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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2003




Commission
File Number



Name of Registrant,
State of Incorporation,
Address of Principal Executive Offices and
Telephone Number



IRS
Employer
Identification
Number

1-267

Allegheny Energy, Inc.
(A Maryland Corporation)
10435 Downsville Pike
Hagerstown, Maryland 21740-1766
Telephone (301) 790-3400

13-5531602

     

333-72498

Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)
4350 Northern Pike
Monroeville, Pennsylvania 15146-2841
Telephone (412) 858-1600

23-3020481

     

1-5164

Monongahela Power Company
(An Ohio Corporation)
1310 Fairmont Avenue
Fairmont, West Virginia 26554
Telephone (304) 366-3000

13-5229392

     

1-3376-2

The Potomac Edison Company
(A Maryland and Virginia Corporation)
10435 Downsville Pike
Hagerstown, Maryland 21740-1766
Telephone (301) 790-3400

13-5323955

     

1-255-2

West Penn Power Company
(A Pennsylvania Corporation)
800 Cabin Hill Drive
Greensburg, Pennsylvania 15601
Telephone (724) 837-3000

13-5480882

     

0-14688

Allegheny Generating Company
(A Virginia Corporation)
10435 Downsville Pike
Hagerstown, Maryland 21740-1766
Telephone (301) 790-3400

13-3079675

 

This combined Form 10-Q is separately filed by Allegheny Energy, Inc., Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC, Monongahela Power Company, The Potomac Edison Company, West Penn Power Company, and Allegheny Generating Company. Information contained in the Form 10-Q relating to Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC, Monongahela Power Company, The Potomac Edison Company, West Penn Power Company, and Allegheny Generating Company is filed by such registrant on its own behalf. Each of Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC, Monongahela Power Company, The Potomac Edison Company, West Penn Power Company, and Allegheny Generating Company makes no representation as to information relating to registrants other than itself.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants (1) have filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrants were required to file such reports), and (2) have been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [   ]     No [ X ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are accelerated filers (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Allegheny Energy, Inc.

Yes [ X ]

No [   ]

Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC

Yes [   ]

No [ X ]

Monongahela Power Company

Yes [   ]

No [ X ]

The Potomac Edison Company

Yes [   ]

No [ X ]

West Penn Power Company

Yes [   ]

No [ X ]

Allegheny Generating Company

Yes [   ]

No [ X ]

 

Number of shares outstanding of each class of common stock as of November 30, 2003:

Allegheny Energy, Inc

                              

126,975,551 ($1.25 par value)

Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC

 

(a)

Monongahela Power Company

 

5,891,000 ($50 par value)

The Potomac Edison Company

 

22,385,000 ($0.01 par value)

West Penn Power Company

 

24,361,586 (no par value)

Allegheny Generating Company

 

1,000 ($1.00 par value)

(a) The registrant is a limited liability company, the interests in which are not represented by shares.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

     

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Page

Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

          

 

        Allegheny Energy, Inc.:

   

        Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three
          Months and Six Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

 

7

        Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six
          Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

 

8

        Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2003 and
          December 31, 2002

 

9

     

        Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC:

   

        Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three
          Months and Six Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

 

11

        Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six
          Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

 

12

        Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2003 and
          December 31, 2002

 

13

     

        Monongahela Power Company:

   

        Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three
          Months and Six Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

 

15

        Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six
          Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

 

16

        Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2003 and
          December 31, 2002

 

17

     

        The Potomac Edison Company:

   

        Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three
          Months and Six Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

 

19

        Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six
          Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

 

20

        Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2003 and
          December 31, 2002

 

21

     

        West Penn Power Company:

   

        Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three
          Months and Six Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

 

23

        Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six
          Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

 

24

        Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2003 and
          December 31, 2002

 

25

     

        Allegheny Generating Company:

   

        Statements of Operations for the Three
          Months and Six Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

 

27

        Statements of Cash Flows for the Six
          Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

 

28

        Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2003 and
          December 31, 2002

 

29

     

        Combined Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

31

3

Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition          and Results of Operations

 

57

     

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

91

     

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

92

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

     

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

            

 95

Item 2.  Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

 95

Item 3.  Default Upon Senior Securities

 

 95

Item 4.  Submission of Matters to Vote of Security Holders

 

 95

Item 5.  Other Information

 

 97

Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

 

 98

Signatures

 

106

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GLOSSARY

I.

The following abbreviations and terms are used in this report to identify Allegheny Energy, Inc. and its subsidiaries:

AE

Allegheny Energy, Inc., a diversified utility holding company

AE Supply

Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC, an unregulated generation subsidiary of Allegheny Energy, Inc., also a holding company

AGC

Allegheny Generating Company, an unregulated generation unit of Allegheny Energy, Inc.

Allegheny

Allegheny Energy, Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries

Allegheny Ventures

Allegheny Ventures, Inc., a non-utility, unregulated subsidiary of Allegheny Energy, Inc.

Alliance Energy Services

Alliance Energy Services, LLC, a former indirect subsidiary of Allegheny Ventures, Inc.

Distribution Companies

Collectively, Monongahela Power Company, The Potomac Edison Company, and West Penn Power Company. The Distribution Companies do business as "Allegheny Power"

Fellon-McCord

Fellon-McCord & Associates, Inc., a former subsidiary of Allegheny Ventures, Inc.

Monongahela

Monongahela Power Company, a regulated subsidiary of Allegheny Energy, Inc.

Mountaineer

Mountaineer Gas Company, a subsidiary of Monongahela Power Company

Potomac Edison

The Potomac Edison Company, a regulated subsidiary of Allegheny Energy, Inc.

West Penn

West Penn Power Company, a regulated subsidiary of Allegheny Energy, Inc.

 

II.

The following abbreviations and acronyms are used in this report to identify entities and terms relevant to Allegheny's business and operations:

 

ARO

Asset retirement obligation

Borrowing Facilities

Agreements entered into on February 25, 2003, and March 13, 2003, by AE, AE Supply, Monongahela, and West Penn with various credit providers to refinance and restructure the majority of AE and AE Supply's short-term debt

CAAA

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

CDWR

California Department of Water Resources

Clean Air Act

Clean Air Act of 1970

EITF

Emerging Issues Task Force

EPA

United States Environmental Protection Agency

FASB

Financial Accounting Standards Board

FERC

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (an independent commission within the Department of Energy)

FIN

FASB Interpretation Number

FIN 45

FIN 45, "Guarantor's Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness to Others"

FIN 46

FIN 46, "Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities"

GAAP

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles of the United States of America

KWh

Kilowatt-hour

LV Cogen

Las Vegas Cogeneration II

MW

Megawatt

5

MWh

Megawatt-hour

NSR

The New Source Performance Review Standards, or "New Source Review," applicable to facilities deemed "new" sources of emissions

PJM

PJM Interconnection, LLC, a regional transmission organization

PJM West

The commonly used name of the western extension of PJM Interconnection, LLC

PLR

Provider-of-last-resort

PURPA

Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978

SEC

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

SFAS

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards

SFAS No. 71

SFAS No. 71, "Accounting for the Effects of Certain Types of Regulation"

SFAS No. 133

SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities," as amended by SFAS No. 137, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Deferral of the Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 133 - an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133," and SFAS No. 138 "Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities - an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133"

SFAS No. 142

SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets"

SFAS No. 143

SFAS No. 143, "Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations"

T&D

Transmission and Distribution

Williams

Williams Energy Marketing and Trading Company

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

         

ALLEGHENY ENERGY, INC.

       

Consolidated Statements of Operations

       
 

Unaudited
Three Months Ended
               June 30               

Unaudited
Six Months Ended
               June 30               

(In thousands, except number of shares and per share data)

2003

2002
Restated

2003

2002
Restated

         

Total operating revenues

   $ 359,214 

    $784,591 

  $1,074,905 

  $1,789,698 

         

Cost of revenues:

       

  Fuel consumed for electric generation

     134,054 

     126,673 

     292,826 

     270,171 

  Purchased energy and transmission

      81,527 

     100,799 

     167,795 

     190,438 

  Natural gas purchases

      25,545 

     129,104 

     121,504 

     303,527 

  Deferred energy costs, net

      (6,965)

        (961)

     (20,624)

      14,583 

  Other

       8,413 

      13,585 

      20,186 

      39,980 

    Total cost of revenues

     242,574 

     369,200 

     581,687 

     818,699 

Net revenues

     116,640 

     415,391 

     493,218 

     970,999 

         

Other operating expenses:

       

  Operation expense

     275,454 

     255,756 

     576,182 

     495,380 

  Depreciation and amortization

      79,474 

      76,496 

     157,085 

     155,867 

  Taxes other than income taxes

      50,735 

      55,405 

     111,362 

     116,189 

    Total other operating expenses

     405,663 

     387,657 

     844,629 

     767,436 

Operating (loss) income

    (289,023)

      27,734 

    (351,411)

     203,563 

         

Other income and (expenses), net (Note 11)

       1,353 

      (3,966)

      81,613 

       7,023 

         

Interest charges and preferred dividends:

       

  Interest on debt and other

     122,471 

      78,187 

     223,648 

     147,993 

  Allowance for borrowed funds used during     construction and interest capitalized

      (7,809)

      (1,638)

     (13,421)

      (5,875)

  Dividends on preferred stock of subsidiaries

       1,260 

       1,259 

       2,519 

       2,518 

    Total interest charges and preferred
    dividends

     115,922 

      77,808 

     212,746 

     144,636 

Consolidated (loss) income before income
  taxes, minority interest, and cumulative
  effect of accounting change

    (403,592)

     (54,040)

    (482,544)

      65,950 

         

Federal and state income tax (benefit)   expense

    (167,378)

     (19,565)

    (205,396)

      23,320 

         

Minority interest

      (4,695)

      (1,014)

      (7,585)

          16 

         

Consolidated (loss) income before   cumulative effect of accounting change

    (231,519)

     (33,461)

    (269,563)

      42,614 

Cumulative effect of accounting change, net   of tax of $12,974 and $79,596, respectively

         ---

         ---  

     (20,765)

    (130,514)

Consolidated net loss

   $(231,519)

    $(33,461)

  $ (290,328)

  $  (87,900)

         

Average basic and diluted common shares
  outstanding

 126,883,664 

 125,436,520 

 126,719,304

 125,343,220 

         

Basic and diluted earnings per share:

       

Consolidated (loss) income before cumulative
  effect of accounting change

   $   (1.82)

    $   (.27)

  $    (2.13)

  $      .34 

Cumulative effect of accounting change, net

         ---  

         ---  

        (.16)

       (1.04)

Consolidated net loss

   $   (1.82)

    $   (.27)

  $    (2.29)

  $     (.70)

         
         

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ALLEGHENY ENERGY, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

Unaudited
Six Months Ended
               June 30               

(In thousands)

2003

2002
Restated

     

Cash flows from operations:

   

  Consolidated net loss

$ (290,328)

$  (87,900)

  Cumulative effect of accounting change, net

    20,765 

   130,514 

  Consolidated (loss) income before cumulative
    effect of accounting change

  (269,563)

    42,614 

  Reapplication of SFAS No. 71

   (75,824)

       ---  

  Depreciation and amortization

   157,085 

   155,867 

  Amortization of adverse purchase power commitments

    (9,533)

   (11,563)

  Loss (gain) on disposal of assets, net

    30,917 

   (14,897)

  Minority interest

    (7,585)

        16 

  Deferred investment credit and income taxes, net

  (142,499)

    54,480 

  Deferred energy costs, net

   (20,624)

    14,583 

  Unrealized losses (gains) on
    commodity contracts, net

   380,710 

  (123,085)

  Impairment of generating assets

       ---  

    31,190 

  Changes in certain assets and liabilities:

   

    Accounts receivable, net

    39,809 

     6,988 

    Materials and supplies

   (31,351)

   (22,679)

    Prepaid taxes

    (9,721)

    (5,219)

    Taxes receivable/payable, net

    96,709 

    46,753 

    Accounts payable

   (29,761)

    (2,250)

    Benefit Plans' investments

     9,916 

    13,834 

    Accrued payroll

   (18,397)

   (31,362)

    Interest accrued

     4,672 

    10,898 

    Purchased options

    11,689 

    (9,595)

    Contract termination costs

   (47,706)

       ---  

  Other, net

    (7,690)

    10,662 

 

    61,253 

   167,235 

     

Cash flows (used in) investing:

   

  Acquisition of electric generating facility

  (318,435)

       ---  

  Construction expenditures

  (140,539)

  (188,480)

  Proceeds from sale of businesses and assets

    46,168 

    15,902 

 

  (412,806)

  (172,578)

     

Cash flows from financing:

   

  Proceeds from credit facilities, notes and bonds

 1,931,507 

   728,378 

  Restricted funds on deposit with trustee

   (15,467)

     1,606 

  Payments on credit facilities, notes and bonds

  (270,928)

  (245,970)

  Cash dividends paid on common stock

       ---  

   (97,634)

  Short-term debt, net

(1,122,181)

  (335,228)

 

   522,931 

    51,152 

     

Net change in cash and temporary cash investments

   171,378 

    45,809 

  Cash and temporary investments at January 1

   204,231 

    37,980 

  Cash and temporary investments at June 30

$  375,609 

$   83,789 

     
     

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ALLEGHENY ENERGY, INC.
Consolidated Balance Sheets

               Unaudited               

(In thousands)

June 30
2003

December 31
2002

ASSETS

  Current assets:

    Cash and temporary cash investments

 $   375,609 

 $   204,231 

    Accounts receivable:

      Billed:

        Customer

     310,831 

     316,260 

        Energy trading and other

      98,159 

      93,700 

      Unbilled

     118,658 

     166,055 

      Allowance for uncollectible accounts

     (42,327)

     (29,645)

    Materials and supplies (at average cost):

      Operating and construction

     110,386 

     111,267 

      Fuel

     105,006 

      74,768 

    Taxes receivable

      50,739 

     185,691 

    Deferred income taxes

      56,625 

      46,102 

    Commodity contracts

     113,169 

     156,313 

    Prepaid taxes

      59,678 

      49,957 

    Assets held for sale

       8,000 

       9,259 

    Restricted funds

      22,818 

       2,351 

    Other, including current portion of regulatory assets

     123,659 

      77,563 

   1,511,010 

   1,463,872 

  Property, plant, and equipment:

    In service, at original cost

  11,233,210 

  10,976,166 

    Construction work in progress

     497,894 

     380,959 

  11,731,104 

  11,357,125 

    Accumulated depreciation

  (4,612,315)

  (4,474,551)

   7,118,789 

   6,882,574 

  Investments and other assets:

    Excess of cost over net assets acquired (Goodwill)

     367,287 

     367,287 

    Benefit plans' investments

      24,265 

      47,309 

    Unregulated investments

      54,356 

      56,393 

    Intangible assets

      38,648 

      38,648 

    Other

      35,756 

      22,685 

     520,312 

     532,322 

  Deferred charges:

    Commodity contracts

     637,121 

   1,055,160 

    Regulatory assets

     569,495 

     558,811 

    Other

     141,480 

     107,540 

   1,348,096 

   1,721,511 

Total assets

 $10,498,207 

 $10,600,279 

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ALLEGHENY ENERGY, INC.
Consolidated Balance Sheets (Continued)

   
   
 

               Unaudited               

(In thousands)

June 30
2003

December 31
2002

     

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

   

  Current liabilities:

   

    Short-term debt

   $     9,785 

  $ 1,131,966 

    Long-term debt due within one year

       542,250 

      257,200 

    Debentures, notes, and bonds reclassified
      to current

     5,084,746 

    3,662,201 

    Accounts payable

       314,378 

      380,019 

    Taxes accrued - other

        58,807 

       97,049 

    Adverse power purchase commitments

        18,552 

       19,064 

    Commodity contracts

       154,360 

      191,186 

    Interest accrued

        67,283 

       62,611 

    Other, including current portion of
      regulatory liabilities

       126,725 

      189,537 

 

     6,376,886 

    5,990,833 

     

  Long-term debt

       115,954 

      115,944 

     

  Deferred credits and other liabilities:

   

    Commodity contracts

       578,328 

      590,546 

    Unamortized investment credit

        93,004 

       96,183 

    Deferred income taxes

       947,739 

    1,079,151 

    Obligation under capital leases

        37,242 

       39,054 

    Regulatory liabilities

        53,322 

      111,967 

    Adverse power purchase commitments

       227,126 

      236,147 

    Other

       338,632 

      313,106 

 

     2,275,393

    2,466,154 

  Minority interest

        12,889 

       21,841 

  Preferred stock of subsidiary

        74,000 

       74,000 

     

  Stockholders' equity:

   

    Common stock

       158,761 

      158,261 

    Other paid-in capital

     1,448,302 

    1,446,180 

    Retained earnings

        67,561 

      357,889 

    Treasury stock

        (1,179)

         (411)

    Accumulated other comprehensive loss

       (30,360)

      (30,412)

 

     1,643,085 

    1,931,507 

     

  Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)

   
     

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

   $10,498,207 

  $10,600,279 

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ALLEGHENY ENERGY SUPPLY COMPANY, LLC, AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations

   
 

          Unaudited          

          Unaudited          

 

Three Months Ended
June 30

Six Months Ended
June 30

(In thousands)

2003

2002
Restated

2003

2002
Restated

         

Total operating revenues

   $ (30,173)

    $264,225 

   $ 180,999 

    $688,303 

         

Cost of revenues:

       

  Fuel consumed for electric generation

     102,853 

      98,495 

     224,567 

     211,444 

  Purchased energy and transmission

      25,411 

      42,580 

      61,255 

      98,535 

  Natural gas purchases

         ---  

         ---  

         ---  

         ---  

    Total cost of revenues

     128,264 

     141,075 

     285,822 

     309,979 

Net revenues

    (158,437)

     123,150 

    (104,823)

     378,324 

         

Other operating expenses:

       

  Operation expense

     130,955 

     123,900 

     290,624 

     223,460 

  Depreciation and amortization

      31,316 

      29,504 

      61,603 

      61,744 

  Taxes other than income taxes

      15,617 

      18,435 

      29,738 

      35,273 

    Total other operating expenses

     177,888 

     171,839 

     381,965 

     320,477 

Operating (loss) income

    (336,325)

     (48,689)

    (486,788)

      57,847 

         

Other income and (expenses), net (Note 11)

        (100)

       1,166 

        (416)

      (1,193)

         

Interest charges:

       

  Interest on debt and other

      79,840 

      42,080 

     140,450 

      75,310 

  Interest capitalized

      (7,527)

        (848)

     (12,625)

      (4,023)

    Total interest charges

      72,313 

      41,232 

     127,825 

      71,287 

Consolidated loss before income
  taxes, minority interest, and cumulative
  effect of accounting change

    (408,738)

     (88,755)

    (615,029)

     (14,633)

         

Federal and state income tax (benefit) expense

    (171,951)

     (34,421)

    (251,950)

      (7,461)

         

Minority interest

       1,075 

       1,043 

       2,188 

       2,055 

         

Consolidated loss before cumulative
  effect of accounting change

    (237,862)

     (55,377)

    (365,267)

      (9,227)

Cumulative effect of accounting change,
  net of tax of $12,131

         ---  

         ---  

     (19,533)

         ---  

Consolidated net loss

   $(237,862)

    $(55,377)

   $(384,800)

    $ (9,227)

         

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ALLEGHENY ENERGY SUPPLY COMPANY, LLC, AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 
 

Unaudited
Six Months Ended
               June 30                

(In thousands)

2003

2002
Restated

     

Cash flows (used in) operations:

   

  Consolidated net loss

$ (384,800)

$  (9,227)

  Cumulative effect of accounting change, net

    19,533 

      ---  

  Consolidated loss before cumulative
    effect of accounting change

  (365,267)

  (9,227)

  Depreciation and amortization

    61,603 

   61,744 

  Minority interest in AGC

     2,188 

    2,055 

  Deferred investment credit and income taxes, net

  (124,701)

   66,458 

  Unrealized losses (gains) on
    commodity contracts, net

   368,341 

 (128,106)

  Loss on disposal of assets

    32,802 

      ---  

  Impairment of generation assets

       ---  

   31,190 

  Changes in certain assets and liabilities:

   

    Accounts receivable, net

   (14,600)

  (14,444)

