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      S-8</strong></font></div>
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      ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.</strong></font></div>
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      Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215</strong></font></div>
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      Electric Power System</strong></font></div>
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      Savings Plan</strong></font></div>
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      Title of the Plan)</font></div>
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      G. Berkemeyer, Esq.</strong></font></div>
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      General Counsel</strong></font></div>
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      Electric Power Service Corporation</strong></font></div>
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      Riverside Plaza</strong></font></div>
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      Ohio 43215</strong></font></div>
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      716-1648</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>&#160;</strong></font></div>
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      Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For
      Service)</font></div>
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      OF REGISTRATION FEE</strong></font></div>
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                of</strong></font></div>
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                to</strong></font></div>
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                Registered (1)</strong></font></div>
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                to</strong></font></div>
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                Registered (2)</strong></font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Maximum</strong></font></div>
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                Price</strong></font></div>
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                Share (3)</strong></font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Proposed</strong></font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Maximum</strong></font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Aggregate</strong></font></div>
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                Price (3)</strong></font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Amount
                of</strong></font></div>
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                Fee (3)</strong></font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Common
                Stock, $6.50 par value per share</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">15,000,000
                shares</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$37.02</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
                  addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
                  as
                  amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also
                  covers an
                  indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant
                  to the
                  American Electric Power System Retirement Savings
                  Plan.</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(2)</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If,
                as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions,
                the
                number of securities purported to be registered on this Registration
                Statement changes, the provisions of Rule 416 under the Securities
                Act of
                1933, as amended, shall apply to this Registration Statement, and
                this
                Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover the additional securities
                resulting from the split of, or the dividend or, the securities covered
                by
                this Registration Statement.</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
                to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering
                price per share, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price and
                the
                amount of registration fee have been computed on the basis of the
                average
                of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock on August 26,
                2005 as
                reported on the New York Stock
                Exchange.</font></div>
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      I</strong></font></div>
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      REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</strong></font></div>
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      required to be filed with this Registration Statement.*</font></div>
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      </strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>2</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>.</strong></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 45pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>REGISTRANT
      INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Not
      required to be filed with this Registration Statement.*</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">*
      Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus
      is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&#160;
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>PART
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Item
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      following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by
      American Electric Power Company, Inc. (&#8220;AEP&#8221;) are incorporated by reference
      herein:</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Annual
                  Report on Form 10-K of AEP for the fiscal year ended December 31,
                  2004; as
                  amended by the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed May 6,
                  2005;</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Quarterly
                  Reports on Form 10-Q of AEP for the fiscal quarters ended March
                  31, 2005
                  and June 30, 2005;</font></div>
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                  Reports on Form 8-K of AEP filed on April 28, 2005, April 4, 2005,
                  March
                  9, 2005, February 28, 2005, February 25, 2005, January 31, 2005,
                  January
                  21, 2005 and January 11, 2005;</font></div>
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                  description of AEP&#8217;s Common Stock, par value $6.50 per share (&#8220;Common
                  Stock&#8221;), set forth in AEP&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed on
                  May 23, 2003, pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
                  Act of
                  1934 (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), and any amendment or report filed for the
                  purpose of updating such description; and</font></div>
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                  Report on Form 11-K of the Plan for the fiscal year ended December
                  31,
                  2004.</font></div>
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      documents subsequently filed by AEP pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
      15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
      which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which
      deregisters all of such securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to
      be
      incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
      hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in
      a
      document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall
      be
      deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
      to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
      filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
      modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
      shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
      of this Registration Statement.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Item
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Item
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Thomas
      G.
      Berkemeyer, Esq., Associate General Counsel of American Electric Power Service
      Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of AEP, has passed upon the legality
      of
      the shares of the Common Stock of the Registrant to be issued under the Plan.
