AMENDMENT NO. 1

                              Dated as of March 7, 1995

                                          to

                                   LEASE AGREEMENT

                             Dated as of January 20, 1995

                                       between

                           JMG Funding, Limited Partnership

                                                       as Lessor

                                         and

                                  Ohio Power Company

                                                       as Lessee



                    This Amendment has  been manually executed in
                    6 counterparts, numbered consecutively from 1
                    through  6, of which this is No. ___.  To the
                    extent,   if   any,   that   this   Amendment
                    constitutes  chattel paper  (as such  term is
                    defined in the Uniform Commercial  Code as in
                    effect  in  any  jurisdiction),  no  security
                    interest in this Amendment may be  created or
                    perfected through the transfer  or possession
                    of  any counterpart  other than  the original
                    executed  counterpart  which  shall   be  the
                    counterpart identified as counterpart No. 1.





                    Amendment No.  1 dated as of March  7, 1995 ("Amendment
          No. 1") to Lease Agreement, dated as of January 20, 1995, between
          JMG Funding, Limited Partnership,  a Delaware limited partnership
          ("Lessor"),   and  Ohio   Power  Company,  an   Ohio  corporation
          ("Lessee"), amending the Lease Agreement referred to below.

                    WHEREAS, Lessor and Lessee have heretofore entered into
          a  Lease  Agreement, dated  as of  January  20, 1995  (the "Lease
          Agreement"); and

                    WHEREAS,  Lessor and  Lessee  wish to  amend the  Lease
          Agreement as hereinafter provided;

                    NOW, THEREFORE, Lessor and Lessee hereby agree that the
          Lease Agreement is amended as follows:

                    1.   The definition of  "Computation Period" in Section
          1 of  the Lease Agreement is  amended to read in  its entirety as
          follows:

                    "Computation Period"  means  with respect  to  (i)  the
          first Quarterly  Rent Period  hereunder, the period  beginning on
          January 1,  1995  and ending  on  March 22,  1995,  and (ii)  any
          subsequent  Quarterly Rent  Period, the  period beginning  on the
          23rd  day of the last calendar month of the immediately preceding
          Quarterly Rent  Period and  ending on  the 22nd  day of  the last
          calendar  month of the Quarterly Rent Period for which Basic Rent
          is being computed."

                    2.   The  definition  of  "Quarterly  Rent  Period"  in
          Section  1 of  the  Lease Agreement  is amended  to  read in  its
          entirety as follows:

                    "Quarterly Rent  Period" means each quarterly period of
          each year  of the Lease Term beginning January 1 and ending March
          31, beginning April 1  and ending June 30,  beginning July 1  and
          ending September 30, and beginning October 1 and ending  December
          31,  as the case  may be; provided,  however, that  (i) the first
          such period shall be deemed to have commenced on January  1, 1995
          and shall  end on March 31,  1995, and (ii) the  last such period
          shall end on the last day  of the Lease Term or Renewal  Term, if
          any, as the case may be.

                    3.   Exhibit C to the Lease Agreement is hereby amended
          to  read in  its entirety  as  set forth  on Schedule  A attached
          hereto.

                    4.   This Amendment  No. 1  may be executed  in several
          counterparts, each of which when executed  and delivered shall be
          deemed an original and all of which counterparts, taken together,
          shall constitute but one and the same Amendment No. 1.

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                    5.   This  Amendment No.  1  shall in  all respects  be
          governed  by, and construed in  accordance with, the  laws of the
          State  of  New  York,  including  all  matters  of  construction,
          validity and performance.

                    6.   Except  as provided herein,  all provisions, terms
          and  conditions of the Lease Agreement shall remain in full force
          and effect.  As  amended hereby, the Lease Agreement  is ratified
          and confirmed in all respects.

                    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
          Amendment No.  1 to be duly  executed as of the  date first above
          written.


                                       JMG Funding, Limited Partnership
                                       By JMG Capital, Inc., its 
                                       general partner



                                       By:___/s/ Thomas W. Widener_____
                                       Name:  Thomas W. Widener
                                       Title: Vice  President, Secretary
                                              and Treasurer


                                       Ohio Power Company



                                       By:___/s/ G. P. Maloney____
                                       Name:  G. P. Maloney
                                       Title:  Vice President

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                                                                 SCHEDULE A
                                      Exhibit C

                                 Fixed Rent Schedule

                                                                 Quarterly      Adjusted
                                                                    Rent      Acquisition
              End of      Debt        Equity    Administration  Amortization      Cost
             Quarter      Portion     Portion     Charge           Factor        Factor  
                                                                 