    Affiliated accounts receivable/payable, net

   (54,747)

   44,636 

    Materials and supplies

   (15,524)

  (24,139)

    Prepaid taxes

     5,693 

    3,375 

    Taxes receivable/payable, net

    (1,618)

    9,098 

    Accounts payable

   (48,760)

   (3,832)

    Accrued payroll

        (4)

  (32,696)

    Interest accrued

     5,043 

   10,175 

    Purchased options

    11,689 

   (9,595)

    Contract termination costs

   (47,706)

      ---  

  Other, net

   (17,759)

   (7,756)

 

  (203,327)

   (1,064)

     

Cash flows (used in) investing:

   

  Acquisition of electric generating facility

  (318,435)

      ---  

  Construction expenditures

   (58,592)

  (98,502)

  Proceeds from sale of assets

    45,835 

      ---  

 

  (331,192)

  (98,502)

     

Cash flows from financing:

   

  Notes payable to parent and affiliates

       ---  

  (43,050)

  Proceeds from credit facilities

 1,621,603 

  644,618 

  Payments on credit facilities, notes and bonds

  (197,264)

 (138,440)

  Restricted funds on deposit with trustee

   (13,976)

      ---  

  Short-term debt, net

  (796,966)

 (355,345)

  Return of member's capital contribution

   (12,674)

      ---  

  Parent company contribution

     1,552 

      450 

 

   602,275 

  108,233 

     

Net change in cash and temporary cash investments

    67,756 

    8,667 

  Cash and temporary investments at January 1

    58,862 

   20,909 

  Cash and temporary investments at June 30

$  126,618 

$  29,576 

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

12


ALLEGHENY ENERGY SUPPLY COMPANY, LLC, AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets

               Unaudited               

(In thousands)

June 30
2003

December 31 2002

ASSETS

  Current assets:

    Cash and temporary cash investments

$  126,618 

$   58,862 

    Accounts receivable:

      Billed:

        Customer

    50,605 

    86,842 

        Energy trading and other

    69,194 

    19,943 

      Allowance for uncollectible accounts

       ---  

    (1,411)

    Accounts receivable due from affiliates, net

     6,725 

       ---  

    Materials and supplies (at average cost):

      Operating and construction

    54,200 

    55,849 

      Fuel

    59,648 

    44,469 

    Taxes receivable

    67,203 

    69,701 

    Deferred income taxes

    31,890 

    25,981 

    Prepaid taxes

    12,158 

    17,851 

    Prepaid trades

    41,180 

     2,927 

    Commodity contracts

   121,853 

   156,704 

    Restricted funds

    18,976 

       ---  

    Assets held for sale

     8,000 

     9,259 

    Other

    11,913 

    20,024 

   680,163 

   567,001 

  Property, plant, and equipment:

    In service, at original cost

 5,371,427 

 5,237,353 

    Construction work in progress

   409,957 

   245,038 

 5,781,384 

 5,482,391 

    Accumulated depreciation

(2,127,768)

(2,069,425)

 3,653,616 

 3,412,966 

  Investments and other assets:

    Excess of cost over net assets acquired (Goodwill)

   367,287 

   367,287 

    Unregulated investments

    27,585 

    28,850 

    Other

    13,476 

     7,857 

   408,348 

   403,994 

  Deferred charges:

    Commodity contracts

   639,273 

 1,055,160 

    Other

    89,416 

    66,165 

   728,689 

 1,121,325 

Total assets

$5,470,816 

$5,505,286

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ALLEGHENY ENERGY SUPPLY COMPANY, LLC, AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets (Continued)

               Unaudited               

(In thousands)

June 30
2003

December 31
2002

LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS' EQUITY:

  Current liabilities:

    Short-term debt

$      ---

$  796,966

    Long-term debt due within one year

   300,000

   114,350

    Debentures, notes and bonds reclassified to current

 3,028,197

 1,747,785

    Accounts payable

   171,762

   231,960

    Accounts payable to affiliates, net

       ---

    48,022

    Taxes accrued

    19,699

    23,815

    Commodity contracts

   154,360

   191,186

    Interest accrued

    37,608

    32,565

    Other

    33,827

    68,838

 3,745,453

 3,255,487

  Long-term debt

    91,731

    91,719

  Deferred credits and other liabilities:

    Commodity contracts

   578,328

   592,471

    Unamortized investment credit

    60,572

    61,710

    Deferred income taxes

   227,309

   356,473

    Other

    82,884

    67,545

   949,093

 1,078,199

  Minority interest

    32,123

    31,543

  Members' equity

   652,416

 1,048,338

  Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)

Total liabilities and members' equity

$5,470,816

$5,505,286

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

14


MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

          Unaudited          

          Unaudited           

 

Three Months Ended
June 30

Six Months Ended
June 30

(In thousands)

2003

2002
Restated

2003

2002
Restated

         

Total operating revenues

    $198,220 

    $196,358 

    $515,067

   $ 462,195

         

Cost of revenues:

       

  Fuel consumed for electric generation

      31,202 

      28,178 

      68,260 

      58,728 

  Purchased energy and transmission

      45,688 

      40,744 

      93,498 

      81,261 

  Natural gas purchases

      25,541 

      18,087 

     121,500 

      73,941 

  Deferred energy costs, net

      (7,372)

         270 

     (22,942)

      12,227 

    Total cost of revenues

      95,059 

      87,279 

     260,316 

     226,157 

Net revenues

     103,161 

     109,079 

     254,751 

     236,038 

         

Other operating expenses:

       

  Operation expense

      74,198 

      60,601 

     144,936 

     123,851 

  Depreciation and amortization

      18,584 

      18,673 

      35,414 

      37,334 

  Taxes other than income taxes

      12,405 

      15,936 

      30,532 

      32,284 

    Total other operating expenses

     105,187 

      95,210 

     210,882 

     193,469 

Operating (loss) income

      (2,026)

      13,869 

      43,869 

      42,569 

         

Other income and (expenses), net (Note 11)

       1,916 

       2,246 

      65,866 

       4,744 

         

Interest charges:

       

  Interest on debt and other

      14,314 

      13,275 

      27,330 

      26,566 

  Allowance for borrowed funds used
    during construction and interest
    capitalized

        (157)

        (845)

        (629)

      (1,656)

    Total interest charges

      14,157 

      12,430 

      26,701 

      24,910 

Consolidated (loss) income before
  income taxes and cumulative effect   of accounting change

     (14,267)

       3,685 

      83,034 

      22,403 

         

Federal and state income tax (benefit)   expense

      (6,950)

         931 

      20,296 

       9,341 

         

Consolidated (loss) income before   cumulative effect of accounting   change

      (7,317)

       2,754 

      62,738 

      13,062 

Cumulative effect of accounting   change, net of tax of $314 and
  $79,596, respectively

         ---  

         ---  

        (456)

    (115,437)

Consolidated net (loss) income

    $ (7,317)

    $  2,754  

    $ 62,282 

   $(102,375)

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

15


MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

Unaudited
Six Months Ended
               June 30               

(In thousands)

2003

2002
Restated

     

Cash flows from operations:

   

  Consolidated net income (loss)

   $ 62,282 

 $(102,375)

  Cumulative effect of accounting change, net

        456 

   115,437 

  Consolidated income before extraordinary change

     62,738 

    13,062 

  Reapplication of SFAS No. 71

    (61,724)

       ---  

  Depreciation and amortization

     35,414 

    37,334 

  Gain on disposal

        ---  

    (1,859)

  Deferred investment credit and income taxes, net

     28,713 

    (8,152)

  Deferred energy costs, net

    (22,942)

    12,227 

  Changes in certain assets and liabilities:

   

    Accounts receivable, net

     19,090 

    16,036 

    Materials and supplies

    (15,074)

     2,956 

    Prepaid taxes

      7,647 

     8,721 

    Taxes receivable/payable, net

     18,405 

    10,821 

    Accounts payable

     (9,359)

     3,345 

    Accounts payable to affiliates, net

     37,895 

   (15,299)

    Interest accrued

        194 

       343 

  Other, net

      3,718 

     6,657 

 

    104,715 

    86,192 

     

Cash flows (used in) investing:

  Construction expenditures (less allowance for other than     borrowed funds used during construction)

    (36,313)

   (39,196)

  Proceeds from sale of land

        ---  

     3,118 

 

    (36,313)

   (36,078)

     

Cash flows (used in) financing:

   

  Retirement of debentures, notes, and bonds

    (16,258)

    (1,760)

  Short-term debt, net

      9,785 

   (14,350)

  Notes receivable from affiliates

      8,500 

     3,150 

  Dividends paid:

   

    Preferred stock

     (2,519)

    (2,519)

    Common stock

    (16,377)

   (16,965)

 

    (16,869)

   (32,444)

     

Net change in cash and temporary cash investments

     51,533 

    17,670 

  Cash and temporary investments at January 1

     55,163 

     4,439 

  Cash and temporary investments at June 30

   $106,696 

 $  22,109 

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

16


MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets

               Unaudited               

(In thousands)

June 30
2003

December 31
2002

ASSETS

  Current assets:

    Cash and temporary cash investments

$  106,696 

$   55,163 

    Accounts receivable:

      Billed:

        Customer

    73,389 

    68,261 

        Other

     6,569 

     4,549 

      Unbilled

    32,598 

    51,137 

      Allowance for uncollectible accounts

   (12,577)

    (4,878)

    Notes receivable due from affiliates

       ---  

     8,503 

    Materials and supplies (at average cost):

      Operating and construction

    18,444 

    18,428 

      Fuel, including stored gas

    45,358 

    30,300 

    Deferred energy costs - current

    17,597 

       ---  

    Taxes receivable

       ---  

    33,018 

    Prepaid taxes

    15,945 

    23,592 

    Other, including current portion of regulatory assets

    13,648 

    14,740 

   317,667 

   302,813 

  Property, plant, and equipment:

    In service, at original cost

 2,560,271 

 2,493,002 

    Construction work in progress

    35,543 

    75,678 

 2,595,814 

 2,568,680 

    Accumulated depreciation

(1,221,647)

(1,197,134)

 1,374,167 

 1,371,546 

  Investments and other assets:

    Investment in Allegheny Generating Company

    32,113 

    31,533 

    Other

     8,183 

     6,275 

    40,296 

    37,808 

  Deferred charges:

    Regulatory assets

   113,264 

    90,496 

    Unamortized loss on reacquired debt

    16,430 

    11,347 

    Other

     7,941 

     7,106 

   137,635 

   108,949 

Total assets

$1,869,765 

$1,821,116 

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

17


MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets (Continued)

               Unaudited               

(In thousands)

June 30
2003

December 31
2002

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY:

  Current liabilities:

    Short-term debt

 $    9,785

$      ---

    Debentures, notes, and bonds reclassified
      to current

    690,253

   690,127

    Long-term debt due within one year

     46,819

    65,923

    Accounts payable

     54,406

    63,765

    Accounts payable to affiliates, net

     59,535

    21,472

    Taxes accrued - other

     27,186

    41,799

    Deferred energy costs

        ---

     5,452

    Interest accrued

     13,082

    13,385

    Other

     17,998

    17,564

    919,064

   919,487

  Long-term debt

     28,476

    28,477

  Deferred credits and other liabilities:

    Unamortized investment credit

      5,812

     6,886

    Non-current income taxes payable

     41,067

    41,067

    Deferred income taxes

    217,832

   177,116

    Obligations under capital leases

     14,328

    14,318

    Regulatory liabilities

      4,266

    50,039

    Notes payable to affiliates

     15,361

    15,529

    Other

     25,235

    16,607

    323,901

   321,562

  Preferred stock

     74,000

    74,000

  Stockholder's equity:

    Common stock

    294,550

   294,550

    Other paid-in capital

    110,118

   106,770

    Retained earnings

    119,656

    76,270

    524,324

   477,590

  Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)

Total liabilities and stockholder's equity

 $1,869,765

$1,821,116

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

18


THE POTOMAC EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

          Unaudited          

          Unaudited          

 

Three Months Ended
June 30

Six Months Ended
June 30

(In thousands)

2003

2002
Restated

2003

2002
Restated

         

Total operating revenues

    $207,640 

    $200,797 

    $461,765 

    $422,078 

         

Cost of revenues:

       

  Purchased energy and transmission

     147,625 

     136,417 

     326,981 

     290,558 

  Deferred energy costs, net

         407 

      (1,230)

       2,317 

       2,357 

    Total cost of revenues

     148,032 

     135,187 

     329,298 

     292,915 

Net revenues

      59,608 

      65,610 

     132,467 

     129,163 

         

Other operating expenses:

       

  Operation expense

      29,842 

      25,307 

      58,571 

      51,756 

  Depreciation and amortization

       9,319 

       9,333 

      18,955 

      17,658 

  Taxes other than income taxes

       7,301 

       8,946 

      15,821 

      17,960 

    Total other operating expenses

      46,462 

      43,586 

      93,347 

      87,374 

Operating income

      13,146 

      22,024 

      39,120 

      41,789 

         

Other income and (expenses),
  net (Note 11)

       1,150 

       1,306 

      18,766 

         638 

         

Interest charges:

       

  Interest on debt and other

       7,854 

       7,977 

      15,737 

      16,333 

  Allowance for borrowed funds used during   construction

         (72)

          93 

        (117)

          49 

    Total interest charges

       7,782 

       8,070 

      15,620 

      16,382 

         

Consolidated income before income taxes   and cumulative effect of accounting   change

       6,514 

      15,260 

      42,266 

      26,045 

         

Federal and state income tax expense

         463 

       5,204 

      12,623 

       8,392 

         

Consolidated income before cumulative   effect of accounting change

       6,051 

      10,056 

      29,643 

      17,653 

Cumulative effect of accounting change,   net of tax of $50

         ---  

         ---  

         (79)

         ---  

         

Consolidated net income

    $  6,051 

    $ 10,056 

    $ 29,564 

    $ 17,653 

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

19


THE POTOMAC EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

Unaudited
Six Months Ended
               June 30                

(In thousands)

2003

2002
Restated

     

Cash flows from operations:

   

  Consolidated net income

  $29,564 

  $17,653 

  Cumulative effect of accounting change, net

       79 

      ---  

  Consolidated income before extraordinary change

   29,643 

   17,653 

  Depreciation and amortization

   18,955 

   17,658 

  Deferred energy costs, net

    2,317 

    2,357 

  Reapplication of SFAS No. 71

  (14,100)

      ---  

  Gain on disposal of assets

   (1,885)

      ---  

  Deferred investment credit and income taxes, net

    7,169 

      993 

  Changes in certain assets and liabilities:

   

    Accounts receivable, net

   (2,515)

   (1,277)

    Materials and supplies

      (89)

   (1,049)

    Taxes receivables/payable, net

   21,542 

   10,653 

    Prepaid taxes

    1,696 

    3,961 

    Accounts payable

    4,158 

    4,397 

    Accounts payable to affiliates, net

    5,394 

  (19,259)

  Other, net

   (6,448)

    3,194 

 

   65,837 

   39,281 

     

Cash flows (used in) investing:

   

  Construction expenditures

  (23,286)

  (23,205)

  Proceeds from sale of businesses and assets

    1,087 

      ---  

 

  (22,199)

  (23,205)

     

Cash flows (used in) financing:

   

  Short-term debt, net

      ---  

   (3,647)

  Notes payable to affiliates

   (8,500)

      650 

  Dividends on common stock to parent

  (16,790)

  (12,537)

 

  (25,290)

  (15,534)

     

Net change in cash and temporary cash investments

   18,348 

      542 

  Cash and temporary investments at January 1

    3,169 

    1,608 

  Cash and temporary investments at June 30

  $21,517 

  $ 2,150 

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

20


THE POTOMAC EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets

               Unaudited               

(In thousands)

June 30
2003

December 31
2002

ASSETS

  Current assets:

    Cash and temporary cash investments

$   21,517 

$    3,169 

    Accounts receivable:

      Billed:

        Customer

81,893 

62,033 

        Other

5,732 

4,759 

      Unbilled

29,978 

46,171 

      Allowance for uncollectible accounts

(5,604)

(3,479)

    Notes receivable due within one year

1,179 

---  

    Materials and supplies (at average cost)

13,560 

13,471 

    Taxes receivable

---  

31,734 

    Deferred income taxes

3,521 

3,022 

    Prepaid taxes

6,666 

8,362 

    Other

3,912 

1,291 

162,354 

170,533 

  Property, plant, and equipment:

    In service, at original cost

1,487,618 

1,472,006 

    Construction work in progress

17,192 

10,124 

1,504,810 

1,482,130 

    Accumulated depreciation

(584,561)

(566,796)

920,249 

915,334 

  Investments and other assets

7,513 

4,380 

  Deferred charges:

    Regulatory assets

53,601 

53,632 

    Unamortized loss on reacquired debt

10,555 

10,955 

    Other

7,868 

6,846 

72,024 

71,433 

Total assets

$1,162,140 

$1,161,680 

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

21


THE POTOMAC EDISON COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets (Continued)

               Unaudited               

(In thousands)

June 30
2003

December 31
2002

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY

  Current liabilities:

    Notes and bonds reclassified to current

$  416,140

$  416,026

    Notes payable to affiliates

       ---

     8,500

    Accounts payable

    22,610

    18,452

    Accounts payable to affiliates, net

    46,193

    40,799

    Taxes accrued:

      Federal and state income

        59

       919

      Other

     5,326

    14,658

    Deferred energy costs

     2,229

     2,229

    Interest accrued

     5,009

     5,009

    Other

    13,499

    11,758

   511,065

   518,350

  Deferred credits and other liabilities:

    Unamortized investment credit

     8,092

     8,585

    Noncurrent income taxes payable

    45,244

    45,244

    Deferred income taxes

   164,148

   155,726

    Obligations under capital leases

     9,817

    10,287

    Regulatory liabilities

     9,613

    21,740

    Other

     5,324

     5,686

   242,238

   247,268

  Stockholder's equity:

    Common stock

       224

       224

    Other paid-in capital

   221,145

   221,144

    Retained earnings

   187,468

   174,694

   408,837

   396,062

  Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)

Total liabilities and stockholder's equity

$1,162,140

$1,161,680

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

22


WEST PENN POWER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations

          Unaudited          
Three Months Ended
June 30

          Unaudited          
Six Months Ended
June 30

(In thousands)

2003

Restated
2002

2003

Restated
2002

Total operating revenues

  $269,484 

  $271,073 

  $565,530 

  $561,928 

Cost of revenues:

  Purchased energy and transmission

   160,868 

   160,541 

   336,740 

   333,267 

Net revenues

   108,616 

   110,532 

   228,790 

   228,661 

Other operating expenses:

  Operation expense

    40,175 

    40,763 

    81,187 

    87,212 

  Depreciation and amortization

    19,495 

    18,181 

    39,725 

    37,091 

  Taxes other than income taxes

    15,146 

    11,580 

    34,728 

    29,857 

    Total other operating expenses

    74,816 

    70,524 

   155,640 

   154,160 

Operating income

    33,800 

    40,008 

    73,150 

    74,501 

Other income and (expenses), net
  (Note 11)

     1,504 

     1,369 

     2,138 

    16,163 

Interest charges:

  Interest on debt and other

    10,111 

    12,123 

    20,617 

    24,335 

  Allowance for borrowed funds used
    during construction

       (53)

       (37)

       (50)

      (243)

    Total interest charges

    10,058 

    12,086 

    20,567 

    24,092 

Consolidated income before income
  taxes and cumulative effect of
  accounting change

    25,246 

    29,291 

    54,721 

    66,572 

Federal and state income tax expense

     8,767 

    11,257 

    17,454 

    22,204 

Consolidated income before   cumulative effect of accounting
  change

    16,479 

    18,034 

    37,267 

    44,368 

Cumulative effect of accounting
  change, net of tax of $474

       ---  

       ---  

      (690)

       ---  

Consolidated net income

  $ 16,479 

  $ 18,034 

  $ 36,577 

  $ 44,368 

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

23


WEST PENN POWER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

Unaudited
Six Months Ended
                 June 30               

(In thousands)

2003

2002
Restated

     

Cash flows from operations:

   

