Exhibit 25.1
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM T-1

                    STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST
                     INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION
                          DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

             CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A
               TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2) ____________

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                              THE BANK OF NEW YORK
              (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)


          New York                                           13-5160382
(Jurisdiction of incorporation                            (I.R.S. Employer
if not a U.S. national bank)                              Identification No.)

 48 Wall Street, New York, New York                            10286
(Address of principal executive offices)                     (Zip code)

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                         ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
              (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)


                   Arizona                                   86-0011170
       (State or other jurisdiction                       (I.R.S. Employer
   of incorporation or organization)                      Identification No.)

400 North Fifth Street Phoenix, Arizona                        85004
(Address of principal executive offices)                     (Zip code)

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                             First Mortgage Bonds*
                      (Title of the indenture securities)

*Specific title(s) to be determined in connection with sale(s) of First Mortgage
Bonds

Item 1. General Information.*

        Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

    (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which  it
        is subject.

Superintendent of Banks of the         2 Rector Street, New York, N.Y. 10006
  State of New York                      and Albany, N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York       33 Liberty Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation  550 17th Street, N.W., 
                                         Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association    New York, N.Y. 

    (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

        Yes.

Item 2. Affiliations with Obligor.

        If the  obligor  is an  affiliate  of the  trustee,  describe  each such
        affiliation.

        None. (See Note on page 2.)

Item 16. List of Exhibits.

        Exhibits  identified in parentheses  below, on file with the Commission,
are  incorporated  herein by  reference as an exhibit  hereto,  pursuant to Rule
7a-29  under the Trust  Indenture  Act of 1939  (the  "Act")  and Rule 24 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice.

        1. -  A copy of the  Organization  Certificate of The Bank  of New  York
              (formerly  Irving Trust Company) as now in effect,  which contains
              the  authority  to  commence  business  and a grant of  powers  to
              exercise corporate trust powers.  (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to
              Form T-1 filed with Registration  Statement No. 33-6215,  Exhibits
              1a and 1b to  Form  T-1  filed  with  Registration  Statement  No.
              33-21672  and  Exhibit  1 to  Form  T-1  filed  with  Registration
              Statement No. 33-29637.)

        4. -  A copy of the  existing  By-laws  of the  Trustee.  (Exhibit 4  to
              Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)

        6. -  The  consent of the  Trustee  required  by Section  321(b) of  the
              Act. (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration  Statement No.
              33-44051.)

        7. -  A  copy  of the  latest  report  of  condition   of  the   Trustee
              published   pursuant  to  law  or  to  the   requirements  of  its
              supervising or examining authority.  


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    *Pursuant to General  Instruction B, the Trustee has responded only to Items
1, 2 and 16 of this form since to the best of the  knowledge  of the Trustee the
obligor is not in  default  under any  indenture  under  which the  Trustee is a
trustee.

                                      NOTE

    Inasmuch as this Form T-1 is being filed prior to the  ascertainment  by the
Trustee of all facts on which to base a responsive  answer to Item 2, the answer
to said Item is based on incomplete information.

    Item 2 may, however, be considered as correct unless amended by an amendment
to this Form T-1.




                                   SIGNATURE

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee,  The Bank of New York,
a corporation  organized  and existing  under the laws of the State of New York,
has duly caused this  statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized,  all in The City of New York, and State
of New York, on the 14th day of November, 1995.


                                       THE BANK OF NEW YORK


                                       By:     ROBERT F. MCINTYRE
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                                               Robert F. McIntyre
                                             Assistant Vice President

                                                                               
                                                                   EXHIBIT 7
                                                                   (Page 1 of 3)
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             

                      Consolidated Report of Condition of
                              THE BANK OF NEW YORK
                    of 48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

    And  Foreign and  Domestic  Subsidiaries,  a member of the  Federal  Reserve
System,  at the close of business June 30, 1995,  published in accordance with a
call  made  by the  Federal  Reserve  Bank  of  this  District  pursuant  to the
provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.



                                                                  Dollar Amounts
ASSETS                                                              in Thousands
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Cash and balances due from
  depository institutions:
  Noninterest-bearing balances
     and currency and coin ................................          $ 3,025,419
  Interest-bearing balances ...............................              881,413
Securities:
  Held-to-maturity securities .............................            1,242,368
  Available-for-sale securities ...........................            1,774,079
Federal funds sold in domestic
  offices of the bank .....................................            5,503,445
Securities purchased under
  agreements to resell ....................................              200,634
Loans and lease financing
  receivables:
  Loans and leases, net of unearned
   income .................26,599,533           
  LESS: Allowance for loan and
   lease losses ..............516,283              
   Loans and leases, net of unearned
      income and allowance ................................           26,083,250
Assets held in trading accounts ...........................            1,455,639
Premises and fixed assets (including
  capitalized leases) .....................................              612,547
Other real estate owned ...................................               79,667
Investments in unconsolidated subsid-
  iaries and associated companies .........................              198,737
Customers' liability to the bank on
  acceptances outstanding .................................            1,111,464
Intangible assets .........................................              105,263
Other assets ..............................................            1,237,264
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Total assets ..............................................          $43,511,189
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                                                                   (Page 2 of 3)

LIABILITIES

Deposits:
  In domestic offices .....................................        $ 19,233,885
  Noninterest-bearing ..... 7,677,954           
  Interest-bearing ........11,555,931         
  In foreign offices, Edge and
  Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs ........................          12,641,676
  Noninterest-bearing .........72,479              
  Interest-bearing ........12,569,197          
Federal funds purchased and securities
  sold under agreements to repurchase
  in domestic offices of the bank and
  of its Edge and Agreement subsid-
  iaries, and in IBFs:
  Federal funds purchased .................................           1,747,659
  Securities sold under agreements
    to repurchase .........................................              73,553
Demand notes issued to the U.S.
  Treasury ................................................             300,000
Trading liabilities .......................................             738,317
Other borrowed money:
  With original maturity of one year or less ..............           1,586,443
  With original maturity of more than
    one year ..............................................             220,877
  Bank's liability on acceptances
    executed and outstanding ..............................           1,113,102
Subordinated notes and debentures .........................           1,053,860
Other liabilities .........................................           1,489,252
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Total liabilities .........................................          40,198,624
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 EQUITY CAPITAL

Common stock ..............................................             942,284
Surplus ...................................................             525,666
Undivided profits and capital
  reserves ................................................           1,849,221
Net unrealized holding gains (losses)
  on available-for-sale securities ........................          (      662)
Cumulative foreign currency
  translation adjustments .................................          (    3,944)
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Total equity capital ......................................           3,312,565
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Total liabilities and equity capital ......................        $ 43,511,189
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 7
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    I,  Robert  E.  Keilman,  Senior  Vice  President  and  Comptroller  of  the
above-named  bank do hereby  declare  that this  Report  of  Condition  has been
prepared in conformance with the  instructions  issued by the Board of Governors
of the  Federal  Reserve  System  and is true to the  best of my  knowledge  and
belief.

                                                 Robert E. Keilman



    We, the undersigned  directors,  attest to the correctness of this Report of
Condition  and  declare  that it has been  examined by us and to the best of our
knowledge  and belief has been  prepared in  conformance  with the  instructions
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal  Reserve  System and is true and
correct.

                           J. Carter Bacot )
                           Thomas A. Renyi )     Directors
                        Samuel F. Chevalier)