                0*      PORTION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY       0.3938%      99.60619%
                1       PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL     0.4015%      99.20472%
                2       TREATMENT                                  0.4093%      98.79546%
                3                                                  0.4172%      98.37824%
                4                                                  0.4253%      97.95291%
                5                                                  0.4336%      97.51932%
                6                                                  0.4420%      97.07730%
                7                                                  0.4506%      96.62669%
                8                                                  0.4594%      96.16731%
                9                                                  0.4683%      95.69900%
               10                                                  0.4774%      95.22158%
               11                                                  0.4867%      94.73487%
               12                                                  0.4962%      94.23869%
               13                                                  0.5058%      93.73286%
               14                                                  0.5157%      93.21719%
               15                                                  0.5257%      92.69148%
               16                                                  0.5359%      92.15553%
               17                                                  0.5464%      91.60915%
               18                                                  0.5570%      91.05213%
               19                                                  0.5679%      90.48427%
               20                                                  0.5789%      89.90534%
               21                                                  0.5902%      89.31514%
               22                                                  0.6017%      88.71344%
               23                                                  0.6134%      88.10002%
               24                                                  0.6254%      87.47464%
               25                                                  0.6376%      86.83707%
               26                                                  0.6500%      86.18708%
               27                                                  0.6627%      85.52442%
               28                                                  0.6756%      84.84883%
               29                                                  0.6888%      84.16008%
               30                                                  0.7022%      83.45789%
               31                                                  0.7159%      82.74200%
               32                                                  0.7299%      82.01215%
               33                                                  0.7441%      81.26806%
               34                                                  0.7586%      80.50945%
               35                                                  0.7734%      79.73603%
               36                                                  0.7885%      78.94752%
               37                                                  0.8039%      78.14362%
               38                                                  0.8196%      77.32403%
               39                                                  0.8356%      76.48843%
               40                                                  0.8519%      75.63651%
               41                                                  0.8686%      74.76796%
               42                                                  0.8855%      73.88244%
               43                                                  0.9028%      72.97962%
               44       PORTION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY       0.9205%      72.05915%
               45       PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL     0.9384%      71.12071%
               46       TREATMENT                                  0.9568%      70.16393%
               47                                                  0.9755%      69.18844%
               48                                                  0.9946%      68.19389%
               49                                                  1.0140%      67.17989%
               50                                                  1.0338%      66.14606%
               51                                                  1.0540%      65.09202%
               52                                                  1.0747%      64.01736%
               53                                                  1.0957%      62.92168%
               54                                                  1.1171%      61.80457%
               55                                                  1.1390%      60.66560%
               56                                                  1.1613%      59.50434%
               57                                                  1.1840%      58.32035%
               58                                                  1.2072%      57.11319%
               59                                                  1.2308%      55.88240%
               60                                                  0.7353%      55.14711%
               61                                                  0.7353%      54.41181%
               62                                                  0.7353%      53.67652%
               63                                                  0.7353%      52.94122%
               64                                                  0.7353%      52.20593%
               65                                                  0.7353%      51.47063%
               66                                                  0.7353%      50.73534%
               67                                                  0.7353%      50.00004%
               68                                                  0.7353%      49.26475%
               69                                                  0.7353%      48.52945%
               70                                                  0.7353%      47.79416%
               71                                                  0.7353%      47.05886%
               72                                                  0.7353%      46.32357%
               73                                                  0.7353%      45.58827%
               74                                                  0.7353%      44.85298%
               75                                                  0.7353%      44.11768%
               76                                                  0.7353%      43.38239%
               77                                                  0.7353%      42.64709%
               78                                                  0.7353%      41.91180%
               79                                                  0.7353%      41.17651%
               80                                                  0.7353%      40.44121%
               81                                                  0.7353%      39.70592%
               82                                                  0.7353%      38.97062%
               83                                                  0.7353%      38.23533%
               84                                                  0.7353%      37.50003%
               85                                                  0.7353%      36.76474%
               86                                                  0.7353%      36.02944%
               87                                                  0.7353%      35.29415%
               88                                                  0.7353%      34.55885%
               89                                                  0.7353%      33.82356%
               90                                                  0.7353%      33.08826%
               91                                                  0.7353%      32.35297%
               92                                                  0.7353%      31.61767%
               93       PORTION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY       0.7353%      30.88238%
               94       PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL     0.7353%      30.14708%
               95       TREATMENT                                  0.7353%      29.41179%
               96                                                  0.7353%      28.67649%
               97                                                  0.7353%      27.94120%
               98                                                  0.7353%      27.20591%
               99                                                  0.7353%      26.47061%
              100                                                  0.7353%      25.73532%
              101                                                  0.7353%      25.00002%
              102                                                  0.7353%      24.26473%
              103                                                  0.7353%      23.52943%
              104                                                  0.7353%      22.79414%
              105                                                  0.7353%      22.05884%
              106                                                  0.7353%      21.32355%
              107                                                  0.7353%      20.58825%
              108                                                  0.7353%      19.85296%
              109                                                  0.7353%      19.11766%
              110                                                  0.7353%      18.38237%
              111                                                  0.7353%      17.64707%
              112                                                  0.7353%      16.91178%
              113                                                  0.7353%      16.17648%
              114                                                  0.7353%      15.44119%
              115                                                  0.7353%      14.70589%
              116                                                  0.7353%      13.97060%
              117                                                  0.7353%      13.23531%
              118                                                  0.7353%      12.50001%
              119                                                  0.7353%      11.76472%
              120                                                  0.7353%      11.02942%
              121                                                  0.7353%      10.29413%
              122                                                  0.7353%       9.55883%
              123                                                  0.7353%       8.82354%
              124                                                  0.7353%       8.08824%
              125                                                  0.7353%       7.35295%
              126                                                  0.7353%       6.61765%
              127                                                  0.7353%       5.88236%
              128                                                  0.7353%       5.14706%
              129                                                  0.7353%       4.41177%
              130                                                  0.7353%       3.67647%
              131                                                  0.7353%       2.94118%
              132                                                  0.7353%       2.20588%
              133                                                  0.7353%       1.47059%
              134                                                  0.7353%       0.73529%
              135                                                  0.3676%       0.36765%
              136                                                  0.3676%       0.00000%

            *Quarter 0 is the partial calendar quarter in which the Effective Date occurs.


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