  Consolidated net income

 $36,577 

 $ 44,368 

  Cumulative effect of accounting change, net

     690 

      ---  

  Consolidated income before extraordinary change

  37,267 

   44,368 

  Depreciation and amortization

  39,725 

   37,091 

  Amortization of adverse purchase power contract

  (9,533)

  (11,563)

  Loss of disposal of assets

     ---  

  (13,037)

  Deferred investment credit and income taxes, net

   4,778 

    3,101 

  Changes to certain assets and liabilities:

   

    Accounts receivable, net

  12,756 

   (2,929)

    Materials and supplies

    (653)

   (1,106)

    Prepaid taxes

 (24,829)

  (21,298)

    Taxes receivable/payable, net

   2,406 

    8,064 

    Accounts payable

  10,564 

   (3,306)

    Accounts payable to affiliates, net

  14,341 

   (6,655)

  Other, net

  (1,254)

    6,602 

 

  85,568 

   39,332 

     

Cash flows (used in) investing:

   

  Construction expenditures

 (22,856)

  (26,648)

  Proceeds from sale of land

     ---  

   12,784 

 

 (22,856)

  (13,864)

     

Cash flows (used in) financing:

   

  Payments of notes and bonds

 (39,378)

 (105,769)

  Proceeds from long-term debt

     ---  

   79,690 

  Notes receivable from affiliates

     ---  

    4,750 

  Short-term debt, net

     ---  

   23,500 

  Dividends paid on common stock

 (11,938)

  (28,990)

 

 (51,316)

  (26,819)

     

Net change in cash and temporary cash investments

  11,396 

   (1,351)

  Cash and temporary investments at January 1

  37,737 

    6,257 

  Cash and temporary investments at June 30

 $49,133 

 $  4,906 

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

24


WEST PENN POWER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets

   
 

               Unaudited               

(In thousands)

June 30
2003

December 31
2002

ASSETS

   

  Current assets:

   

    Cash and temporary cash investments

$   49,133 

$   37,737 

    Accounts receivable:

   

      Billed:

   

        Customer

    83,128 

    79,964 

        Other

     6,406 

     8,661 

      Unbilled

    56,082 

    68,746 

      Allowance for uncollectible accounts

   (15,406)

   (14,405)

    Materials and supplies (at average cost)

    17,248 

    16,595 

    Taxes receivable

       ---  

     7,966 

    Deferred income taxes

    10,691 

    13,986 

    Prepaid taxes

    24,829 

       --- 

    Regulatory assets

    35,236 

    34,776 

    Other

     6,822 

     5,328 

 

   274,169 

   259,354 

  Property, plant, and equipment:

   

    In service, at original cost

 1,741,069 

 1,724,221 

    Construction work in progress

    31,340 

    27,595 

 

 1,772,409 

 1,751,816 

    Accumulated depreciation

  (655,393)

  (626,696)

 1,117,016 

 1,125,120 

     

  Investments and other assets

     5,695 

     3,333 

     

  Deferred charges:

   

    Regulatory assets

   394,521 

   406,575 

    Unamortized loss on reacquired debt

     3,713 

     3,988 

    Other

     8,054 

     7,751 

 

   406,288 

   418,314 

     

Total assets

$1,803,168 

$1,806,121 

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

25


WEST PENN POWER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets (Continued)

 
 

               Unaudited                

(In thousands)

June 30
2003

December 31
2002

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY

   

  Current liabilities:

   

    Long-term debt due within one year

  $  159,363

$   75,996

    Notes and bonds reclassified to current

     387,551

   510,229

    Accounts payable

      39,018

    28,454

    Accounts payable to affiliates, net

      59,980

    45,666

    Taxes accrued:

   

      Federal and state income

       4,606

       ---

      Other

       6,362

    16,528

    Interest accrued

       2,004

     2,047

    Adverse power purchase commitments

      18,552

    19,064

    Other

      13,947

    16,458

 

     691,383

   714,442

     

  Deferred credits and other liabilities:

   

    Unamortized investment credit

      18,529

    19,003

    Noncurrent income taxes payable

      24,017

    24,017

    Deferred income taxes

     300,659

   298,154

    Obligations under capital leases

      11,075

    12,064

    Regulatory liabilities

      13,610

    13,936

    Adverse power purchase commitments

     227,126

   236,147

    Other

      11,105

     7,333

606,121

610,654

  Stockholder's equity:

    Common stock

      65,842

    65,842

    Other paid-in capital

     248,407

   248,407

    Retained earnings

     191,415

   166,776

     505,664

   481,025

     

  Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)

   
     

Total liabilities and stockholder's equity

  $1,803,168

$1,806,121

     
     

See accompanying Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

26


ALLEGHENY GENERATING COMPANY
Statements of Operations

 

          Unaudited          
Three Months Ended
June 30

           Unaudited          
Six Months Ended
June 30

(In thousands)

2003

Restated
2002

2003

Restated
2002

         

Affiliated operating revenues

   $17,224

   $16,640

   $34,437

   $31,526

         

Operating expenses:

       

  Operation expense

     1,233

       966

     2,711

     2,437

  Depreciation

     4,250

     4,247

     8,536

     8,494

  Taxes other than income taxes

       854

       906

     1,709

     1,813

    Total operating expenses

     6,337

     6,119

    12,956

    12,744

Operating income

    10,887

    10,521

    21,481

    18,782

         

Other income and (expenses), net
  (Note 11)

        78

         1

       124

         1

         

Interest on debt and other

     3,572

     2,897

     7,184

     5,750

         

Income before income taxes

     7,393

     7,625

    14,421

    13,033

         

Federal and state income tax expense

     2,712

     2,518

     4,895

     4,088

         

Net income

   $ 4,681

   $ 5,107

   $ 9,526

   $ 8,945

See accompanying Combined Notes to Financial Statements.

27


ALLEGHENY GENERATING COMPANY
Statements of Cash Flows

 

Unaudited
Six Months Ended
               June 30               

(In thousands)

2003

2002
Restated

Cash flows from operations:

   

  Net income

  $ 9,526 

  $ 8,945 

  Depreciation

    8,536 

    8,494 

  Deferred investment credit and income tax, net

   (3,113)

   (3,792)

  Changes in certain assets and liabilities:

   

    Materials and supplies

       (1)

       46 

    Taxes receivable/payable, net

   18,863 

    1,025 

    Accounts payable

        6 

    1,178 

    Affiliated accounts receivable/payable, net

   10,042 

      200 

    Interest accrued

      213 

      ---  

  Other, net

      967 

      387 

 

   45,039 

   16,483 

     

Cash flows (used in) investing:

   

  Construction expenditures

   (1,930)

     (892)

     
     

Cash flows (used in) financing:

   

  Notes payable to parent

   30,000 

   (8,550)

  Short-term debt, net

  (55,000)

      ---  

  Cash dividends paid on common stock

   (7,000)

   (7,000)

 

  (32,000)

  (15,550)

     

Net change in cash and temporary cash investments

   11,109 

       41 

  Cash and temporary investments at January 1

    2,104 

       11 

  Cash and temporary investments at June 30

  $13,213 

  $    52 

See accompanying Combined Notes to Financial Statements.

28


 

 

ALLEGHENY GENERATING COMPANY
Balance Sheets

               Unaudited              

(In thousands)

June 30
2003

December 31
2002

ASSETS

  Current assets:

    Cash and temporary cash investments

   $ 13,213 

 $  2,104 

    Accounts receivable from parents/affiliates, net

      1,765 

   11,807 

    Materials and supplies (at average cost)

      2,230 

    2,229 

    Taxes receivable affiliated/nonaffiliated

        --- 

   11,929 

    Other

        107 

      363 

     17,315 

   28,432 

  Property, plant, and equipment:

    In service, at original cost

    830,282 

  829,428 

    Construction work in progress

      5,146 

    4,070 

    835,428 

  833,498 

    Accumulated depreciation

   (286,626)

 (278,090)

    548,802 

  555,408 

  Deferred charges:

    Regulatory assets

      8,108 

    8,108 

    Unamortized loss on reacquired debt

      5,068 

    5,368 

    Other

        113 

      237 

     13,289 

   13,713 

Total assets

   $579,406

 $597,553

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

   

  Current liabilities:

   

    Short-term debt

   $    --- 

 $ 55,000 

    Long-term debt due within one year

     50,000 

   50,000 

    Debentures reclassified as current

     99,330 

   99,273 

    Taxes accrued

      6,934 

      ---  

    Other

      3,686 

    3,238 

 

    159,950 

  207,511 

     

  Long-term note payable to parent

     30,000 

      ---  

     

  Deferred credits and other liabilities:

   

    Unamortized investment credit

     40,573 

   41,233 

    Deferred income taxes

    165,055 

  167,089 

    Regulatory liabilities

     25,834 

   26,252 

    Taxes payable to affiliates - long-term

     18,199 

   18,199 

 

    249,661 

  252,773 

  Stockholders' equity:

   

    Common stock

          1 

        1 

    Other paid-in capital

    132,669 

  132,669 

    Retained earnings

      7,125 

    4,599 

 

    139,795 

  137,269 

     

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

   $579,406 

 $597,553 

See accompanying Combined Notes to Financial Statements.

29


ALLEGHENY ENERGY, INC.
Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2003
(UNAUDITED)

The notes to the consolidated financial statements that follow are a combined presentation for Allegheny and its subsidiary registrants. The following chart indicates the registrants to which the footnotes apply:

Note

Allegheny

AE Supply

Monongahela

Potomac Edison

West Penn

AGC

1. Basis of Interim Presentation

X

X

X

X

X

X

2. Debt Covenants and Liquidity   Strategy

X

X

X

X

X

X

3. Energy Trading Activities

X

X

       

4. Assets Held for Sale

X

X

       

5. Goodwill and Other Intangible   Assets

X

X

X

X

X

 

6. Derivative Instruments and   Hedging Activities

X

X

       

7. Other Comprehensive Income

X

X

X

X

X

X

8. Business Segments

X

 

X

     

9. Accounting for the Effects of   Price Deregulation

X

 

X

X

X

 

10. Earnings per Share

X

         

11. Other Income and Expenses,   Net

X

X

X

X

X

X

12. Asset Retirement Obligations

X

X

X

X

X

X

13. Guarantees

X

X

       

14. Variable Interest Entities

X

         

15. Commitments and   Contingencies

X

X

X

X

X

 

16. Subsequent Events

X

X

X

     

30

 

ALLEGHENY ENERGY, INC.
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1: BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying unaudited interim financial statements of Allegheny Energy, Inc. (AE), together with its consolidated subsidiaries (Allegheny), should be read in conjunction with the Annual Report on the combined Form 10-K of Allegheny Energy, Inc.; Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC; Monongahela Power Company; The Potomac Edison Company; West Penn Power Company; and Allegheny Generating Company for the year ended December 31, 2002.

The interim financial statements included herein have been prepared by Allegheny, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Accordingly, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of the United States of America (GAAP) have been condensed or omitted, and management believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading.

In the opinion of management, the unaudited interim financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments which are necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002; cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002; and financial position at June 30, 2003, and December 31, 2002. Because of the seasonal nature of Allegheny's utility operations at Monongahela, Potomac Edison, and West Penn, results for the six months ended June 30, 2003, are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2003. For more information on the seasonal nature, see Part I, Item 1, Risk Factors, Other Risk Factors Associated with Our Business, in Allegheny's 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

As discussed in the Quarterly Financial Information notes in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K (See Note 24 for Allegheny, Note 21 for AE Supply and Monongahela, Note 16 for Potomac Edison, Note 14 for West Penn, and Note 11 for AGC), results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002, have been restated as a result of Allegheny's Comprehensive Financial Review (See Note 2 for Allegheny, AE Supply, Monongahela, Potomac Edison, and West Penn.) Accordingly, the statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2002, also have been restated.

Certain amounts in the December 31, 2002, consolidated balance sheets for Allegheny, AE Supply, and West Penn have been reclassified for comparative purposes.

Federal and State Income Taxes. The provisions for income tax (benefit) expense for (loss) earnings from operations result in an effective income tax rate, which differs from the federal statutory rate of 35 percent principally due to state income taxes, tax credits, effects of utility rate making, and certain non-deductible expenses.

Stock-Based Employee Compensation. Allegheny maintains a stock-based employee compensation plan, which is described in greater detail in Note 18, Stock-Based Compensation, to the consolidated financial statements of AE's 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K. There were no option grants issued during the first quarter of 2003. During the second quarter of 2003, 1,500,000 stock options were deemed granted in accordance with SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation."

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Allegheny accounts for this plan under the recognition and measurement principles of Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees," and related interpretations. No stock-based employee compensation expense has been recognized in consolidated net loss, as all options granted under the plan had an exercise price that equaled the market price of the underlying stock on the date of the grant. Allegheny adopted the disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 148, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation - Transition and Disclosure, an Amendment of SFAS No. 123," effective for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2002. The following table illustrates the effect on consolidated net loss and earnings per share as if Allegheny had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation."

Three Months Ended
June 30

Six Months Ended
June 30

(In millions, except per share data)

2003

Restated
2002

2003

Restated
2002

Consolidated net loss:

  As reported

  $(231.5)

  $ (33.5)

  $(290.3)

  $ (87.9)

  Pro forma

   (231.7)

    (33.7)

   (291.4)

    (89.7)

Loss per share (basic and diluted):

  As reported

  $ (1.82)

  $  (.27)

  $ (2.29)

  $  (.70)

  Pro forma

    (1.82)

     (.27)

    (2.30)

     (.72)

NOTE 2: DEBT COVENANTS AND LIQUIDITY STRATEGY

Debt Covenants

Allegheny refinanced existing debt and issued new debt, on February 25, 2003, and March 13, 2003, as the result of its entry into the Borrowing Facilities, as described below. See Item 8, Note 3, Debt Covenants and Liquidity Strategy, to the consolidated financial statements in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K for both Allegheny and AE Supply for additional information regarding the Borrowing Facilities. Issuance costs associated with the Borrowing Facilities totaled $46.6 million, of which $46.3 million has been deferred and will be amortized using the effective interest rate method over the life of the Borrowing Facilities.

AE, AE Supply, Monongahela, and West Penn entered into agreements (Borrowing Facilities) totaling $2,447.8 million with various credit providers to refinance and restructure the bulk of AE and AE Supply's short−term debt.

Following is a summary of the terms of the Borrowing Facilities:

1. Facilities at AE, Monongahela and West Penn:

·

A $305.0 million unsecured facility with AE, Monongahela, and West Penn as the designated borrowers, and under which AE has utilized the full facility amount. Borrowings under this facility bear interest at a London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR) based rate plus a margin of five percent or a designated money center bank's base rate plus four percent. This facility requires quarterly amortization payments of $7.5 million;

·

A $25.0 million unsecured credit facility at AE. This facility had an interest rate of a designated money center bank's base rate plus four percent and was retired in July 2003; and

·

A $10.0 million unsecured credit facility at Monongahela. This facility was subsequently renegotiated as part of a $55 million revolving facility, of which $53.6 million was drawn. See Note 16, Subsequent Events, for additional information.

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2. Facilities at AE Supply:

·

A $987.7 million credit facility (the Refinancing Credit Facility) at AE Supply, of which $893.4 million is secured by substantially all of the assets of AE Supply. Borrowings under the facility bear initial interest at a LIBOR−based rate plus a margin of six percent or a designated money center bank's base rate plus a margin of five percent on the secured portion. The interest rate margin applicable to unsecured borrowings under the facility is 10.5 percent. This facility requires amortization payments of approximately $23.6 million in September 2004, and $117.8 million in December 2004, and matures in April 2005;

·

A $470.0 million credit facility, of which $420 million was committed and is outstanding and $50.0 million is no longer committed. The facility is secured by substantially all of AE Supply's assets. Borrowings under the facility bear interest at a LIBOR−based rate plus six percent or a designated money center bank's base rate plus a margin of five percent. This facility requires an amortization payment of $250.0 million in December 2003 and payment of the balance of $170.0 million in September 2004; and

·

A $270.1 million credit facility (the Springdale Credit Facility) associated with the financing of the construction of AE Supply's new generating facility in Springdale, Pennsylvania, and which is secured by a combination of that facility and substantially all of AE Supply's assets. Borrowings under the facility bear interest at a LIBOR−based rate plus a margin of six percent or a designated money center bank's base rate plus a margin of five percent on the portion secured by substantially all of AE Supply's assets. The interest rate margin applicable to the remainder of the borrowings under the facility is 10.5 percent. This facility requires amortization payments of $6.4 million in September 2004, and $32.2 million in December 2004, and matures in April 2005.

In addition, $380.0 million of indebtedness related to the discontinued St. Joseph, Indiana generating project, in the form of A−Notes, was restructured and assumed by AE Supply. Of this debt, $343.7 million is secured by substantially all of the assets of AE Supply, other than its new generating facility in Springdale, Pennsylvania. The secured portion of this debt bears an interest rate of 10.25 percent, and the unsecured portion bears interest at 13.0 percent. This debt matures in November 2007.

The $420.0 million committed and borrowed by AE Supply under the $470.0 million facility represents new liquidity. The Borrowing Facilities at AE Supply also refinanced $1,637.8 million of existing debt and letters of credit, including $894.9 million outstanding under various credit agreements, and $270.1 million outstanding related to the construction of AE Supply's generating facility in Springdale, Pennsylvania, which went into commercial operation in July 2003. The Borrowing Facilities at AE, Monongahela, and West Penn refinanced $340.0 million of existing debt and letters of credit.

Until August 1, 2003, after certain conditions associated with securing the collateral under the Borrowing Facilities were met on July 19, 2003, the LIBOR component charged AE Supply under the Borrowing Facilities with respect to secured borrowings had a two percent floor. Also, since AE Supply was unable to secure all of the Borrowing Facilities and the restructured A−Note debt before July 31, 2003, the

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interest rates charged on the amounts not so secured increased to a spread of 10.5 percent over the applicable LIBOR−based rate, which contains a two percent floor for unsecured borrowings, or the designated money center bank's base rate for the Refinancing Credit Facility and the Springdale Credit Facility, and the interest rate increased to 13.0 percent for the unsecured portion of the $380.0 million A−Note debt retroactively to February 25, 2003, the closing date of the Borrowing Facilities. The total amounts unsecured under the Refinancing Credit Facility, the Springdale Credit Facility and the A−Note debt are approximately $94.3 million, $175.8 million and $36.3 million, respectively.

AE Supply utilized $2,057.8 million under the Borrowing Facilities and the restructured A−Notes. Of the total, either AE Supply's new generating facility in Springdale, Pennsylvania or substantially all of AE Supply's assets secures $1,927.2 million. A covenant in AE Supply's public debt places limitations, with certain exceptions, upon the issuance of secured debt. This limitation will constrain AE Supply's ability to borrow additional funds until outstanding secured debt is reduced.

The interest rates payable by AE Supply under certain parts of the Borrowing Facilities are tied to AE Supply's credit ratings. Should AE Supply's credit ratings improve from its current ratings to certain specified higher ratings, the rate of interest AE Supply would be required to pay under the Refinanced Credit Facility and the Springdale Credit Facility could decrease by .5 percent to 1.0 percent for the secured portion of those credit facilities.

Allegheny is required to meet certain financial tests, as defined in the Borrowing Facilities agreements, including:

·

fixed−charge coverage ratio of 1.10 through the first quarter of 2005; and

·

maximum debt−to−capital ratio of 75 percent in 2003 and 72 percent from 2004 through the first quarter of 2005.

AE Supply also is required to meet certain financial tests, as defined in the Borrowing Facilities agreements, including:

·

minimum earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), as defined in the agreements, of $100.0 million by June 30, 2003, increasing to $304 million by December 31, 2003, to $430.0 million in increments for the 12 months ending each quarter through the first quarter of 2005;

·

interest coverage ratio of not less than 0.75 through June 30, 2003, increasing to 1.10 by December 31, 2003, 1.50 by December 31, 2004, through the first quarter of 2005; and

·

minimum net worth of $800.0 million (subject to downward adjustment under specific circumstances).

Effective July 22, 2003, Allegheny and AE Supply were granted waivers from compliance with all of the above financial tests for the first and second quarters of 2003. Effective August 22, 2003, Allegheny and AE Supply received additional waivers of the financial tests for the third quarter of 2003.

