97 Public Offering Price: 100% Presenting Agent's Commission: 0.625% Net Proceeds to Company: 99.375% CUSIP No.: 49138 Q AA2 Account number of participant account maintained by DTC on behalf of Presenting Agent: Merrill Lynch #5132 Morgan Stanley #050 Account number of participant account maintained by DTC on behalf of Trustee: Each Presenting Agent's name and proportionate amount of Global Note: Merrill Lynch 57.3% Morgan Stanley 42.7% Name in which the Note is to be registered (Registered Owner): Cede & Co. Address and taxpayer identification number of Registered Owner and address for payment: The Depository Trust Company 55 Water Street New York, NY 10041 #13-2555119 Discount Security: Yes___ No X Yield to Maturity: 7.00% Initial Accrual Period: 10/01/97 - 03/31/98 Account of Company into which net proceeds are to be deposited: Citibank ABA #021-000-089, Account #4057-2089 Any Other Book-Entry Note represented by Global Security (to the extent known): KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY By:_/s/ A. A. Pena_____________ (President, Vice President, or Treasurer)