      Mr. Berkemeyer is eligible to participate in the Plan.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Item
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      person made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action or proceeding (other
      than one by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its
      favor), whether civil or criminal, including an action by or in the right of
      any
      other corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, or any partnership,
      joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, which any
      director or officer of the corporation served in any capacity at the request
      of
      the corporation, by any reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate,
      was a director or officer of the corporation, or served such other corporation,
      partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise
      in
      any capacity, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and
      reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees actually and necessarily incurred
      as a result of such action or proceeding, or any appeal therein, if such
      director or officer acted, in good faith, for a purpose which he reasonably
      believed to be in, or, in the case of service for any other corporation or
      any
      partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise,
      not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, in criminal actions
      or proceedings, in addition, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct
      was unlawful.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
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      further provides that no indemnification of directors in shareholder derivative
      suits may be made in respect of (i) a threatened action, or a pending action
      which is settled or otherwise disposed of, or (ii) any</font></div>
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      issue or matter as to which the director or officer has been adjudged to be
      liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in
      which
      the action was brought or, if no action is brought, any court of competent
      jurisdiction, determines upon application that, in view of the circumstances
      of
      the case, the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity
      for such portion of the settlement amount and expenses as the court deems
      proper. The statutory provisions for indemnification and advancement of expenses
      are not exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification
      or
      advancement of expenses may be entitled independently of the applicable
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      AEP
      By-Laws provide that to the fullest extent permitted by law, AEP shall indemnify
      any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to any action or proceeding
      (formal or informal), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
      and whether by or in the right of AEP or otherwise, by reason of the fact that
      such person, such person's testator or intestate, is or was a director, officer
      or employee of AEP, or of any subsidiary or affiliate of AEP, or served any
      other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan
      or
      other enterprise in any capacity at the request of AEP, against all loss and
      expense including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, judgments,
      fines (including excise taxes), amounts paid in settlement and attorneys' fees
      and disbursements actually and necessarily incurred as a result of such action
      or proceeding, or any appeal therefrom, and all legal fees and expenses incurred
      in successfully asserting a claim for indemnification pursuant to such provision
      of the AEP By-Laws; provided, however, that no indemnification may be made
      to or
      on behalf of any director, officer or employee if a judgment or other final
      adjudication adverse to the director, officer or employee establishes that
      such
      person's acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and
      deliberate dishonesty and were material to the cause of action so adjudicated,
      or that such person personally gained in fact a financial profit or other
      advantage to which such person was not legally entitled.</font></div>
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      employee (or a representative of the estate of such director, officer or
      employee) requests indemnification, upon such person's request the AEP Board
      of
      Directors shall meet within sixty days thereof to determine whether such person
      is eligible for indemnification in accordance with the standard set forth above.
      Such a person claiming indemnification shall be entitled to indemnification
      upon
      a determination that no judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such
      person has established that such person's acts were committed in bad faith
      or
      were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and were material to the
      cause of action so adjudicated, or that such person personally gained in fact
      a
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                of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of AEP (incorporated
                by reference to Exhibit (3)(b) to AEP&#8217;s Report on Form 10-K for the year
                ended December 31, 1998)</font></div>
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                Electric Power System Retirement Savings Plan (as amended and restated,
                effective January 1, 2003)</font></div>
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                of Thomas G. Berkemeyer, Esq., Associate General Counsel of American
                Electric Power Service Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of
                AEP, as
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                Registrant undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the Plan
                and
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                manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS
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                of Thomas G. Berkemeyer, Esq., Associate General Counsel of American
                Electric Power Service Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of
                AEP
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                file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
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                Act
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                date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
                amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent
                a
                fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration
                statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
                in
                volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
                offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
                from
                the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be
                reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
                to
                Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 if, in the aggregate, the
                changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change
                in
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                not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material
                change to such information in the registration
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      that
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      is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be
      included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
      periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
      pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
      that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.</font></div>
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                for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
                Act of
                1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
                new
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                and the
                offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
                initial
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                of the
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                of the
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                undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of
                determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
                filing of
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                Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
                of an
                employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
                Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference
                in the
                registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
                relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
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                as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
                of
                1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
                of
                the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
                the
                registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
                and
                Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy
                as
                expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
                that a
                claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
                payment
                by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
                or
                controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of
                any
                action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
                or
                controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
                the
                registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
                has been
                settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
                jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
                public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
                final
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      that
      it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
      for
      filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
      on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
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AEP Retirement Savings Plan S-9, 15,000,000 shares
As
      filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31,
      2005
Registration
      No. 333-
______
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
      D.C. 20549
_____________
FORM
      S-8
REGISTRATION
      STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
      SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_____________
AMERICAN
      ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
(Exact
      Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
New
                York
(State
                or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
                or Organization)
13-4922640
(I.R.S.