The Borrowing Facilities also have provisions requiring prepayments out of the proceeds of asset sales and debt and equity issuances, as follows:

·

75 percent of the net proceeds of sales of assets of Allegheny (excluding AE Supply and its subsidiaries) up to $400.0 million, and 100 percent thereafter;

·

75 percent of the net proceeds of sales of assets of AE Supply and its subsidiaries up to $800.0 million, and 100 percent thereafter, excluding AE Supply's new facility in Springdale, Pennsylvania;

·

100 percent of the net proceeds of any sale of AE Supply's new facility in Springdale, Pennsylvania;

·

100 percent of the net proceeds of debt issuances (excluding specified exemptions, including an exemption of up to $50 million for the Distribution Companies and refinancings meeting certain criteria);

·

100 percent of net proceeds from equity issuances;

·

50 percent of Allegheny's (excluding AE Supply and its subsidiaries) excess cash flow (as defined in the Borrowing Facilities); and

·

50 percent of AE Supply's excess cash flow (as defined in the Borrowing Facilities).

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The Borrowing Facilities also contain restrictive covenants that limit Allegheny's ability to: borrow funds; incur liens; enter into a merger or other change of control transaction; sell assets; make investments; prepay indebtedness; amend contracts; pay dividends and other distributions on Allegheny's equity; and operate Allegheny's business, by requiring it to adhere to an agreed business plan.

Substantially all of the debt of AE, AE Supply, Monongahela, Potomac Edison, West Penn, and AGC remains classified as current, in accordance with EITF Issue No. 86-30, "Classification of Obligations When a Violation is Waived by the Creditor," as the result of noncompliance with certain financial reporting covenants. Allegheny and AE Supply have obtained waivers of these covenants for each of the quarterly reporting periods through and including September 30, 2003. For the debt obligations at Monongahela, Potomac Edison, West Penn, and AGC, the classification as current is the result of noncompliance with certain reporting requirements in their various indenture agreements. See Item 8, Note 3, Debt Covenants and Liquidity Strategy, to the consolidated financial statements in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K for Monongahela, Potomac Edison, and West Penn, and Note 2, Debt Covenants, to the consolidated financial statements in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K for AGC for additional inf ormation regarding the nature of these financial reporting covenant violations.

The debt holders have not provided Monongahela, Potomac Edison, West Penn, and AGC with any notices of default under the agreements. Such notices, if received, would allow Monongahela, Potomac Edison, West Penn, and AGC either 30 or 60 days to cure their respective noncompliance before the debt holders could accelerate the due dates of the debt obligations.

On September 29, 2003, Mountaineer obtained waivers with respect to its Note Purchase Agreements extending the respective agreements' covenant due dates for the 2002 annual audited financial statements until October 31, 2003. Also, Mountaineer has obtained waivers for the delivery of its unaudited financial statements to the noteholders for the first, second, and third quarters of 2003. Mountaineer provided its 2002 annual audited financial statements to noteholders on October 31, 2003. Mountaineer is required to deliver the first quarter 2003 unaudited financial statements by December 30, 2003. The second and third quarter 2003 unaudited financial statements are required to be delivered by February 1, 2004. These dates both include a 30-day grace period that is provided under the Note Purchase Agreements.

Liquidity Strategy

Allegheny has prepared its financial statements assuming that it will continue as a going concern. However, Allegheny's noncompliance with certain of its reporting obligations under its debt covenants

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(described above) and the resultant classification of certain debt as current has caused its independent auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, to issue a modified opinion on the financial statements, within the 2002 Annual Report, that indicates there is substantial doubt about Allegheny's ability to continue as a going concern (a "Going Concern" opinion). The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the resolution of this uncertainty.

Allegheny is in the process of preparing its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended September 30, 2003, and September 30, 2002, and will file such reports as soon as they are available. Thereafter, Allegheny plans to file its subsequent public financial reports on a timely basis.

Allegheny has adopted a long−term strategy of focusing on the core generation and T&D businesses in which it has been historically engaged. Allegheny will seek, consistent with regulatory constraints, to manage its business lines as an integrated whole. Implementing this strategy will be a significant challenge, in part, because of the continuing legacy of past transactions that have negatively affected Allegheny's operations and financial condition.

Allegheny has taken a number of recent actions to improve its financial condition. These steps include substantial senior management changes; completion of key financing transactions, including the refinancing of principal credit facilities (as discussed above); exiting from Western United States energy markets; refocusing trading activities; asset sales; restructuring and cost−reducing initiatives; and improving internal controls and reporting.

Private Placement: On July 24, 2003, Allegheny obtained $291 million ($275 million after deducting various fees and placement agents' commissions) from the issuance to a special purpose finance subsidiary of AE, Allegheny Capital Trust I (Capital Trust), of units consisting of $300 million principal amount of 11 7/8 percent Notes due 2008 and warrants for the purchase of up to 25 million shares of AE's common stock, exercisable at $12 per share. The warrants are mandatorily exercisable if AE's common stock price equals or exceeds $15 per share over a specified averaging period occurring after June 15, 2006. The warrants are stapled to the notes and may be exercised only through the tender of the notes. The finance subsidiary obtained proceeds required to purchase the units by issuing $300 million liquidation amount of its 11 7/8 percent Mandatorily−Convertible Trust Preferred Securities to investors in a private placement. The holder of a preferred security is enti tled to distributions on a corresponding principal amount of notes and may direct the exercise of warrants stapled to the notes in order to convert the preferred securities into AE common stock. AE guarantees Capital Trust's payment obligations under the preferred securities. In accordance with SFAS No. 150, "Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity," Allegheny's consolidated balance sheet will reflect the Notes as long−term debt. The Notes and AE's guarantee of Capital Trust's payment obligations are subordinated only to indebtedness arising under the agreements governing certain of AE's indebtedness under the Borrowing Facilities.

Exiting from Western United States Energy Markets: Allegheny worked through 2003 to accomplish AE Supply's effective exit from the Western United States energy markets. Its positions based in the Western United States had been a substantial source of earnings and cash flow volatility and risk, and trading in these markets does not fit with Allegheny's new business model.

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Renegotiation and Sale of CDWR Contract. In June 2003, AE Supply entered into a settlement agreement with the State of California to resolve the state's litigation regarding its power supply contracts with the CDWR. The terms of the settlement reduced the volume of power to be delivered from 2005−2011 and reduced the sale price of off−peak power to be delivered from 2004−2011, which in turn substantially reduced the value of the contract. (See Notes 26 and 23 of AE's and AE Supply's 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K, respectively, under "Other Litigation−CDWR" for additional information). On September 15, 2003, Allegheny closed the sale of the CDWR contract and associated hedge transactions, to J. Aron & Company, a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., for approximately $354 million. Allegheny has applied $214 million of the sale proceeds to required payments under agreements entered into to terminate tolling agreements with Williams Energy Marketing and Tradi ng Company (Williams) and Las Vegas Cogeneration II (LV Cogen), a unit of Black Hills Corporation, as described below. Allegheny will apply an additional $28 million of the proceeds to make required payments in March and September of 2004 under the agreement with Williams. Approximately $26 million is being held in a pledged account for the benefit of AE Supply's creditors. This arrangement is intended to enhance AE Supply's ability to refinance certain unsecured borrowings. Approximately $71 million of the sale proceeds were placed in escrow for the benefit of J. Aron & Company, pending Allegheny's fulfillment of certain post−closing requirements. When the escrowed funds are released, approximately $50 million will be added to the pledged account and AE Supply will receive the balance. The remaining $15 million of sale proceeds have been used to partially offset certain of the hedges related to the CDWR contract and to pay fees and expenses associated with the transaction.

Agreement to Terminate Williams Toll. In July 2003, AE Supply entered into a conditional agreement with Williams to terminate its 1,000 MW tolling agreement with Williams. Under the agreement, AE Supply made an initial payment to Williams of approximately $2.4 million to satisfy certain amounts under a related hedge agreement. Allegheny made a $100 million payment to Williams after the close of the sale of the CDWR contract. Allegheny will make two payments of $14 million to Williams in March and September of 2004. The tolling agreement will terminate when the final $14 million payment is made.

Termination of LV Cogen Toll. In mid−September, 2003, AE Supply terminated its 222 MW tolling agreement with LV Cogen. Allegheny made a $114 million termination payment to LV Cogen after the closing of the sale of the CDWR contract.

In July and August 2003, AE Supply contracted for the sale of the CDWR contract and related hedges to J. Aron & Company and for the termination of tolling agreements with Williams and LV Cogen. As of December 31, 2002, and June 30, 2003, the fair value of the CDWR contract and the related hedges plus the Williams and LV Cogen tolling agreements was $525.7 million and $158.1 million, respectively, resulting in an unrealized loss of $367.6 million. Note 3 of the 2002 Annual Report included on Form 10-K, for both AE and AE Supply, reported a fair value at December 31, 2002 of $554.5 million; however, primarily due to counterparty modifications, the fair value of the CDWR contract and the related hedges plus the Williams and LV Cogen tolling agreements as of December 31, 2002, has been revised to $525.7 million. This had no impact on other previously disclosed amounts.

From January 1, 2003, through the date that these contracts were either sold or agreements were reached to terminate the contracts, the aggregate fair value of the contracts decreased by approximately $435 million. As a result of the sale of the CDWR contract and related hedges and the agreements to terminate

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the Williams and LV Cogen tolling agreements in the third quarter of 2003, Allegheny incurred a net loss of approximately $50 million, before income taxes. This loss was determined excluding the approximately $71 million of sale proceeds that were placed in escrow pending Allegheny's fulfillment of certain post−closing requirements.

After completing these major transactions, Allegheny's remaining trading exposures to the Western United States energy markets consisted of several shorter−term trades that hedged the CDWR contract and several long−term hedges of the LV Cogen tolling agreement. Allegheny subsequently entered into agreements to close-out these remaining open positions.

Refocusing Trading Activities: Adoption of Asset−Based Trading Strategy. AE Supply is reorienting its trading operations from high−volume financial trading in national markets to asset optimization and hedging within its region. AE Supply is implementing this rebalancing over time as its liquidity allows. Effectively exiting the Western United States energy markets, together with unwinding substantial non−core trading positions, has enabled AE Supply to reduce long−term trading−related cash out flows and collateral obligations. In the future, AE Supply will seek to concentrate its efforts in the PJM, Midwest, and Mid−Atlantic markets where it has a physical presence and greater market knowledge. Ultimately, AE Supply intends to conduct asset optimization and hedging activities with the primary objective of locking in cash flows associated with AE Supply's portfolio of core physical generating and load positions.

Relocation of Trading Operations. AE Supply moved its energy marketing operations from New York to Monroeville, Pennsylvania, on May 5, 2003, and has reduced its trading operations. This transition will result in ongoing cost savings and improve integration with AE Supply's generation activity. The reduced staffing levels are intended to reflect the newly revised focus of the trading function. Management believes that both trading and marketing and generation operations can be enhanced by locating trading personnel closer to personnel managing AE Supply's generating assets. Personnel involved in the separate functions can be cross−trained and will be better positioned to enhance the relationship between the two functions.

Asset Sales: In 2002, Allegheny announced that it was considering asset sales as part of an overall strategy to address its liquidity requirements. Allegheny has achieved the sale of its most significant assets with a nexus to the Western United States. Allegheny has also closed the sale of its interest in the Conemaugh Generating Station (Conemaugh), as described below. Allegheny continues to consider the sale of additional assets, especially non−core assets, including Mountaineer.

Land Sales. Effective February 14, 2002, West Penn, through its subsidiary West Virginia Power and Transmission Company, sold 12,000 acres of land in Canaan Valley, W.Va., to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for $16 million. Effective December 18, 2002, it also sold a 2,468−acre tract of land for $6.9 million and made a charitable contribution of a 740 acre tract in Canaan Valley, W.Va., to Canaan Valley Institute.

Fellon−McCord and Alliance Services, LLC. Effective December 31, 2002, AE sold Fellon−McCord, its natural gas and electricity consulting and management services firm, and Alliance Energy Services, LLC, (Alliance Energy Services) a provider of natural gas supply and transportation services, to Constellation Energy Group for approximately $21.8 million.

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Conemaugh Generating Station. On June 27, 2003, AE Supply completed the sale of its 83 MW share of the coal−fired Conemaugh Generating Station, located near Johnstown, Pennsylvania, to a subsidiary of UGI Development Corporation, (UGI), for approximately $46.3 million, which does not include a contingent amount of $5 million. This contingent amount could be received in full, in part, or not at all, depending upon AE Supply's performance of certain post−closing obligations.

Restructuring and Cost−Reducing Initiatives: Allegheny has taken several actions to align its operations with its strategy and reduce its cost structure.

Termination of Non−Core Construction Activity. In 2002, AE Supply ceased construction and planning of various merchant generation projects to attempt to conserve cash and other resources and focus its resources on its core generating assets.

Restructuring of Operations. In July 2002, Allegheny announced a restructuring plan intended to strengthen its financial performance by, among other things, reducing its workforce. Allegheny has achieved workforce reductions of more than 10 percent through a voluntary Early Retirement Option (ERO) program and selected staff reductions. In 2002, approximately 600 eligible employees accepted the ERO program resulting in a charge of $82.6 million, before income taxes. Allegheny will continue to take actions intended to reduce costs and improve productivity in all of its operations.

Suspension of Dividends. The Board of Directors of AE determined not to declare a dividend on AE's common stock for the fourth quarter of 2002. Covenants contained in Allegheny's new Borrowing Facilities entered into in February 2003, and in the indenture entered into in connection with the convertible trust preferred securities issuance in July 2003, as well as regulatory limitations under PUHCA, are expected to preclude AE from declaring or paying cash dividends for the foreseeable future.

Elimination of Preemptive Rights. On March 14, 2003, AE's common stockholders approved an amendment to AE's articles of incorporation eliminating common stockholders' preemptive rights. The elimination of preemptive rights removes an obstacle to AE's ability to privately place equity or convertible securities.

Improving Internal Controls and Reporting: Comprehensive Accounting Review. Commencing in the third quarter of 2002, Allegheny undertook a comprehensive and extended review of its financial information and internal controls and procedures. This review included extensive involvement by top management and directors, independent auditors and other outside service firms. Allegheny continues to address its controls environment and reporting procedures, as well as its SEC filing and other outstanding reporting obligations. See Part I, Item 4, "Controls and Procedures," for a detailed discussion.

Associated Risks: There are many attendant risks, both with Allegheny's current liquidity situation and the measures that have been undertaken to remedy the situation in the short−term. These risks can be viewed as liquidity risks associated with the Borrowing Facilities, asset sales risks, and risks associated with the restructuring.

Liquidity Risks Associated with the Borrowing Facilities: These risks would include increased interest rate risk and additional borrowing costs. Also, required prepayments under the Borrowing Facilities will absorb a large portion of future estimated cash flows and will limit Allegheny's ability to raise capital for purposes other than debt repayment.

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Asset Sales Risks: If asset sales do occur, it is likely that they would not be at terms as favorable as the market conditions existing when the assets were originally acquired. This situation could expose Allegheny to a loss in value on those assets.

Restructuring Risks: In association with the workforce reductions, winding−down and relocation of the energy trading operations, and the cancellation of construction projects, Allegheny is faced with the risk of losing experienced personnel, diverting management resources away from continuing operations, and failing to realize anticipated cost reductions.

There is no guarantee that Allegheny will be able to complete its plan to strengthen its liquidity in the short−term and move to its longer−term strategy of remaining an integrated energy company with a focus on its fundamental power generation and delivery businesses.

In 2003, Allegheny's cash flows are expected to be adequate to meet all of its payment obligations and to fund capital expenditures. Allegheny expects that cash flows from operations will not be sufficient in 2004 to cover future obligations, including its capital expenditure requirements. Allegheny expects that it will need to sell certain assets or arrange for alternative financing in order to repay the principal amounts under the Borrowing Facilities scheduled for the third and fourth quarters of 2004.

NOTE 3: ENERGY TRADING ACTIVITIES

As of January 1, 2003, EITF Issue No. 02-3, "Accounting for Contracts Involved in Energy Trading and Risk Management," resulted in a change in the Company's accounting for certain commodity contracts related to AE Supply's energy trading activities. AE Supply analyzed its commodity contracts to determine which contracts are derivatives as defined by SFAS No. 133. The contracts determined to be derivatives continue to be recorded at their fair value.

As a result of the adoption of EITF Issue No. 02-3, AE Supply recorded a charge against earnings of $12.1 million, net of income taxes ($19.7 million, before income taxes) as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle on January 1, 2003. This charge represents the fair value of those contracts previously accounted for under EITF Issue No. 98-10, "Accounting for Energy Trading and Risk Management Activities," that no longer qualify for mark-to-market accounting. Under EITF Issue No. 02-3, mark-to-market accounting is precluded for energy trading contracts that are not derivatives pursuant to SFAS No. 133.

The netting of gains and losses of trading revenues under EITF 02-3 with associated costs can result in negative net revenue amounts. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, AE Supply reported $303.4 million and $405.6 million in losses from wholesale operating revenues, which are a component of, and reported as, operating revenues in AE Supply's Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The net fair value of AE Supply's commodity contracts decreased by $399.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, as a result of $368.4 million of unrealized losses recorded during the first six months of 2003 primarily due to changes in market conditions, $19.7 million due to the cumulative effect

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of an accounting change attributable to the adoption of EITF 02-3, and $11.7 million in option premium expirations during the first six months of 2003. There has been, and may continue to be, significant volatility in the market prices for electricity and natural gas at the wholesale level, which will impact AE Supply's operating results.

NOTE 4: ASSETS HELD FOR SALE

AE Supply had the following assets held for sale at June 30, 2003, and December 31, 2002:

(In millions)

June 30
2003

December 31
2002

Turbine/Generator set
  from a cancelled project

$ 8.0

$ 9.3

In September 2002, AE Supply cancelled the planned construction of a 79 MW barge-mounted generation project. As a result of AE Supply's decision to sell the turbine/generator set that was acquired for this project, the investment in the turbine/generator set was classified as an asset held for sale and written down to its estimated fair value in the third quarter of 2002. The sale of the turbine/generator set was completed in August 2003.

In February 2003, a subsidiary of AE Supply entered into an agreement to sell its 83 MW share of the coal-fired Conemaugh Generating Station (Conemaugh) to UGI Development Company (UGI) for approximately $46.3 million. As a result, AE Supply has written down its investment in Conemaugh to approximately $45.8 million, which represents the agreed upon sales price less estimated costs to sell the asset. This write-down resulted in a loss of approximately $28.5 million, before income taxes, which was recorded in operation expense on the consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2003. In June 2003, the agreement was modified to include $5.0 million for contingent consideration, bringing the total purchase price to $51.3 million. The loss above does not include any amounts of contingent compensation. The sale of Conemaugh was completed in June 2003.

AE Supply's assets held for sale are included in Allegheny's generation and marketing segment.

NOTE 5: GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

There have been no changes in goodwill from the period December 31, 2002, to June 30, 2003.

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The components of other intangible assets, excluding intangible assets of $38.6 million related to an additional minimum pension liability (see Note 17 of AE's 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K), were as follows:

 

June 30, 2003

December 31, 2002

(In millions)

Gross
Carrying
Amount

Accumulated
Amortization

Gross
Carrying
Amount

Accumulated
Amortization

Included in Property, Plant, and Equipment on the consolidated balance sheets:

       

  Land easements, amortizable

   $ 97.0

    $24.7

   $ 97.0

    $24.1

  Land easements, unamortizable

     31.6

      ---

     31.6

      ---

  Natural gas rights

    6.6

   3.7

    6.6

   3.5

  Total

   $135.2

    $28.4

   $135.2

    $27.6

Amortization of intangible assets was $0.8 million and $21.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, respectively, and $0.4 million and $6.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, respectively. Amortization for 2003 does not include 2002 amortization of $20.2 million related to Alliance Energy Services, which was sold December 31, 2002. For the six months ended June 30, 2003, the $0.8 million of amortization was comprised primarily of approximately $0.4 million for Potomac Edison, and approximately $0.2 million, each, for both West Penn and Monongahela.

