EX-3
from U-1/A
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Schedule a Ohio Power Company Effect of Proposed Coal Subsidiary Equity Liquidation on the Municipal Wholesale Electric Customers of Ohio Power Company Prospective Annual Fuel Rates <table> <caption> <s> <c> <c> (A) Ohio Power Company Estimated 1996 Net Energy Cost (Ferc 151 Fuel Cost Basis) . . . . . . . . . $512,192,400 (B) Estimated 1996 Net Energy Requirements (Mwh) 36,767,300 (C) = (A) / (B) Net Energy Cost - 151 Basis (M/Kwh) 13.931 (D) Prospective Annual Change in Ohio Power * Company Fuel Expense Associated With Central Ohio Coal Company, Southern Ohio Coal Company and Windsor Coal Company Declaration and Payment of Cash Dividends on Ohio Power's Common Stock and Return of Stated Capital in the Amount of $19,961,687, $68,000,000 and $11,048,356, Respectively, as Identified in Their Application or Declaration on Form U-1 in File No. 70-8611, as Amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ($ 15,267,000) (E) = Ohio Power Company (A) + (D) Estimated 1996 Net Energy Cost (As Adjusted) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $496,925,400 (F) = (E) / (B) Net Energy Cost - 151 Basis (M/Kwh) (As Adjusted) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.515 (G) = (F) - (C) Effect of Coal Companies' Application on Prospective Ohio Power Company Net Energy Cost (0.416)m/Kwh (2.99% Reduction) (H) Ohio Power Company ** Estimated 1996 Class Mrs (Municipals) Load (Loss Adjusted) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769,800 (I) = Change in Prospective Annual Fuel Expense (G) X (H) Allocable to the Municipal Wholesale Electric Customers of Ohio Power Company . . . . . . ($ 320,237) * as Identified in "Addendum 1 to Financial Statements" as Submitted to the Commission as Part of Amendment No. 7 to File No. 70-8611, Dated July 25, 1996. ** Based on Aep System Planning's 1996 Load Forecast. </Table>
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