                Employer
Identification
                No.)
1
      Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
(Address
      of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
American
      Electric Power System
Retirement
      Savings Plan
(Full
      Title of the Plan)
___________
Thomas
      G. Berkemeyer, Esq.
Associate
      General Counsel
American
      Electric Power Service Corporation
1
      Riverside Plaza
Columbus,
      Ohio 43215
(614)
      716-1648
(Name,
      Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For
      Service)
___________
CALCULATION
      OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
                of
Securities
                to
be
                Registered (1)
Amount
                to
Be
                Registered (2)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
                Price
Per
                Share (3)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
                Price (3)
Amount
                of
Registration
                Fee (3)
Common
                Stock, $6.50 par value per share
15,000,000
                shares
$37.02
$555,300,000.00
$65,358.81
(1)
In
                  addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
                  as
                  amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also
                  covers an
                  indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant
                  to the
                  American Electric Power System Retirement Savings
                  Plan.
(2)
If,
                as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions,
                the
                number of securities purported to be registered on this Registration
                Statement changes, the provisions of Rule 416 under the Securities
                Act of
                1933, as amended, shall apply to this Registration Statement, and
                this
                Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover the additional securities
                resulting from the split of, or the dividend or, the securities covered
                by
                this Registration Statement.
(3)
Pursuant
                to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering
                price per share, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price and
                the
                amount of registration fee have been computed on the basis of the
                average
                of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock on August 26,
                2005 as
                reported on the New York Stock
                Exchange.
PART
      I
INFORMATION
      REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item
1
.
PLAN
      INFORMATION
Not
      required to be filed with this Registration Statement.*
Item
2
.
REGISTRANT
      INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION
Not
      required to be filed with this Registration Statement.*
*
      Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus
      is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 
      428
      under the Securities Act and Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART
      II
INFORMATION
      REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3
.
INCORPORATION
      OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The
      following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by
      American Electric Power Company, Inc. ("AEP") are incorporated by reference
      herein:
(i)
Annual
                  Report on Form 10-K of AEP for the fiscal year ended December 31,
                  2004; as
                  amended by the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed May 6,
                  2005;
(ii)
Quarterly
                  Reports on Form 10-Q of AEP for the fiscal quarters ended March
                  31, 2005
                  and June 30, 2005;
(iii)
Current
                  Reports on Form 8-K of AEP filed on April 28, 2005, April 4, 2005,
                  March
                  9, 2005, February 28, 2005, February 25, 2005, January 31, 2005,
                  January
                  21, 2005 and January 11, 2005;
(iv)
The
                  description of AEP's Common Stock, par value $6.50 per share ("Common
                  Stock"), set forth in AEP's Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed on
                  May 23, 2003, pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
                  Act of
                  1934 (the "Exchange Act"), and any amendment or report filed for the
                  purpose of updating such description; and
(v)
Annual
                  Report on Form 11-K of the Plan for the fiscal year ended December
                  31,
                  2004.
All
      documents subsequently filed by AEP pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
      15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
      which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which
      deregisters all of such securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to
      be
      incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
      hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in
      a
      document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall
      be
      deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
      to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
      filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
      modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
      shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
      of this Registration Statement.
Item
4
.
DESCRIPTION
      OF SECURITIES
Not
      applicable.
Item
5
.
INTERESTS
      OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Thomas
      G.
      Berkemeyer, Esq., Associate General Counsel of American Electric Power Service
      Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of AEP, has passed upon the legality
      of
      the shares of the Common Stock of the Registrant to be issued under the Plan.
      Mr. Berkemeyer is eligible to participate in the Plan.
Item
6
.