Amortization expense is estimated to be $1.5 million annually for 2004 through 2008.

NOTE 6: DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

Allegheny utilizes derivative instruments to manage its exposures to various market risks as described in its 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The following information supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, Note 4, Energy Trading Activities, and Note 9, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, to the consolidated financial statements in Allegheny's 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

For the six months ended June 30, 2003, Allegheny did not have any instruments that were designated as a hedge for accounting purposes. AE Supply records commodity contracts related to energy trading that are derivative instruments at their fair value in accordance with SFAS No. 133. See Note 3, Energy Trading Activities.

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NOTE 7: OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Allegheny's comprehensive income, and the components of other comprehensive income, net of income taxes, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002 were as follows:

Three Months Ended
June 30

Six Months Ended
June 30

(In millions)

2003

Restated
2002

2003

Restated
2002

Consolidated net loss

 $(231.5)

 $ (33.5)

 $(290.3)

 $ (87.9)

Other comprehensive (loss) income,
  Net of income taxes

    Unrealized holding gains (losses) on
      available for sale securities, net
      of income taxes

     ---  

     (.1)

     ---  

      .1 

    Reclassification adjustment for
      (gains) losses included in net
      loss, net of income taxes

     ---  

     ---  

     (.1)

      .9 

    Net unrealized gains (losses) on
      available for sale securities

     ---  

     (.1)

     (.1)

     1.0 

    Unrealized gains (losses) on cash
      flow hedges, net of income taxes

     ---

    (2.7)

     ---  

    25.7 

    Reclassification adjustment for
      (gains) losses included in net
      loss, net of income taxes

     ---  

      .9 

     ---  

    (7.9)

    Net unrealized gains (losses) on
      cash flow hedges

     ---  

    (1.8)

     ---  

    17.8 

    Total other comprehensive (loss)
      income

     ---  

    (1.9)

     (.1)

    18.8 

Consolidated comprehensive loss

 $(231.5)

 $ (35.4)

 $(290.4)

 $ (69.1)

For the six months ended June 30, 2003, $0.1 million of net unrealized losses on available for sale securities relates to AE Supply. For the three months and six months ended June 30, 2002, $0.1 million of the net unrealized loss and $1.0 million of the net unrealized gain, respectively, on available for sale securities relates to AE. For the three months and six months ended June 30, 2002, $1.8 million of unrealized losses and $17.8 million of unrealized gains, respectively, on cash flow hedges relates to AE Supply, with the remainder related to AE activities.

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NOTE 8: BUSINESS SEGMENTS

AE Supply, Potomac Edison, West Penn and AGC have only one segment. Business segment information for Allegheny is summarized below. Significant transactions between reportable segments are shown as eliminations to reconcile the segment information to consolidated amounts.

Allegheny

Three Months Ended
June 30

Six Months Ended
June 30

(In millions)

2003

Restated
2002

2003

Restated
2002

Total operating revenues:

   Delivery and Services

$   665.5 

$   789.7 

$ 1,516.4 

$ 1,704.1 

   Generation and Marketing

     33.3 

    323.1 

    314.1 

    811.2 

   Eliminations

   (339.6)

   (328.2)

   (755.6)

   (725.6)

   Total

$   359.2 

$   784.6 

$ 1,074.9 

$ 1,789.7 

Operating (loss) income:

   Delivery and Services

$    39.6 

$    81.7 

$   133.6 

$   160.6 

   Generation and Marketing

   (335.7)

    (58.3)

   (472.6)

     48.0 

   Eliminations

      7.1 

      4.3 

    (12.4)

     (5.0)

   Total

$  (289.0)

$    27.7 

$  (351.4)

$   203.6 

Consolidated (loss) income before
cumulative effect of accounting change:

   Delivery and Services

$     4.3 

$    25.9 

$    53.7 

$    65.1 

   Generation and Marketing

   (240.2)

    (62.0)

   (315.6)

    (19.4)

   Eliminations

      4.4 

      2.6 

     (7.6)

     (3.1)

   Total

$  (231.5)

$   (33.5)

$  (269.5)

$    42.6 

Cumulative effect of accounting change,net:

   Delivery and Services

$     ---  

$     ---  

$    (1.3)

$  (130.5)

   Generation and Marketing

      ---  

      ---  

    (19.5)

      ---  

   Total

$     ---  

$     ---  

$   (20.8)

$  (130.5)

Consolidated net (loss) income:

   Delivery and Services

$     4.3 

$    25.9 

$    52.4 

$   (65.4)

   Generation and Marketing

   (240.2)

    (62.0)

   (335.1)

    (19.4)

   Eliminations

      4.4 

      2.6 

     (7.6)

     (3.1)

   Total

$  (231.5)

$   (33.5)

$  (290.3)

$   (87.9)

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Business segment information for Monongahela is summarized below. Significant transactions between reportable segments are shown as eliminations to reconcile the segment information to consolidated amounts.

Monongahela

Three Months Ended
June 30

Six Months Ended
June 30

(In millions)

2003

Restated
2002

2003

Restated
2002

Total operating revenues:

   Delivery and Services

$   185.3 

$   192.1 

$   479.1 

$   449.6 

   Generation and Marketing

     79.9 

     70.2 

    177.5 

    146.9 

   Eliminations

    (67.0)

    (65.9)

   (141.5)

   (134.3)

   Total

$   198.2 

$   196.4 

$   515.1 

$   462.2 

Operating (loss) income:

   Delivery and Services

$    (3.7)

$    21.2 

$    28.2 

$    47.7 

   Generation and Marketing

      1.7 

     (7.3)

     15.7 

     (5.1)

   Total

$    (2.0)

$    13.9 

$    43.9 

$    42.6 

Consolidated (loss) income before cumulative effect of accounting change:

   Delivery and Services

$    (6.9)

$     7.9 

$     8.3 

$    19.0 

   Generation and Marketing

     (0.4)

     (5.1)

     54.4 

     (6.0)

   Total

$    (7.3)

$     2.8 

$    62.7 

$    13.0 

Cumulative effect of accounting change,
net:

   Delivery and Services

$     ---  

$     ---  

$    (0.4)

$  (115.4)

   Generation and Marketing

      ---  

      ---  

      ---  

      ---  

   Total

$     ---  

$     ---  

$    (0.4)

$  (115.4)

Consolidated net (loss) income:

   Delivery and Services

$    (6.9)

$     7.9 

$     7.9 

$   (96.4)

   Generation and Marketing

     (0.4)

     (5.1)

     54.4 

     (6.0)

   Total

$    (7.3)

$     2.8 

$    62.3 

$  (102.4)

NOTE 9: ACCOUNTING FOR THE EFFECTS OF PRICE DEREGULATION

Allegheny's reserve for adverse power purchase commitments, which is recorded entirely on West Penn's consolidated balance sheet, decreased as follows for the six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002:

 

Six Months Ended
June 30

(In millions)

2003

Restated
2002

Decrease in adverse power purchase
  commitments

$  9.5

$ 11.6

As described in Notes 14, 10, and 7 to the consolidated financial statements in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K for AE, Monongahela, and Potomac Edison, respectively, the provisions of SFAS No. 71, "Accounting for the Effects of Certain Types of Regulation," were reapplied to Monongahela's West Virginia jurisdictional generating assets in the first quarter of 2003. Upon reapplication of SFAS No. 71, Monongahela and Potomac Edison recorded gains of $61.7 million and $14.1 million, respectively, in

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Other Income and Expenses, Net in their consolidated statements of operations, primarily as a result of the elimination of rate stabilization reserve and the reestablishment of regulatory assets related to deferred income taxes and deferred losses on reacquired debt.

As of December 31, 2002, Allegheny had no generating assets subject to SFAS No. 71. As a result of the reapplication of SFAS No. 71 in the first quarter of 2003, Monongahela's generating assets became subject to SFAS No. 71. Allegheny's consolidated balance sheets include the amounts listed below for generating assets not subject to SFAS No. 71.

(In millions)

June 30
2003

December 31
2002

Property, plant, and equipment

  $4,032.2 

  $4,604.8 

Amounts under construction included above

     398.9 

     291.4 

Accumulated depreciation

  (1,775.4)

  (2,257.2)

NOTE 10: EARNINGS PER SHARE

Allegheny's average basic and diluted shares for purposes of computing earnings per share for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, were as follows:

Three Months Ended
June 30

Six Months Ended
June 30

2003

2002

2003

2002

Basic common shares outstanding

126,883,664 

125,436,520 

126,719,304 

125,343,220 

Shares contingently issuable

         ---*

         ---*

         ---*

         ---*

Diluted common shares outstanding

126,883,664 

125,436,520 

126,719,304 

125,343,220 

* Effects not included as amounts are not dilutive.

The excluded shares of common stock from the diluted common shares outstanding, listed above, that are contingently issuable under Allegheny's stock option plans for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, were as follows:

Three Months Ended
June 30

Six Months Ended
June 30

2003

2002

2003

2002

Shares contingently issuable

  251,894

  436,435

  251,894

  419,876

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NOTE 11: OTHER INCOME AND EXPENSES, NET

Other income and expenses, net, represent nonoperating revenues and expenses before income taxes. The following table summarizes Allegheny's other income and expenses, net, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002.

 

Three Months Ended
June 30

Six Months Ended
June 30

(In millions)

2003

Restated
2002

2003

Restated
2002

Allegheny:

       

  Reapplication of SFAS No. 71

   $ ---  

   $ ---  

   $75.8 

   $ ---  

  Impairment charges related to
    unregulated investments

     ---  

    (9.2)

     ---  

    (9.2)

  Gain on Friendship Park land sale

     ---  

     ---  

     1.9 

     ---  

  Gain on Canaan Valley land sale

     ---  

     ---  

     ---  

    14.4 

  Other

     1.3 

     5.2 

     3.9 

     1.8 

  Total

   $ 1.3 

   $(4.0)

   $81.6 

   $ 7.0 

         

AE Supply:

       

  Other

   $ (.1)

   $ 1.2 

   $ (.4)

   $(1.2)

         

Monongahela:

       

  Reapplication of SFAS No. 71

   $ ---  

   $ ---  

   $61.7 

   $ ---  

  Equity in earnings of AGC

     1.1 

     1.0 

     2.2 

     2.1 

  Gain on Canaan Valley land sale

     ---  

     ---  

     ---  

     1.9 

  Other

     0.8 

     1.2 

     2.0 

      .7 

  Total

   $ 1.9 

   $ 2.2 

   $65.9 

   $ 4.7 

         

Potomac Edison:

       

  Reapplication of SFAS No. 71

   $ ---  

   $ ---  

   $14.1 

   $ ---  

  Gain on Friendship Park land sale

     ---  

     ---  

     1.9 

     ---  

  Other

     1.2 

     1.3 

     2.8 

      .6 

  Total

   $ 1.2 

   $ 1.3 

   $18.8 

   $  .6 

         

West Penn:

       

  Gain on Canaan Valley land sale

   $ ---  

   $ ---  

   $ --- 

   $12.5 

  Other

     1.5 

     1.4 

     2.1 

     3.7 

  Total

   $ 1.5 

   $ 1.4 

   $ 2.1 

   $16.2 

         

AGC:

       

  Interest income

   $ 0.1 

   $ --- 

   $ 0.1 

   $ ---  

NOTE 12: ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

Effective January 1, 2003, Allegheny adopted SFAS No. 143, which provides accounting and disclosure requirements for retirement obligations associated with long-lived assets. SFAS No. 143 requires that the fair value of asset retirement costs for which Allegheny has a legal obligation be recorded as liabilities with an equivalent amount added to the asset cost. The liability is accreted (increased) to its present value each period and the capitalized cost is depreciated over the useful life of the related asset. Upon settlement of the liability, an entity settles the obligation for its recorded amount or records a gain or loss if it is settled at a different amount.

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Allegheny recorded retirement obligations primarily related to ash landfills, underground and aboveground storage tanks, and natural gas wells. Allegheny also has identified a number of retirement obligations associated with certain other assets that have not been recorded, because the fair value of such obligations cannot be reasonably estimated, due primarily to the indeterminate lives of the assets.

The effect of adopting SFAS No. 143 on Allegheny's consolidated statement of operations was a cumulative effect adjustment to decrease net income by $8.6 million ($14.0 million, before income taxes). The effect of adopting SFAS No. 143 on Allegheny's consolidated balance sheet was a $3.4 million increase in property, plant, and equipment, net, a $2.3 million increase in non-current regulatory assets, and the recognition of $19.7 million in non-current liabilities.  The effect of adopting SFAS No. 143 on Allegheny's subsidiaries, which was recorded in the period ending March 31, 2003, was as follows:

 

 

Effect of Adopting SFAS No. 143
Increase (Decrease)

(In millions)

Property, Plant, and Equipment, Net

Non-Current Regulatory Asset

Non-Current
Liabilities
(AROs)

Pre-Tax Income

After-Tax Income

AE Supply

   $ .3

   $---

   $12.2

$(11.9)

 $(7.4)

Monongahela

    3.0

    2.3

     6.1

   (.8)

   (.4)

Potomac Edison

     .1

    ---

      .2

   (.1)

   (.1)

West Penn

    ---

    ---

     1.2

  (1.2)

   (.7)

AGC

    ---

    ---

     ---

   ---  

   ---  

Total Allegheny

   $3.4

   $2.3

   $19.7

$(14.0)

 $(8.6)

With respect to property, plant, and equipment at Monongahela for which Asset Retirement Obligations (ARO) were identified and cost of removal currently is being recovered through rates, Allegheny believes it is probable that any difference between expenses under SFAS No. 143 and expenses recovered currently in rates will be recoverable in future rates and is deferring such expenses as a regulatory asset.

During the six months ended June 30, 2003, Allegheny's ARO balance increased $1.4 million from $19.7 million at January 1, 2003, to $21.1 million at June 30, 2003. This increase, of which $1.1 million related to AE Supply, was due to accretion expense.

Allegheny's regulated utility subsidiaries have recorded in accumulated depreciation the removal costs collected from customers related to assets that do not have associated retirement obligations under SFAS No. 143. These estimated removal costs, which represent a regulatory liability (asset) and remain in accumulated depreciation, were as follows at June 30, 2003: $223.6 million for Monongahela, $151.0 million for Potomac Edison, and ($7.0) million for West Penn, which totaled $367.6 million. Total estimated removal costs included in Allegheny's accumulated depreciation at December 31, 2002, were $356.5 million.

Had the provisions of SFAS No. 143 been adopted on January 1, 2002, there would not be a material impact on Allegheny's consolidated net loss before cumulative effect of accounting change, consolidated net loss, and earnings per share for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2002.

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NOTE 13: GUARANTEES

In November 2002, the FASB issued FIN 45, "Guarantor's Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness to Others," which requires disclosures by a guarantor concerning its obligations under certain guarantees that it has issued. FIN 45 also requires recognizing, at the inception of a guarantee, a liability for the fair value of the obligation undertaken in issuing the guarantee. The recognition and measurement provisions of FIN 45 are effective on a prospective basis for guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002.

Allegheny has not provided or modified any guarantees during the first six months of 2003 that would require recognition as a liability in its consolidated financial statements in accordance with FIN 45.

At June 30, 2003, Allegheny has provided guarantees, either directly or indirectly, of $97.4 million for contractual obligations of affiliated companies, as discussed by major category below. This does not include letters of credit. Under the terms of the guarantees, Allegheny would be required to perform should an affiliate be in default of its obligation, generally for an amount not to exceed the amount disclosed. The term of these guarantees coincides with the term of the underlying agreement. There are no amounts being carried as liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets for Allegheny's obligations under these guarantees.

Of the guarantees provided to third parties, approximately $51.3 million relate to guarantees associated with the purchase, sale, exchange, or transportation of wholesale natural gas, electric power, and related services. Allegheny provided loan guarantees of $41.6 million to third parties for loans and other financing related guarantees. Allegheny provided guarantees of $4.5 million to third parties pursuant to two lease agreements that were signed in 2001 and 2002.

In July of 2003, AE Supply provided an indemnification to the purchaser of its CDWR contract in the event that an unfavorable outcome of certain litigation has a negative impact on the value of the CDWR contract. Allegheny is evaluating whether this indemnification will be required to be recorded as a liability in accordance with FIN 45 with any impact being recognized in the third quarter of 2003.

NOTE 14: VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES

There has been no change with respect to Allegheny's initial assessment of the potential effect of applying FIN 46 as discussed in Commitments and Contingencies, (See Note 26 for AE; Note 23 for AE Supply and Monongahela; Note 18 for Potomac Edison; and Note 16 for West Penn) to the consolidated financial statements in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K. There has been no impact during the six months ended June 30, 2003, from the adoption of FIN 46, and Allegheny continues to evaluate the potential effect of FIN 46.

NOTE 15: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Environmental Matters and Litigation

Allegheny is subject to various laws, regulations, and uncertainties as to environmental matters. Compliance may require Allegheny to incur substantial additional costs to modify or replace existing and proposed equipment and facilities and may adversely affect the cost of future operations.

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Clean Air Act and CAAA Matters: In 1998, the EPA finalized its Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) State Implementation Plan (SIP) call rule (known as the NOx SIP call) to address the regional transport of ground-level ozone that requires the equivalent of a uniform 0.15 lb/mmBtu emission rate throughout a 22-state region, including Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, beginning in May 2003. Allegheny's compliance with such stringent regulations has required and will require the installation of expensive post-combustion control technologies on most of its power stations. During 2000, Pennsylvania and Maryland promulgated final rules to implement the EPA's NOx SIP call requirements, beginning in May 2003. During 2001, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection issued a final rule to implement the EPA's NOx SIP call requirements, beginning in May 2004. The EPA approved the West Virginia SIP in July of 2002. The EPA's NOx SIP call had been subject to litigation but, in 2000, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision that upheld the regulation. The court issued a subsequent order that postponed the initial compliance date of the NOx SIP call from May 2003 to May 2004. Maryland and Pennsylvania did not delay the May 2003 implementation dates of their respective SIP, nor are they legally required to do so. AE Supply and Monongahela are in the process of installing NOx controls to meet the Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia SIP. AE Supply and Monongahela also have the option to purchase, in some cases, alternate fuels, NOx allowances, or power on the market, if needed, to supplement their compliance strategy. AE Supply and Monongahela expect to be in compliance with NOx limits established by the SIP. Allegheny's construction forecast includes the expenditure of $35.8 million of capital costs during the 2003 through 2004 period for NOx emission controls.

In August 2000, AE received a letter from the EPA requesting that it provide information and documentation relevant to the operation and maintenance of the following 10 electric generating stations, collectively including 22 generating units: Albright, Armstrong, Fort Martin, Harrison, Hatfield's Ferry, Mitchell, Pleasants, Rivesville, R. Paul Smith, and Willow Island. AE Supply and Monongahela own these electric generating stations. The letter requested information under Section 114 of the Clean Air Act to determine compliance with the Clean Air Act and related requirements, including potential application of the new source review standards, which can require the installation of additional air pollution control equipment upon the major modification of an existing facility. Responsive submissions were made during 2000 and 2001. In July 2002, AE received a follow-up letter from the EPA requesting clarifying information. AE provided responsive information.

Similar inquiries have been made of other electric utilities and have resulted in enforcement proceedings being brought in most cases. AE believes that its subsidiaries' generating facilities have been operated in accordance with the Clean Air Act and the rules implementing it. The experience of other energy companies, however, suggests that, in recent years, the EPA has narrowed its view regarding the scope of the definition of "routine maintenance" under its rules, thereby broadening the range of actions subject to compliance with new source review standards. Under previous EPA interpretations, these same actions did not trigger application of those standards. Section 114 information requests concerning facility modifications are often followed by enforcement actions. The EPA contacted AE and requested a meeting, which was held on July 16, 2003.

At this time, AE is not able to determine what effect the EPA's inquiry may have on its operations. If new source review standards are applied to Allegheny's generating stations, in addition to the possible

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imposition of fines, compliance would entail significant expenditures. However, the recent preliminary judicial decision in the EPA vs. Duke Energy case, as well as the final Routine Maintenance, Repair, and Replacement Rule recently released by the EPA, are more consistent with the energy industry's historical compliance approach. Therefore, at this time, AE and its subsidiaries are not able to determine the effect these actions may have on them with regard to compliance costs.

The Attorneys General of New York and Connecticut, in letters dated September 15, 1999, and November 3, 1999, respectively, notified AE of their intent to commence civil actions against AE and/or its subsidiaries alleging violations at the Fort Martin Power Station under the federal Clean Air Act, which requires power plants that make major modifications to comply with the same New Source Review emission standards applicable to new power plants. Other governmental agencies may commence similar actions in the future. Fort Martin Power Station is located in West Virginia and is now jointly owned by AE Supply and Monongahela. Both Attorneys General stated their intent to seek injunctive relief and penalties. In addition, the Attorney General of the State of New York indicated that he may assert claims under the state common law of public nuisance seeking to recover, among other things, compensation for alleged environmental damage caused in New York by the operation of the Fort Martin Power Stat ion. At this time, AE and its subsidiaries are not able to determine what effect, if any, these actions may have on them.

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) Claim: On March 4, 1994, Monongahela, Potomac Edison, and West Penn (the Distribution Companies) received notice that the EPA had identified them as potentially responsible parties (PRPs) with respect to the Jack's Creek/Sitkin Smelting Superfund Site. Initially, approximately 175 PRPs were involved, however, the current number of active PRPs is approximately 80. The costs of remediation will be shared by all responsible parties. In 1999, a PRP group that included the Distribution Companies entered into a consent order with the EPA to remediate the site. It is currently estimated that the total remediation costs to be borne by all of the responsible parties will not exceed $30 million. However, Allegheny estimates that its share of the cleanup liability will not exceed $1.0 million, which has been accrued as a liability.

Claims Related to Alleged Asbestos Exposure: Monongahela, Potomac Edison, and West Penn have also been named as defendants along with multiple other defendants in pending asbestos cases involving multiple plaintiffs. While Allegheny believes that all of the cases are without merit, Allegheny cannot predict the outcome of the litigation. Allegheny has accrued a reserve of $4.0 million as of June 30, 2003, related to the asbestos cases as the potential cost to settle the cases to avoid the anticipated cost of defense. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, Allegheny did not receive any insurance recoveries related to these cases. During the six months ended June 30, 2002, Allegheny received $1.8 million of insurance recoveries, net of $0.4 million of legal fees, related to these cases.

Other:  As part of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit review process at the Connellsville West Side facility, oil and PCB contamination has been noted at the facility. Steps have been taken to address the oil contamination and monitoring is continuing at the site. The internal investigation into the source of the oil is ongoing in accordance with several Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) programs. At June 30, 2003, the accrued liability balance was $0.8 million, as an estimate of the total remediation cost at the facility.

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Other Litigation

Nevada Power Contracts: On December 7, 2001, Nevada Power Company (NPC) filed a complaint with the FERC against AE Supply, which sought FERC action to modify prices payable to AE Supply under three trade confirmations dated December 4, 2000, January 16, 2001, and February 7, 2001, between Merrill Lynch and NPC, and entered into under the Western Systems Power Pool Master Agreement. The transactions related to power sales during 2002. NPC's claim was based, in part, on the assertion that dysfunctional California spot markets had an adverse effect on the prices NPC was able to negotiate with AE Supply under the contracts. NPC filed substantially identical complaints against a number of other energy suppliers.

A hearing was held before a FERC administrative law judge (ALJ) in late 2002. On December 19, 2002, the ALJ issued findings that no contract modification was warranted on the grounds that dysfunctional California spot markets did not have an adverse effect on the contract prices. The ALJ determined in favor of NPC that AE Supply, rather than Merrill Lynch, was a proper subject of NPC's complaint.

On June 26, 2003, the FERC affirmed the ALJ's decision upholding the long-term contracts negotiated between NPC and AE Supply. The FERC did not render a decision on whether AE Supply was a legitimate party in interest to the three trade confirmations at issue.

On November 10, 2003, the FERC issued an order on rehearing affirming its conclusion that the long-term contracts should not be modified. On July 3, 2003, Snohomish County filed a petition for review of the FERC's June 26 order with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On July 30, 2003, the FERC filed a motion with the Ninth Circuit to, among other things, dismiss Snohomish's petition for review as "incurably premature." On August 18, 2003, AE Supply filed a Motion to Intervene Out-of-Time in that proceeding. On November 17, 2003, the Ninth Circuit Court ordered that the motion to dismiss be held in abeyance pending motions to be filed within 14 days of the FERC's decision regarding the requests for hearing. On November 19 and 20, 2003, three separate petitions for review of the FERC's orders in the NPC proceedings were filed with two different circuits, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On Decem ber 10, 2003, the NPC petitions were consolidated in the Ninth Circuit. On December 17, 2003, AE Supply filed a motion in the Ninth Circuit to intervene in actions pending in the Snohomish County proceeding. AE Supply cannot predict the outcome of this matter.

Sierra/Nevada: On April 2, 2003, NPC and Sierra Pacific Resources, Inc., (together Sierra/Nevada) initiated a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Nevada against AE and AE Supply, together with Merrill Lynch & Co. and Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc. (together, Merrill). The complaint alleged that Allegheny and Merrill engaged in fraudulent conduct in connection with NPC's application to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (Nevada PUC) for a deferred energy accounting adjustment, which allegedly caused the Nevada PUC to disallow $180.0 million of NPC's deferred energy expenses. Sierra/Nevada asserted three causes of action against Allegheny arising from the alleged fraudulent conduct. These include: (1) tortious interference with Sierra/Nevada's contractual and prospective economic advantages, (2) conspiracy, and (3) violations of the Nevada state Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act. Sierra/Nevada filed an amended complaint on May 30, 2003, in wh ich

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it asserted a fourth cause of action against Allegheny for wrongful hiring and supervision. Sierra/Nevada seeks $180.0 million in compensatory damages plus attorneys fees. Under the RICO count, Sierra/Nevada seeks in excess of $850.0 million.

AE and AE Supply filed motions to dismiss the complaints on May 6, 2003, and June 23, 2003. Sierra/Nevada filed an opposition on July 21, 2003. AE and AE Supply filed a reply to Sierra/Nevada's opposition on August 11, 2003. AE and AE Supply cannot predict the outcome of this matter.

Settlement of Litigation Related to Power Supply Contracts with the CDWR: In March and April 2001, AE Supply entered into a ten-year and a one-year power sales agreements, pursuant to a master power purchase and sale agreement (together, the CDWR contracts) with the CDWR, the electricity buyer for the State of California. The CDWR contracts constituted one of Allegheny's key assets. In February 2002, the California Public Utilities Commission (California PUC) and the California Electricity Oversight Board (CAEOB) filed complaints with the FERC seeking to abrogate or modify the contracts. In January 2003, the CDWR filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court alleging that AE Supply breached the contracts and seeking a judicial determination that the contracts were terminated along with monetary damages.

On June 10, 2003, AE Supply and CDWR entered into a settlement agreement with renegotiated terms and conditions of the CDWR contract. The settlement reduces the off-peak power prices payable by CDWR under the ten-year contract from $61 per MWh from 2004 to 2011 to $60 in 2004, $59 in 2005, and $58 in 2006 through 2011. The settlement terms also reduce the volume of power to be purchased from 1,000 MW from 2005-2011 to 750 MW in 2005 and 800 MW from 2006 through 2011. The renegotiated contract also states that the parties waive all rights to challenge the validity of the agreement or whether it is just and reasonable for its duration. These modifications reduced the value of the CDWR contract by approximately $152 million. The terms of the settlement also provide that the California PUC and CAEOB agree to drop their complaints against AE Supply at FERC, and CDWR and the California Attorney General agree to drop their lawsuit filed in California Superior Court. The parties agreed that all litig ation will be withdrawn with prejudice.

The settlement agreement has been approved by the California PUC. The FERC issued an order approving the settlement on July 11, 2003. On August 15, 2003, the CDWR filed a notice of entry of dismissal with prejudice with the California Superior Court in Sacramento, and the clerk of the court entered the dismissal as requested. The sale to J. Aron & Company was approved by FERC on August 25, 2003. On September 15, 2003, Allegheny sold the CDWR contract and related hedge agreements to J. Aron, a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Putative Class Actions Under California Statutes: Nine related putative class action lawsuits against AE Supply and more than two dozen other named defendant power suppliers were filed in various California superior courts during 2002. These class-action suits were removed to federal court and transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Eight of the suits were commenced by consumers of wholesale electricity in California. The ninth, "Millar v. Allegheny Energy Supply Co., et al.," was filed on behalf of California taxpayers. The complaints allege, among other things, that AE Supply and the other defendant power suppliers violated California's antitrust statute and the California unfair business practices statute by allegedly manipulating the California electricity market over a period of years. The suits also challenge the validity of various long-term power contracts with the State of California, including the CDWR contract.

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On August 25, 2003, AE Supply's motion to dismiss seven of the eight consumer class actions with prejudice was granted by the U.S. District Court. Plaintiffs' counsel in these seven actions filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on September 29, 2003. AE Supply has not been served in the eighth consumer class action, "Kurtz v. Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, LLC." The allegations in this complaint are substantively identical to those in the dismissed actions. This case is still pending in the U.S. District Court.

The District Court separately granted plaintiffs' motion to remand in the taxpayer action, Millar, on June 8, 2003. AE Supply and the other defendants plan to file a demurrer as soon as the plaintiffs file a notice of return to California Superior Court.

AE Supply cannot predict the outcome of these matters.

In May of 2002, a California state legislator brought a claim on behalf of California taxpayers against AE Supply and 30 other power suppliers, as well as Vikram Budhraja, a contract negotiator for the CDWR. The suit, styled as "McClintock v. Budhraja, et al." and brought in California Superior Court in Los Angeles County, alleged, among other things, that Budhraja had a conflict of interest during negotiations. AE Supply was never served in this action. Plaintiffs sought a judicial declaration that the energy contracts are void and unenforceable as a matter of law, as well as judicial intervention to prohibit further performance on the energy contracts by any defendant. On November 25, 2003, plaintiffs filed a request for dismissal with prejudice of the McClintock action in its entirety. The dismissal with prejudice was entered on December 2, 2003.

Putative Shareholder, Derivative, and Benefit Plan Class Actions: From October 2002 through December 2002, plaintiffs claiming to represent purchasers of AE's securities filed 14 putative class-action lawsuits against AE and several of its former senior managers in U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of New York and the District of Maryland. The complaints allege that AE and senior management violated federal securities laws when AE purchased Merrill Lynch's energy marketing and trading business with the knowledge that the business was built on illegal wash or round-trip trades with Enron, which the complaints allege artificially inflated trading revenue, volume and growth. The complaints assert that AE's fortunes fell when Enron's collapse exposed what plaintiffs claim were illegal trades in the energy markets. The complaints do not specify requested relief.

In February and March 2003, two putative class action lawsuits were filed against AE in U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of New York and the District of Maryland. The suits allege that AE and a senior manager violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) by: (1) failing to provide complete and accurate information to plan beneficiaries regarding the energy trading business, among other things; (2) failing to diversify plan assets; (3) failing to monitor investment alternatives; (4) failing to avoid conflicts of interest; and (5) violating fiduciary duties.

In June 2003, a shareholder derivative action was filed against AE's Board of Directors and several former senior managers in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York. The suit alleges that the Board and senior management breached fiduciary duties to AE that have exposed AE to the securities class-action lawsuits.

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Both the securities cases and the ERISA cases have been transferred to the District of Maryland for coordinated or consolidated pre-trial proceedings. The derivative action has been stayed pending the commencement of discovery in the securities cases. AE has not yet answered the complaints. AE cannot predict the outcome of these matters.

Suits Related to Gleason Generating Facility: Allegheny Energy Supply Gleason Generating Facility, LLC, a subsidiary of AE Supply, is the defendant in a suit brought in the Circuit Court for Weakley County, Tennessee, by residents living in the vicinity of the generating facility in Gleason, Tennessee. The original suit was filed on September 16, 2002. AE Supply purchased the peaking facility in 2001. The plaintiffs are asserting claims based on trespass and/or nuisance, claiming personal injury and property damage as a result of noise from the generating facility during operation. They seek a restraining order with respect to the operation of the plant and damages of $200 million. During a motions and preliminary matters hearing on October 14, 2003, the judge assigned this case to mediation. Furthermore, he ordered the mediation to conclude by July 1, 2004. AE has undertaken property purchases and other mitigation measures. AE cannot predict the outcome of this suit.

AE Supply has demanded indemnification from Siemens Westinghouse, the manufacturer of the turbines used in the facility, pursuant to the terms of the equipment purchase agreement. On October 17, 2002, Siemens Westinghouse filed a request for a declaratory judgment in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania seeking a declaration that it has been released from all liability arising out of the turbines that it furnished to the Gleason Facility, pursuant to a release signed by the prior owner of the Gleason Facility, even though the release was executed by the prior owner six (6) months after it had sold the Gleason Facility to AE Supply. This case is currently in the discovery process. AE cannot predict the outcome of this suit or whether it will be able to recover amounts from Siemens Westinghouse.

Litigation Involving Merrill Lynch: AE and AE Supply entered into an asset purchase agreement with Merrill Lynch and affiliated parties in 2001, whereby AE and AE Supply purchased Merrill Lynch's energy marketing and trading business for approximately $489 million and an equity interest in AE Supply of nearly two percent. The asset purchase agreement provides that Merrill Lynch would have the right to require AE to purchase Merrill Lynch's equity interest in AE Supply for $115 million plus interest calculated from March 16, 2001, in the event that certain conditions were not met.

On September 24, 2002, certain Merrill Lynch entities filed a complaint against AE in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that AE breached the asset purchase agreement by failing to repurchase the equity interest in AE Supply from Merrill Lynch and seeking damages in excess of $125 million.

On September 25, 2002, AE and AE Supply commenced an action against Merrill Lynch in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York. The complaint in that lawsuit alleges that Merrill Lynch fraudulently induced AE to enter into the purchase agreement and that Merrill Lynch breached certain representations and warranties contained in the purchase agreement. The lawsuit sought damages in excess of $605 million, among other relief.

On October 23, 2002, AE filed a motion to stay Merrill Lynch's federal court action in favor of AE and AE Supply's action in New York state court. On May 29, 2003, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied AE's motion to stay Merrill Lynch's action and ordered that AE

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and AE Supply assert its claims against Merrill Lynch, which were initially brought in New York state court as counterclaims in Merrill Lynch's federal court action. As a result, AE and AE Supply dismissed its New York state action and, on June 13, 2003, AE and AE Supply filed an answer, affirmative defense and counterclaims against Merrill Lynch in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Much like AE and AE Supply's complaint in New York state court, the counterclaims allege that Merrill Lynch fraudulently induced AE and AE Supply to enter into the purchase agreement, that Merrill Lynch breached certain representations and warranties contained in the purchase agreement, and that Merrill Lynch breached fiduciary duties owed to AE and AE Supply. The counterclaims seek damages in excess of $605 million, among other relief.

On August 29, 2003, AE and AE Supply filed amended counterclaims that, among other things, added a claim against Merrill Lynch for negligent misrepresentation. Merrill Lynch moved to dismiss AE and AE Supply's counterclaims and to strike the request for a jury trial concerning certain of the counterclaims. AE and AE Supply opposed Merrill Lynch's motion. On November 24, 2003, the Court granted in part and denied in part Merrill's motion. The Court denied the motion to dismiss AE and AE Supply's counterclaims for fraudulent inducement, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and punitive damages. The Court dismissed AE and AE Supply's counterclaim for rescission, which AE and AE Supply had agreed to dismiss, and struck their demand for a jury trial with respect to certain counterclaims. The counterclaim for negligent misrepresentation was not subject to Merrill's motion and remains in place. On December 9, 2003, Merrill Lynch served an answer denying the material allegations of AE and AE Supply's Amended Counterclaims and also asserted various Affirmative Defenses. By Amended Pretrial Scheduling Order entered October 31, 2003, the case was added to the July 2004 trial calendar. AE and AE Supply cannot predict the outcome of this matter.

EPMI Adversary Proceeding: On May 9, 2003, Enron Power Marketing, Inc. (EPMI), a Chapter 11 debtor, commenced an adversary proceeding against AE Supply in its bankruptcy case that is pending in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The complaint alleges that AE Supply owes EPMI (1) $27,646,725 for accounts receivable due and owing for energy delivered prior to the commencement of EPMI's bankruptcy case, and (2) $8,250,000 in cash collateral previously posted by EPMI to AE Supply, less any amounts owed to AE Supply as a result of EPMI's default under a master trading agreement entered into between the parties and certain transactions arising thereunder. By the complaint, EPMI also seeks certain declaratory relief, including a declaration that the arbitration provision found in the master trading agreement is unenforceable. On August 1, 2003, AE Supply filed an answer asserting affirmative defenses. Many similar cases have been filed by or against EPMI in its bankruptcy case. The bankruptcy court has determined that such cases should be resolved through mediation, if possible. Mediation of the subject complaint began on October 28, 2003, and the parties will continue the mediation process.

In the normal course of business, Allegheny becomes involved in various other legal proceedings. Allegheny does not believe that the ultimate outcome of these proceedings will have a material effect on its consolidated financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.

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NOTE 16: SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On September 24, 2003, Monongahela entered into an amended and restated agreement with respect to a $10.0 million unsecured credit facility. The original facility bears interest at a LIBOR-based rate plus four percent and matures in December 2003. Under the amended and restated agreement, the credit facility was increased to $55.0 million, of which $53.6 million is drawn. The increased funds were used to repay maturing Monongahela notes. The interest on this facility is dependent upon the type of advance and consists of a base rate plus an applicable margin or a LIBOR rate plus an applicable margin. As of November 30, 2003, the LIBOR based rate was 4.62 percent. The facility matures in September 2004.

On July 24, 2003, the Ohio Public Utilities Commission (PUC) authorized Monongahela to issue a request for proposals to supply wholesale power to Monongahela commencing January 1, 2004, for new standard market-based retail rate service to its medium and large industrial and commercial customers and to its street lighting customers, totaling approximately 130 megawatts of load. AE Supply won the competitive bid process to serve the load, subject to approval of its bid by the Ohio PUC. On October 8, 2003, Monongahela requested that the Ohio PUC approve the bid and the corresponding retail rates to be charged the applicable customer classes. The Ohio PUC denied the request in October 2003 for approval of the wholesale bid and new retail rates and froze the current fixed rates for these customer classes for two years until December 31, 2005, on the grounds that certain conditions to allow market-based rates prior to December 31, 2005 were not met. On December 17, 2003, the Ohio PUC denied Mono ngahela's request for rehearing. Monongahela intends to appeal the Ohio PUC's order. Monongahela intends to procure power from the PJM market beginning January 1, 2004, for these customers and anticipates that the price for that power will be higher than the currently capped retail rates. Monongahela intends to account for any corresponding losses, but cannot be certain that the Ohio PUC will allow Monongahela to recover any or all of these costs.

On November 3, 2003, there was a fire in Unit No. 2 at Hatfield's Ferry Power Station, located near Masontown, PA. Unit No. 2 is a 570 megawatt, coal-powered generating unit. As a result of the fire, significant damage was sustained to the generator and turbine and certain associated equipment. The unit is currently offline. Allegheny is assessing the steps needed to restore the unit to its previous nominal capacity and the timeframe in which restoration could be completed. AE Supply expects to recover lost revenues and property damages from its insurance or otherwise. Any inability to do so would have a material and adverse effect on Allegheny's results of operations and financial position.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (MD&A)

This MD&A includes information relating to Allegheny, AE Supply, Monongahela, Potomac Edison, West Penn, and AGC. Where appropriate, information relating to a specific entity has been segregated and labeled as such. The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report, as well as the financial statements, notes and MD&A included in Allegheny's, AE Supply's, Monongahela's, Potomac Edison's, West Penn's, and AGC's 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K. As discussed in the Quarterly Financial Information notes in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K (see Note 24 for Allegheny, Note 21 for AE Supply and Monongahela, Note 16 for Potomac Edison, Note 14 for West Penn, and Note 11 for AGC), results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002, have been restated as a result of Allegheny's Comprehensive Financial Review (see Note 2 for Allegheny , AE Supply, Monongahela, Potomac Edison, and West Penn). Accordingly, the statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2002, also have been restated.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

In addition to historical information, this report contains a number of "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as anticipate, expect, project, intend, plan, believe, and words and terms of similar substance used in connection with any discussion of future plans, actions, or events identify forward-looking statements.  These include statements with respect to: regulation and the status of retail generation service supply competition in states served by the Distribution Companies; the closing of various agreements; execution of restructuring activity and liquidity enhancement plans; results of litigation; financing requirements and plans to meet those requirements; demand for energy and the cost and availability of inputs; demand for products and services; capacity purchase commitments; results of operations; capital expenditures; regulatory matters; internal controls and procedures and outstanding financial reporting obligations; and stockholder rights plans.