INDEMNIFICATION
      OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Under
      the
      New York Business Corporation Law (the "NYBCL") a corporation may indemnify any
      person made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action or proceeding (other
      than one by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its
      favor), whether civil or criminal, including an action by or in the right of
      any
      other corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, or any partnership,
      joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, which any
      director or officer of the corporation served in any capacity at the request
      of
      the corporation, by any reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate,
      was a director or officer of the corporation, or served such other corporation,
      partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise
      in
      any capacity, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and
      reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees actually and necessarily incurred
      as a result of such action or proceeding, or any appeal therein, if such
      director or officer acted, in good faith, for a purpose which he reasonably
      believed to be in, or, in the case of service for any other corporation or
      any
      partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise,
      not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, in criminal actions
      or proceedings, in addition, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct
      was unlawful.
The
      NYBCL
      further provides that no indemnification of directors in shareholder derivative
      suits may be made in respect of (i) a threatened action, or a pending action
      which is settled or otherwise disposed of, or (ii) any
claim,
      issue or matter as to which the director or officer has been adjudged to be
      liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in
      which
      the action was brought or, if no action is brought, any court of competent
      jurisdiction, determines upon application that, in view of the circumstances
      of
      the case, the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity
      for such portion of the settlement amount and expenses as the court deems
      proper. The statutory provisions for indemnification and advancement of expenses
      are not exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification
      or
      advancement of expenses may be entitled independently of the applicable
      statutory provision.
The
      AEP
      By-Laws provide that to the fullest extent permitted by law, AEP shall indemnify
      any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to any action or proceeding
      (formal or informal), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
      and whether by or in the right of AEP or otherwise, by reason of the fact that
      such person, such person's testator or intestate, is or was a director, officer
      or employee of AEP, or of any subsidiary or affiliate of AEP, or served any
      other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan
      or
      other enterprise in any capacity at the request of AEP, against all loss and
      expense including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, judgments,
      fines (including excise taxes), amounts paid in settlement and attorneys' fees
      and disbursements actually and necessarily incurred as a result of such action
      or proceeding, or any appeal therefrom, and all legal fees and expenses incurred
      in successfully asserting a claim for indemnification pursuant to such provision
      of the AEP By-Laws; provided, however, that no indemnification may be made
      to or
      on behalf of any director, officer or employee if a judgment or other final
      adjudication adverse to the director, officer or employee establishes that
      such
      person's acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and
      deliberate dishonesty and were material to the cause of action so adjudicated,
      or that such person personally gained in fact a financial profit or other
      advantage to which such person was not legally entitled.
The
      AEP
      By-Laws further provide that in any case in which a director, officer or
      employee (or a representative of the estate of such director, officer or
      employee) requests indemnification, upon such person's request the AEP Board
      of
      Directors shall meet within sixty days thereof to determine whether such person
      is eligible for indemnification in accordance with the standard set forth above.
      Such a person claiming indemnification shall be entitled to indemnification
      upon
      a determination that no judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such
      person has established that such person's acts were committed in bad faith
      or
      were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and were material to the
      cause of action so adjudicated, or that such person personally gained in fact
      a
      financial profit or other advantage to which such person was not legally
      entitled.
Item
7
.
EXEMPTION
      FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not
        applicable.
Item
8
.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Restated
                Certificate of Incorporation of AEP (incorporated by reference to
                Exhibit
                (3)(a) to AEP's Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
                1998)
3.2
Certificate
                of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of AEP (incorporated
                by reference to Exhibit (3)(b) to AEP's Report on Form 10-K for the year
                ended December 31, 1998)
3.3
By-laws
                of AEP amended through December 15, 2003 (incorporated by reference
                to
                Exhibit (3)(d) to AEP's Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
                31, 2003)
4
American
                Electric Power System Retirement Savings Plan (as amended and restated,
                effective January 1, 2003)
5
Opinion
                of Thomas G. Berkemeyer, Esq., Associate General Counsel of American
                Electric Power Service Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of
                AEP, as
                to the legality of the securities being registered.
The
                Registrant undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the Plan
                and
                any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely
                manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS
                in order
                to qualify the Plan.
23.1
Consent
                of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
Consent
                of Thomas G. Berkemeyer, Esq., Associate General Counsel of American
                Electric Power Service Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of
                AEP
                (included in Exhibit 5)
24
Power
                of Attorney and Resolutions of AEP
Item
9
.