Forward-looking statements involve estimates, expectations, and projections and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties.  There can be no assurance that actual results will not materially differ from expectations.  Actual results have varied materially and unpredictably from past expectations.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, among others, the following: execution of restructuring activity and liquidity enhancement plans; complications or other factors that render it difficult or impossible to obtain necessary lender consents or regulatory authorizations on a timely basis; general economic and business conditions; changes in access to capital markets; the continuing effects of global instability, terrorism, and war; changes in industry capacity, development, and other activities by Allegheny's competitors; changes in the weather and other natural phenomena; changes in technology; changes in the price of power and fuel for electric generation; the results of regulatory proceedings, including those related to rates; changes in the underlying inputs, including market conditions, and assumptions used to estimate the fair values of commodity contracts; changes in laws and regulations applicable to Allegheny, its markets, or its activities; environmen tal regulations; the loss of any

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significant customers and suppliers; the effect of accounting policies issued periodically by accounting standard-setting bodies; additional collateral calls; and changes in business strategy, operations, or development plans.

A detailed discussion of certain factors affecting the risk profile of the registrants is provided under the caption Item 1, "Risk Factors," in Allegheny's 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

LIQUIDITY STRATEGY

To meet cash needs for operating expenses, the payment of interest, retirement of debt, and acquisitions and construction programs, AE and its subsidiaries have used internally generated funds (net cash provided by operating activities less common and preferred dividends) and external financings, including the sale of common and preferred stock, debt instruments, installment loans, and lease arrangements. The timing and amount of external financings depend primarily upon economic and financial market conditions, Allegheny's cash needs, and capital structure objectives of Allegheny. The availability and cost of external financings depend upon the financial condition of the companies seeking those funds and market conditions.

Debt Covenants

Allegheny refinanced existing debt and issued new debt, on February 25, 2003, and March 13, 2003, as the result of its entry into the Borrowing Facilities, as described below. See Item 8, Note 3, Debt Covenants and Liquidity Strategy, to the consolidated financial statements in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K for both Allegheny and AE Supply for additional information regarding the Borrowing Facilities. Issuance costs associated with the Borrowing Facilities totaled $46.6 million, of which $46.3 million has been deferred and will be amortized using the effective interest rate method over the life of the Borrowing Facilities.

AE, AE Supply, Monongahela, and West Penn entered into agreements (Borrowing Facilities) totaling $2,447.8 million with various credit providers to refinance and restructure the bulk of AE and AE Supply's short−term debt.

Following is a summary of the terms of the Borrowing Facilities:

1. Facilities at AE, Monongahela and West Penn:

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A $305.0 million unsecured facility with AE, Monongahela, and West Penn as the designated borrowers, and under which AE has utilized the full facility amount. Borrowings under this facility bear interest at a London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR) based rate plus a margin of five percent or a designated money center bank's base rate plus four percent. This facility requires quarterly amortization payments of $7.5 million;

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A $25.0 million unsecured credit facility at AE. This facility had an interest rate of a designated money center bank's base rate plus four percent and was retired in July 2003; and

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A $10.0 million unsecured credit facility at Monongahela. This facility was subsequently renegotiated as part of a $55 million revolving facility, of which $53.6 million was drawn. See Note 16, Subsequent Events, for additional information.

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2. Facilities at AE Supply:

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A $987.7 million credit facility (the Refinancing Credit Facility) at AE Supply, of which $893.4 million is secured by substantially all of the assets of AE Supply. Borrowings under the facility bear initial interest at a LIBOR−based rate plus a margin of six percent or a designated money center bank's base rate plus a margin of five percent on the secured portion. The interest rate margin applicable to unsecured borrowings under the facility is 10.5 percent. This facility requires amortization payments of approximately $23.6 million in September 2004, and $117.8 million in December 2004, and matures in April 2005;

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A $470.0 million credit facility, of which $420 million was committed and is outstanding and $50.0 million is no longer committed. The facility is secured by substantially all of AE Supply's assets. Borrowings under the facility bear interest at a LIBOR−based rate plus six percent or a designated money center bank's base rate plus a margin of five percent. This facility requires an amortization payment of $250.0 million in December 2003 and payment of the balance of $170.0 million in September 2004; and

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A $270.1 million credit facility (the Springdale Credit Facility) associated with the financing of the construction of AE Supply's new generating facility in Springdale, Pennsylvania, and which is secured by a combination of that facility and substantially all of AE Supply's assets. Borrowings under the facility bear interest at a LIBOR−based rate plus a margin of six percent or a designated money center bank's base rate plus a margin of five percent on the portion secured by substantially all of AE Supply's assets. The interest rate margin applicable to the remainder of the borrowings under the facility is 10.5 percent. This facility requires amortization payments of $6.4 million in September 2004, $32.2 million in December 2004, and matures in April 2005.

In addition, $380.0 million of indebtedness related to the discontinued St. Joseph, Indiana generating project, in the form of A−Notes, was restructured and assumed by AE Supply. Of this debt, $343.7 million is secured by substantially all of the assets of AE Supply, other than its new generating facility in Springdale, Pennsylvania. The secured portion of this debt bears an interest rate of 10.25 percent, and the unsecured portion bears interest at 13.0 percent. This debt matures in November 2007.

The $420.0 million committed and borrowed by AE Supply under the $470.0 million facility represents new liquidity. The Borrowing Facilities at AE Supply also refinanced $1,637.8 million of existing debt and letters of credit, including $894.9 million outstanding under various credit agreements, and $270.1 million outstanding related to the construction of AE Supply's generating facility in Springdale, Pennsylvania, which went into commercial operation in July 2003. The Borrowing Facilities at AE, Monongahela, and West Penn refinanced $340.0 million of existing debt and letters of credit.

Until August 1, 2003, after certain conditions associated with securing the collateral under the Borrowing Facilities were met on July 19, 2003, the LIBOR component charged AE Supply under the Borrowing Facilities with respect to secured borrowings had a two percent floor. Also, since AE Supply was unable to secure all of the Borrowing Facilities and the restructured A−Note debt before July 31, 2003, the interest rates charged on the amounts not so secured increased to a spread of 10.5 percent over the applicable LIBOR−based rate, which contains a two percent floor for unsecured borrowings, or the designated money center bank's base rate for the Refinancing Credit Facility and the Springdale Credit Facility, and the interest rate increased to 13.0 percent for the unsecured portion of the $380.0 million

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A−Note debt retroactively to February 25, 2003, the closing date of the Borrowing Facilities. The total amounts unsecured under the Refinancing Credit Facility, the Springdale Credit Facility and the A−Note debt are approximately $94.3 million, $175.8 million and $36.3 million, respectively.

AE Supply utilized $2,057.8 million under the Borrowing Facilities and the restructured A−Notes. Of the total, either AE Supply's new generating facility in Springdale, Pennsylvania or substantially all of AE Supply's assets secures $1,927.2 million. A covenant in AE Supply's public debt places limitations, with certain exceptions, upon the issuance of secured debt. This limitation will constrain AE Supply's ability to borrow additional funds until outstanding secured debt is reduced.

The interest rates payable by AE Supply under certain parts of the Borrowing Facilities are tied to AE Supply's credit ratings. Should AE Supply's credit ratings improve from its current ratings to certain specified higher ratings, the rate of interest AE Supply would be required to pay under the Refinanced Credit Facility and the Springdale Credit Facility could decrease by 0.5 percent to 1.0 percent for the secured portion of those credit facilities.

Allegheny is required to meet certain financial tests, as defined in the Borrowing Facilities agreements, including:

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fixed−charge coverage ratio of 1.10 through the first quarter of 2005; and

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maximum debt−to−capital ratio of 75 percent in 2003 and 72 percent from 2004 through the first quarter of 2005.

AE Supply also is required to meet certain financial tests, as defined in the Borrowing Facilities agreements, including:

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minimum earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), as defined in the agreements, of $100.0 million by June 30, 2003, increasing to $304 million by December 31, 2003, to $430.0 million in increments for the 12 months ending each quarter through the first quarter of 2005;

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interest coverage ratio of not less than 0.75 through June 30, 2003, increasing to 1.10 by December 31, 2003, 1.50 by December 31, 2004, through the first quarter of 2005; and

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minimum net worth of $800.0 million (subject to downward adjustment under specific circumstances).

Effective July 22, 2003, Allegheny and AE Supply were granted waivers from compliance with all of the above financial tests for the first and second quarters of 2003. Effective August 22, 2003, Allegheny and AE Supply received additional waivers of the financial tests for the third quarter of 2003.

The Borrowing Facilities also have provisions requiring prepayments out of the proceeds of asset sales and debt and equity issuances, as follows:

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75 percent of the net proceeds of sales of assets of Allegheny (excluding AE Supply and its subsidiaries) up to $400.0 million, and 100 percent thereafter;

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75 percent of the net proceeds of sales of assets of AE Supply and its subsidiaries up to $800.0 million, and 100 percent thereafter, excluding AE Supply's new facility in Springdale, Pennsylvania;

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100 percent of the net proceeds of any sale of AE Supply's new facility in Springdale, Pennsylvania;

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100 percent of the net proceeds of debt issuances (excluding specified exemptions, including an exemption of up to $50 million for the Distribution Companies and refinancings meeting certain criteria);

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100 percent of net proceeds from equity issuances;

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50 percent of Allegheny's (excluding AE Supply and its subsidiaries) excess cash flow (as defined in the Borrowing Facilities); and

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50 percent of AE Supply's excess cash flow (as defined in the Borrowing Facilities).

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The Borrowing Facilities also contain restrictive covenants that limit Allegheny's ability to: borrow funds; incur liens; enter into a merger or other change of control transaction; sell assets; make investments; prepay indebtedness; amend contracts; pay dividends and other distributions on Allegheny's equity; and operate Allegheny's business, by requiring it to adhere to an agreed business plan.

Substantially all of the debt of AE, AE Supply, Monongahela, Potomac Edison, West Penn, and AGC remains classified as current, in accordance with EITF Issue No. 86-30, "Classification of Obligations When a Violation is Waived by the Creditor," as the result of noncompliance with certain financial reporting covenants. Allegheny and AE Supply have obtained waivers of these covenants for each of the quarterly reporting periods through and including September 30, 2003. For the debt obligations at Monongahela, Potomac Edison, West Penn, and AGC, the classification as current is the result of noncompliance with certain reporting requirements in their various indenture agreements. See Item 8, Note 3, Debt Covenants and Liquidity Strategy, to the consolidated financial statements in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K for Monongahela, Potomac Edison, and West Penn, and Note 2, Debt Covenants, to the consolidated financial statements in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K for AGC for additional inf ormation regarding the nature of these financial reporting covenant violations.

The debt holders have not provided Monongahela, Potomac Edison, West Penn, and AGC with any notices of default under the agreements. Such notices, if received, would allow Monongahela, Potomac Edison, West Penn, and AGC either 30 or 60 days to cure their respective noncompliance before the debt holders could accelerate the due dates of the debt obligations.

On September 29, 2003, Mountaineer obtained waivers with respect to its Note Purchase Agreements extending the respective agreements' covenant due dates for the 2002 annual audited financial statements until October 31, 2003. Also, Mountaineer has obtained waivers for the delivery of its unaudited financial statements to the noteholders for the first, second, and third quarters of 2003. Mountaineer provided its 2002 annual audited financial statements to noteholders on October 31, 2003. Mountaineer is required to deliver the first quarter 2003 unaudited financial statements by December 30, 2003. The second and third quarter 2003 unaudited financial statements are required to be delivered by February 1, 2004. These dates both include a 30-day grace period that is provided under the Note Purchase Agreements.

Liquidity Strategy

Allegheny has prepared its financial statements assuming that it will continue as a going concern. However, Allegheny's noncompliance with certain of its reporting obligations under its debt covenants (described above) and the resultant classification of certain debt as current has caused its independent auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, to issue a modified opinion on the financials statements, within the 2002 Annual Report, that indicates there is substantial doubt about Allegheny's ability to continue as a going concern (a "Going Concern" opinion). The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the resolution of this uncertainty.

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Allegheny is in the process of preparing its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended September 30, 2003 and September 30, 2002 and will file such reports as soon as they are available. Thereafter, Allegheny plans to file its subsequent public financial reports on a timely basis.

Allegheny has adopted a long−term strategy of focusing on the core generation and T&D businesses in which it has been historically engaged. Allegheny will seek, consistent with regulatory constraints, to manage its business lines as an integrated whole. Implementing this strategy will be a significant challenge, in part, because of the continuing legacy of past transactions that have negatively affected Allegheny's operations and financial condition.

Allegheny has taken a number of recent actions to improve its financial condition. These steps include substantial senior management changes; completion of key financing transactions, including the refinancing of principal credit facilities (as discussed above); exiting from Western United States energy markets; refocusing trading activities; asset sales; restructuring and cost−reducing initiatives; and improving internal controls and reporting.

Private Placement: On July 24, 2003, Allegheny obtained $291 million ($275 million after deducting various fees and placement agents' commissions) from the issuance to a special purpose finance subsidiary of AE, Allegheny Capital Trust I (Capital Trust), of units consisting of $300 million principal amount of 11 7/8 percent Notes due 2008 and warrants for the purchase of up to 25 million shares of AE's common stock, exercisable at $12 per share. The warrants are mandatorily exercisable if AE's common stock price equals or exceeds $15 per share over a specified averaging period occurring after June 15, 2006. The warrants are stapled to the notes and may be exercised only through the tender of the notes. The finance subsidiary obtained proceeds required to purchase the units by issuing $300 million liquidation amount of its 11 7/8 percent Mandatorily−Convertible Trust Preferred Securities to investors in a private placement. The holder of a preferred security is enti tled to distributions on a corresponding principal amount of notes and may direct the exercise of warrants stapled to the notes in order to convert the preferred securities into AE common stock. AE guarantees Capital Trust's payment obligations under the preferred securities. In accordance with SFAS No. 150, "Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity," Allegheny's consolidated balance sheet will reflect the Notes as long−term debt. The Notes and AE's guarantee of Capital Trust's payment obligations are subordinated only to indebtedness arising under the agreements governing certain of AE's indebtedness under the Borrowing Facilities.

Exiting from Western United States Energy Markets: Allegheny worked through 2003 to accomplish AE Supply's effective exit from the Western United States energy markets. Its positions based in the Western United States had been a substantial source of earnings and cash flow volatility and risk, and trading in these markets does not fit with Allegheny's new business model.

Renegotiation and Sale of CDWR Contract. In June 2003, AE Supply entered into a settlement agreement with the State of California to resolve the state's litigation regarding its power supply contracts with the CDWR. The terms of the settlement reduced the volume of power to be delivered from 2005−2011 and reduced the sale price of off−peak power to be delivered from 2004−2011, which in turn substantially reduced the value of the contract. (See Notes 26 and 23 of AE's and AE Supply's 2002 Annual Report on

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Form 10-K, respectively, under "Other Litigation−CDWR" for additional information). On September 15, 2003, Allegheny closed the sale of the CDWR contract and associated hedge transactions, to J. Aron & Company, a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., for approximately $354 million. Allegheny has applied $214 million of the sale proceeds to required payments under agreements entered into to terminate tolling agreements with Williams Energy Marketing and Trading Company (Williams) and Las Vegas Cogeneration II (LV Cogen), a unit of Black Hills Corporation, as described below. Allegheny will apply an additional $28 million of the proceeds to make required payments in March and September of 2004 under the agreement with Williams. Approximately $26 million is being held in a pledged account for the benefit of AE Supply's creditors. This arrangement is intended to enhance AE Supply's ability to refinance certain unsecured borrowings. Approximately $71 million of the sale proceeds w ere placed in escrow for the benefit of J. Aron & Company, pending Allegheny's fulfillment of certain post−closing requirements. When the escrowed funds are released, approximately $50 million will be added to the pledged account and AE Supply will receive the balance. The remaining $15 million of sale proceeds have been used to partially offset certain of the hedges related to the CDWR contract and to pay fees and expenses associated with the transaction.

Agreement to Terminate Williams Toll. In July 2003, AE Supply entered into a conditional agreement with Williams to terminate its 1,000 MW tolling agreement with Williams. Under the agreement, AE Supply made an initial payment to Williams of approximately $2.4 million to satisfy certain amounts under a related hedge agreement. Allegheny made a $100 million payment to Williams after the close of the sale of the CDWR contract. Allegheny will make two payments of $14 million to Williams in March and September of 2004. The tolling agreement will terminate when the final $14 million payment is made.

Termination of LV Cogen Toll. In mid−September, 2003, AE Supply terminated its 222 MW tolling agreement with LV Cogen. Allegheny made a $114 million termination payment to LV Cogen after the closing of the sale of the CDWR contract.

In July and August 2003, AE Supply contracted for the sale of the CDWR contract and related hedges to J. Aron & Company and for the termination of tolling agreements with Williams and LV Cogen. As of December 31, 2002, and June 30, 2003, the fair value of the CDWR contract and the related hedges plus the Williams and LV Cogen tolling agreements was $525.7 million and $158.1 million, respectively, resulting in an unrealized loss of $367.6 million. Note 3 of the 2002 Annual Report included on Form 10-K, for both AE and AE Supply, reported a fair value at December 31, 2002 of $554.5 million; however, primarily due to counterparty modifications, the fair value of the CDWR contract and the related hedges plus the Williams and LV Cogen tolling agreements as of December 31, 2002, has been revised to $525.7 million. This had no impact on other previously disclosed amounts.

From January 1, 2003, through the date that these contracts were either sold or agreements were reached to terminate the contracts, the aggregate fair value of the contracts decreased by approximately $435 million. As a result of the sale of the CDWR contract and related hedges and the agreements to terminate the Williams and LV Cogen tolling agreements in the third quarter of 2003, Allegheny incurred a net loss of approximately $50 million, before income taxes. This loss was determined excluding the approximately $71 million of sale proceeds that were placed in escrow pending Allegheny's fulfillment of certain post−closing requirements.

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After completing these major transactions, Allegheny's remaining trading exposures to the Western United States energy markets consisted of several shorter−term trades that hedged the CDWR contract and several long−term hedges of the LV Cogen tolling agreement. Allegheny subsequently entered into agreements to close-out these remaining open positions.

Refocusing Trading Activities: Adoption of Asset−Based Trading Strategy. AE Supply is reorienting its trading operations from high−volume financial trading in national markets to asset optimization and hedging within its region. AE Supply is implementing this rebalancing over time as its liquidity allows. Effectively exiting the Western United States energy markets, together with unwinding substantial non−core trading positions, has enabled AE Supply to reduce long−term trading−related cash out flows and collateral obligations. In the future, AE Supply will seek to concentrate its efforts in the PJM, Midwest, and Mid−Atlantic markets where it has a physical presence and greater market knowledge. Ultimately, AE Supply intends to conduct asset optimization and hedging activities with the primary objective of locking in cash flows associated with AE Supply's portfolio of core physical generating and load positions.

Relocation of Trading Operations. AE Supply moved its energy marketing operations from New York to Monroeville, Pennsylvania on May 5, 2003, and has reduced its trading operations. This transition will result in ongoing cost savings and improve integration with AE Supply's generation activity. The reduced staffing levels are intended to reflect the newly revised focus of the trading function. Management believes that both trading and marketing and generation operations can be enhanced by locating trading personnel closer to personnel managing AE Supply's generating assets. Personnel involved in the separate functions can be cross−trained and will be better positioned to enhance the relationship between the two functions.