UNDERTAKINGS
(a)
The
      undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To
                file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
                a
                post-effective amendment to the registration
                statement:
(i)
To
                include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
                Act
                of 1933;
(ii)
To
                reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
                date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
                amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent
                a
                fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration
                statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
                in
                volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
                offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
                from
                the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be
                reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
                to
                Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 if, in the aggregate, the
                changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change
                in
                the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
                Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
                statement;
(iii)
To
                include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
                not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material
                change to such information in the registration
                statement;
provided,
      however
,
      that
      paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement
      is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be
      included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
      periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
      pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
      that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(2)
That,
                for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
                Act of
                1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
                new
                registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
                and the
                offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
                initial
bona
                fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To
                remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
                of the
                securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
                of the
                offering.
(b)
The
                undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of
                determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
                filing of
                the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
                Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
                of an
                employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
                Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference
                in the
                registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
                relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
                securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
                fide
offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar
                as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
                of
                1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
                of
                the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
                the
                registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
                and
                Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy
                as
                expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
                that a
                claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
                payment
                by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
                or
                controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of
                any
                action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
                or
                controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
                the
                registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
                has been
                settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
                jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
                public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
                final
                adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies
      that
      it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
      for
      filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
      on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
      Columbus and State of Ohio, on the 31st day of August, 2005.
AMERICAN
                ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
Michael
                G. Morris*
Chairman
                of the Board and
Chief
                Executive Officer
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
      has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the
      dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
(i)
Principal
                Executive Officer:
Michael
                G. Morris *
Chairman
                of the Board
and
                Chief Executive Officer
August
                31, 2005
(ii)
Principal
                Financial Officer:
/s/ Susan Tomasky
Executive
                Vice President
And
                Chief Financial Officer
August
                31, 2005
Susan
                Tomasky
(iii)
Principal
                Accounting Officer:
/s/ Joseph m. Buonaiuto
Controller
                and
Chief
                Accounting Officer
August
                31, 2005
Joseph
                M. Buonaiuto
(iv)
A
                Majority of the Directors:
*E.
                R. Brooks*
*Michael
                G. Morris
*Donald
                M. Carlton
*Lionel
                L. Nowell, III
*John
                P. DesBarres
*Richard
                l. Sandor
*Robert
                W. Fri
*Donald
                G. Smith
*William
                R. Howell
*Kathryn
                D. Sullivan
*Lester
                A. Hudson, Jr.
*
                By:   /s/ Susan Tomasky
August
                31, 2005
(Susan
                Tomasky, Attorney-in-Fact)
The
      Plan.
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the trustees
      (or
      other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this
      Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
      duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on this 31st
      day
      of August, 2005.
AMERICAN
                ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM
RETIREMENT
                SAVINGS PLAN
By:
/s/ Susan Tomasky
Name:
Susan
                Tomasky
Title:
Executive
                Vice President and
Chief
                Financial Officer of American Electric
Power
                Service Corporation - Plan
                Administrator
Exhibit
                Index
Certain of the following exhibits,
                designated with an asterisk (*), have heretofore been filed with
                the
                Commission and, pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Sections 201.24 and 230.411,
                are
                incorporated herein by reference to the documents indicated following
                the
                descriptions of such exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
*3.1
Restated
                Certificate of Incorporation of AEP (incorporated by reference to
                Exhibit
                (3)(a) to AEP's Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
                1998)
*3.2
Certificate
                of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of AEP (incorporated
                by reference to Exhibit (3)(b) to AEP's Report on Form 10-K for the year
                ended December 31, 1998)
*3.3
Bylaws
                of AEP amended through December 15, 2003 (incorporated by reference
                to
                Exhibit (3)(d) to AEP's Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
                31, 2003)
4
American
                Electric Power System Retirement Savings Plan
5
Opinion
                of Thomas G. Berkemeyer, Esq., Associate General Counsel of American
                Electric Power Service Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of
                AEP, as
                to the legality of the securities being registered
23.1
Consent
                of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
Consent
                of Thomas G. Berkemeyer, Esq., Associate General Counsel of American
                Electric Power Service Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of
                AEP
                (included in Exhibit 5)
24
Power
                of Attorney and Resolutions of AEP