Asset Sales: In 2002, Allegheny announced that it was considering asset sales as part of an overall strategy to address its liquidity requirements. Allegheny has achieved the sale of its most significant assets with a nexus to the Western United States. Allegheny has also closed the sale of its interest in the Conemaugh Generating Station, as described below. Allegheny continues to consider the sale of additional assets, especially non−core assets, including Mountaineer.

Land Sales. Effective February 14, 2002, West Penn, through its subsidiary West Virginia Power and Transmission Company, sold 12,000 acres of land in Canaan Valley, W.Va., to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for $16 million. Effective December 18, 2002, it also sold a 2,468−acre track of land for $6.9 million and made a charitable contribution of a 740 acre track in Canaan Valley, W.Va., to Canaan Valley Institute.

Fellon−McCord and Alliance Services, LLC. Effective December 31, 2002, AE sold Fellon−McCord, its natural gas and electricity consulting and management services firm, and Alliance Energy Services, LLC, (Alliance Energy Services) a provider of natural gas supply and transportation services, to Constellation Energy Group for approximately $21.8 million.

Conemaugh Generating Station. On June 27, 2003, AE Supply completed the sale of its 83 MW share of the coal−fired Conemaugh Generating Station, located near Johnstown, Pennsylvania, to a subsidiary of UGI Corporation, (UGI), for approximately $46.3 million, which does not include a contingent amount of $5 million. This contingent amount could be received in full, in part, or not at all, depending upon AE Supply' performance of certain post−closing obligations.

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Restructuring and Cost−Reducing Initiatives: Allegheny has taken several actions to align its operations with its strategy and reduce its cost structure.

Termination of Non−Core Construction Activity. In 2002, AE Supply ceased construction and planning of various merchant generation projects to attempt to conserve cash and other resources and focus its resources on its core generating assets.

Restructuring of Operations. In July 2002, Allegheny announced a restructuring plan intended to strengthen its financial performance by, among other things, reducing its workforce. Allegheny has achieved workforce reductions of more than 10 percent through a voluntary Early Retirement Option (ERO) program and selected staff reductions. In 2002, approximately 600 eligible employees accepted the ERO program resulting in a charge of $82.6 million, before income taxes. Allegheny will continue to take actions intended to reduce costs and improve productivity in all of its operations.

Suspension of Dividends. The Board of Directors of AE determined not to declare a dividend on AE's common stock for the fourth quarter of 2002. Covenants contained in Allegheny's new Borrowing Facilities entered into in February 2003, and in the indenture entered into in connection with the convertible trust preferred securities issuance in July 2003, as well as regulatory limitations under PUHCA, are expected to preclude AE from declaring or paying cash dividends for the foreseeable future.

Elimination of Preemptive Rights. On March 14, 2003, AE's common stockholders approved an amendment to AE's articles of incorporation eliminating common stockholders' preemptive rights. The elimination of preemptive rights removes an obstacle to AE's ability to privately place equity or convertible securities.

Improving Internal Controls and Reporting: Comprehensive Accounting Review. Commencing in the third quarter of 2002, Allegheny undertook a comprehensive and extended review of its financial information and internal controls and procedures. This review included extensive involvement by top management and directors, independent auditors and other outside service firms. Allegheny continues to address its controls environment and reporting procedures, as well as its SEC filing and other outstanding reporting obligations. See Part I, Item 4, "Controls and Procedures," for a detailed discussion.

Associated Risks: There are many attendant risks, both with Allegheny's current liquidity situation and the measures that have been undertaken to remedy the situation in the short−term. These risks can be viewed as liquidity risks associated with the Borrowing Facilities, asset sales risks, and risks associated with the restructuring.

Liquidity Risks Associated with the Borrowing Facilities: These risks would include increased interest rate risk and additional borrowing costs. Also, required prepayments under the Borrowing Facilities will absorb a large portion of future estimated cash flows and will limit Allegheny's ability to raise capital for purposes other than debt repayment.

Asset Sales Risks: If asset sales do occur, it is likely that they would not be at terms as favorable as the market conditions existing when the assets were originally acquired. This situation could expose Allegheny to a loss in value on those assets.

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Restructuring Risks: In association with the workforce reductions, winding−down and relocation of the energy trading operations, and the cancellation of construction projects, Allegheny is faced with the risk of losing experienced personnel, diverting management resources away from continuing operations, and failing to realize anticipated cost reductions.

There is no guarantee that Allegheny will be able to complete its plan to strengthen it liquidity in the short−term and move to its longer−term strategy of remaining an integrated energy company with a focus on its fundamental power generation and delivery businesses.

Other Matters Concerning Liquidity and Capital Requirements: Allegheny's wholesale marketing, energy trading, fuel procurement, and risk management activities require direct and indirect credit support. The amount of credit support required is affected by market price changes for electricity, natural gas, and other energy-related commodities and Allegheny's credit rating. Such credit support might be in the form of letters of credit, cash deposits, or liquid securities. Allegheny announced on October 8, 2002, that AE, AE Supply, and AGC were in technical default under their principal credit agreements after AE Supply declined to post additional collateral in favor of several trading counterparties. This default resulted in 24 trading counterparties terminating trades with Allegheny by December 31, 2002. Of these trading counterparties, Allegheny has settled with nine counterparties for a net cash inflow of $6.8 million. As of December 31, 2002, Allegheny had recorded an a ccounts receivable of $9.0 million for payments due from terminated trading counterparties and had recorded an accounts payable for $40.6 million due to terminated trading counterparties. In early 2003, Allegheny proposed payment schedules with the remaining counterparties to settle the accounts payable by the end of 2003. As of June 30, 2003, the amount due under the payment schedules, including interest, is approximately $27.4 million.

Allegheny and certain of its subsidiaries have also executed letter of credit facilities to provide for additional capacity of $215.0 million. AE Supply regularly posts cash deposits or letters of credit with counterparties to collateralize a portion of its energy trading obligations. At June 30, 2003, there was $127.4 million outstanding under Allegheny's letter of credit facilities.

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Allegheny has various obligations and commitments to make future cash payments under contracts such as debt instruments, lease arrangements, fuel agreements, and other contracts. The table below provides a summary of the payments due by period for these obligations and commitments as of June 30, 2003. This table does not include capacity contract commitments that were accounted for under fair value accounting, as discussed under "Operating Revenues" or contingencies.

 

Payments Due by Period

Contractual Cash Obligations and Commitments
(In millions)

Payments from
July 1 2003 to December 31 2003

Payments from
January 1 2004 to December 31 2005

Payments from
January 1 2006 to December 31 2007

Payments from January 1 2008 and beyond

Total

Short-term debt

 $    9.8

  $    ---

  $    ---

 $    ---

$     9.8

Long-term debt due within
  one year*

    427.2

       ---

       ---

      ---

    427.2

Debentures, notes and
  bonds, including
  Borrowing Facility*

      ---

   2,115.8

   1,056.9

  2,041.0

  5,213.7

Long-term debt*

      ---

       ---

      15.5

    101.0

    116.5

Capital lease obligations

      7.7

      26.5

      22.7

       .8

     57.7

Operating lease obligations

      9.8

      25.0

      12.5

     40.5

     87.8

PURPA purchased power

    108.7

     401.0

     413.7

  4,126.6

  5,050.0

Fuel purchase commitments

    210.2

     627.2

     129.4

      ---

    966.8

Total

 $  773.4

  $3,195.5

  $1,650.7

 $6,309.9

$11,929.5

*Does not include unamortized debt expense, discounts, premiums, and terminated interest rate swaps that were accounted for as fair value hedges under SFAS No. 133.

Amounts related to debentures, notes, and bonds in this table represent contractual cash payments required without taking into account their classification as current, as a result of a default in the underlying debt agreements, on the consolidated balance sheet.

Allegheny's capital expenditures, including construction expenditures, of all of the subsidiaries for the last six months of 2003 and for the full years of 2004 and 2005 are estimated at $150.3 million, $304.0 million and $342.7 million, respectively and include estimated expenditures of $14.4 million, $71.8 million and $124.4 million, respectively, for environmental control technology. See Note 26, Commitments and Contingencies, in AE's 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

In 2003, Allegheny's cash flows are expected to be adequate to meet all of its payment obligations and to fund capital expenditures. Allegheny expects that cash flows from operations will not be sufficient in 2004 to cover future obligations, including capital expenditure requirements. Allegheny expects that it will need to sell certain assets or arrange for alternative financing in order to repay the principal amounts under the Borrowing Facilities scheduled for the third and fourth quarters of 2004.

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ALLEGHENY'S RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

All comparisons presented under Allegheny's Results of Operations, as well as each of the other registrant's Results of Operations, are comparisons of operating results and other statistical information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, to operating results and other statistical information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002.

Loss Summary

Consolidated Net Loss

Three Months Ended
June 30

     Six Months Ended
   June 30

(In millions, except per share data)

        2003

       Restated
       2002

      2003

    Restated
      2002

Delivery and Services

$4.3 

$25.9 

$53.7 

$65.1 

Generation and Marketing

(240.2)

(62.0)

(315.6)

(19.4)

Eliminations

4.4 

2.6 

(7.6)

(3.1)

Consolidated (loss) income before

       

  cumulative effect of accounting

       

  change

(231.5)

(33.5)

(269.5)

42.6 

Cumulative effect of accounting

   

  change, net

--  

--  

(20.8)

(130.5)

Consolidated net loss

$(231.5)

$(33.5)

$(290.3)

$ (87.9)

   

Basic & Diluted Loss Per Share

Three Months Ended
June 30

     Six Months Ended
   June 30

 

         2003

       Restated
       2002

       2003

   Restated
     2002

Delivery and Services

$.03 

 $ .21 

$.42 

$.52 

Generation and Marketing

(1.89)

   (.50)

(2.49)

(.16)

Eliminations

.04 

   .02 

(.06)

(.02)

Consolidated loss income before
  cumulative effect of accounting
  change

$(1.82)

 $ (.27)

$(2.13)

$.34 

Cumulative effect of accounting
  change, net

--  

--  

(.16)

(1.04)

Consolidated net loss

$(1.82)

 $ (.27)

$(2.29)

$ (.70)

Allegheny's consolidated net loss before cumulative effect of accounting change increased $198.0 million and $312.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, respectively, when compared to the same periods for 2002 primarily due to reduced earnings in the Generation and Marketing segment as a result of unrealized losses on commodity contracts in 2003 versus unrealized gains in 2002, higher interest charges, and higher operation expense, including a loss on assets held for sale (see Note 4, Assets Held For Sale).  These factors were offset in part by the recognition of a $56.7 million gain, net of income taxes ($75.8 million, before income taxes), for the reapplication of the provisions of SFAS No. 71, "Accounting for the Effects of Certain Types of Regulation," to West Virginia jurisdictional generating assets in 2003. See Note 9, Accounting for the Effects of Price Deregulation, for additional information regarding the reapplication of SFAS No. 71.

In the six months ended June 30, 2003, earnings were reduced by $12.1 million, net of income taxes, reflecting the cumulative effect of the accounting change associated with the adoption of EITF Issue No.

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02-3, "Accounting for Contracts Involved in Energy Trading and Risk Management." See Note 3, Energy Trading Activities, for additional information.

Also in the six months ended June 30, 2003, earnings were reduced by $8.6 million, net of income taxes, reflecting the cumulative effect of the accounting change associated with the adoption of SFAS No. 143, "Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations." See Note 12, Asset Retirement Obligations, for additional information.

For the six months ended June 30, 2002, earnings were reduced by $130.5 million, net of income taxes, reflecting the cumulative effect of the accounting change associated with the adoption of SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets." See Note 7, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, to the consolidated financial statements in Allegheny's 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

Operating Revenues

Total operating revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002 were as follows:

 

Three Months Ended
June 30

Six Months Ended
June 30

(In millions)

2003

Restated
2002

2003

Restated
2002

Delivery and Services:

       

  Regulated electric

$ 585.8 

$ 583.6 

$1,261.9 

$1,210.7 

  Regulated natural gas

35.9 

36.4 

157.7 

128.7 

  Bulk power

18.2 

18.3 

38.7 

29.2 

  Unregulated services

9.6 

131.4 

23.7 

281.7 

  Other affiliated and non-
    affiliated energy services

16.0 

20.0 

34.4 

53.8 

Total Delivery and Services
  Revenues

665.5 

789.7 

1,516.4 

1,704.1 

Generation and Marketing:

       

  Bulk power*

(304.1)

2.5 

(407.8)

111.7 

  Retail, affiliated, and   other

337.4 

320.6 

721.9 

699.5 

Total Generation and Marketing
  Revenues

 33.3 

  323.1 

  314.1 

  811.2 

Eliminations

(339.6)

(328.2)

(755.6)

(725.6)

Total operating revenues

$ 359.2 

$ 784.6 

$1,074.9 

$1,789.7 

*In accordance with EITF 02-3, energy trading revenues are reported net of purchased energy, which has resulted in negative revenue amounts for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003.

Delivery and Services: The Delivery and Services segment's regulated electric revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, increased $2.2 million and $51.2 million primarily due to an increase in residential sales, as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2002.

The Delivery and Services segment's regulated natural gas revenues remained relatively consistent for the three months ended June 30, 2003 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2002. The Delivery and Services segment's regulated natural gas revenues increased $29.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2002, due primarily to an increase in

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combined residential and commercial sales, which reflects a 12.6 percent increase in heating degree days as a result of colder winter weather across Allegheny's gas service territory.

The Delivery and Services segment's unregulated services revenues decreased $121.8 million and $258.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2002, due primarily to the sale of Alliance Energy Services on December 31, 2002.

Generation and Marketing: The Generation and Marketing segment's bulk power revenues decreased $306.6 million and $519.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, primarily due to the result of unrealized losses and the recognition of realized losses, associated with AE Supply's trading portfolio. See the discussion in AE Supply's MD&A, under Operating Revenues, with respect to net unrealized losses, realized losses, changes in the fair value of commodity contracts, and the breakout of PLR revenues. PLR revenues increased slightly over those detailed in the PLR breakout related to AE Supply as a result of the inclusion of Monongahela's regulated load obligations which are included as part of the total Generating and Marketing segment.

Eliminations: The eliminations in revenues are necessary to remove the effect of affiliated revenues, which are primarily sales of bulk power.

Cost of Revenues

Fuel Consumed for Electric Generation: Fuel consumed for electric generation, which relates entirely to the Generation and Marketing segment, represents the cost of coal, natural gas, and oil burned at Allegheny's generating stations to produce electricity. For the three months ended June 30, 2003, fuel consumed for electric generation increased $7.4 million compared to the same period in 2002, primarily due to a 1.4 percent increase in average fuel prices and a 3.5 percent increase in the quantity of electricity produced. For the six months ended June 30, 2003, fuel consumed for electric generation increased $22.7 million compared to the same period in 2002, primarily due to a 4.6 percent increase in average fuel prices and a 2.4 percent increase in the quantity of electricity produced.

Purchased Energy and Transmission: Purchased energy and transmission for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, consists of the following items:

     Three Months Ended
    June 30

     Six Months Ended
   June 30

(In millions)

         2003

       Restated
       2002

       2003

    Restated
     2002

Delivery and Services:

  From PURPA generation*

$ 53.0 

$ 51.4 

$ 108.9 

$ 100.6 

  Other purchased energy

354.0 

337.1 

761.0 

711.9 

Total purchased energy for

  Delivery and Services

407.0 

388.5 

869.9 

812.5 

Generation and Marketing
  purchased energy and
  transmission

19.2 

42.3 

37.5 

93.3 

Eliminations

(344.7)

(330.0)

(739.6)

(715.4)

Total purchased energy and
  transmission

$ 81.5 

$ 100.8 

$ 167.8 

$ 190.4 

*PURPA cost (cents per kWh)

5.8 

5.9 

5.7 

5.6 

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The Delivery and Services segment's purchased energy from PURPA generation increased $1.6 million and $8.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, compared to the same periods in 2002, primarily due to an increase in energy purchases from PURPA generating facilities. The average cost per kWh decreased slightly for the three months ended June 30, 2003 as compared to the same period in 2002 while the average cost per kWh increased slightly for the six months ended June 30, 2003 as compared to the same period in 2002.

The Delivery and Services segment's purchased energy from other than PURPA generation, which consists primarily of West Penn's, Potomac Edison's, and Monongahela's purchases of energy from AE Supply, increased $16.9 million and $49.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, compared to the same periods in 2002, primarily due to an increase in purchases at higher average rates. In addition, the increase also includes the escalating market-based pricing component of the long-term power sales agreements between AE Supply and the Distribution Companies.

The Generation and Marketing segment's purchased energy and transmission decreased $23.1 million and $55.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 compared to the same periods in 2002, primarily due to AE Supply exiting the retail business during June 2002 and the elimination of purchases of energy due to imbalances from the Delivery and Services segment beginning April 1, 2002, upon Allegheny's entry into PJM. See discussion in AE Supply's MD&A under Operating Revenues with respect to breakout of PLR revenues.

The eliminations are necessary to remove the effect of affiliated purchased energy and transmission expenses.

Natural Gas Purchases: Natural gas purchases for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, were as follows:

 

Three Months Ended
June 30

Six Months Ended
June 30

(In millions)

      2003

       Restated
       2002

        2003

       Restated
       2002

         

Delivery and Services

$ 25.5

$129.1

$121.5

$303.5

The Delivery and Services segment's natural gas purchases decreased $103.6 million and $182.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the same periods in 2002, primarily due to the sale of Alliance Energy Services on December 31, 2002, which historically accounted for a majority of the purchases, partially offset by increased gas prices.

Other Cost of Revenues: Other cost of revenues, which relates entirely to the Delivery and Services segment, decreased $5.2 million and $19.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 as compared to the same periods in 2002, primarily due to the sale of the Allegheny Ventures gas consulting and procurement businesses (Fellon-McCord and AESC Partnership) on December 31, 2002, as well as a reduction in equipment procurement costs associated with Allegheny Energy Solutions' engineering and construction project for the Southern Mississippi Electric Power Association.

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Other Operating Expenses

Operation Expense: Operation expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002 were as follows:

 

Three Months Ended
June 30

Six Months Ended
June 30

(In millions)

       2003

      Restated
      2002

       2003

      Restated
      2002

         

Delivery and Services

$122.2 

$107.9 

$242.0 

$225.9 

Generation and Marketing

155.2 

150.4 

337.9 

274.6 

Eliminations

(2.0)

(2.5)

(3.7)

(5.1)

Total operation expense

$275.4 

$255.8 

$576.2 

$495.4 

         

Total operation expenses increased $19.6 million and $80.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 as compared to the same periods in 2002, primarily due to higher costs related to employee benefits, outside services, and a $28.5 million loss on an asset held for sale (see Note 4, Assets Held For Sale), all of which are primarily attributable to the generating and marketing segment, and an increase in bad debts caused by the bankruptcy of a regulated utility customer. These changes are offset in part by savings from restructuring and cost reduction initiatives begun in the third quarter of 2002, including Allegheny's voluntary Early Retirement Option (ERO) program.

Other Income and Expenses, Net

Other income and expenses, net, represent non-operating revenues and expenses before income taxes. Other income and expenses, net, increased $5.3 million and $74.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 as compared to the same periods in 2002, primarily due to a $75.8 million gain recognized in the first quarter of 2003, related to the reapplication of the provisions of SFAS No. 71 to generation assets in West Virginia. See Note 11, Other Income and Expenses, Net, for additional information.

Interest Charges and Preferred Dividends

Interest on debt and other for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, were as follows:

 

Three Months Ended
June 30

Six Months Ended
June 30

(In millions)

          2003

      Restated
      2002

       2003

     Restated
     2002

         

Delivery and Services

$ 33.0

$33.7 

$ 64.6

$ 68.1 

Generation and   Marketing

89.5

46.6 

159.0

84.6 

Eliminations

    -- 

  (2.1)

    -- 

   (4.7)

Total interest on debt

$122.5

$78.2 

$223.6

$148.0 

Interest charges and preferred dividends increased $38.1 million and $68.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to same periods in 2002, primarily due to higher interest rates, and an increase in average debt outstanding, including new debt issued under the Borrowing Facilities.

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Federal and State Income Tax (Benefit) Expense

The provisions for income tax (benefit) expense for (loss) earnings from operations result in an effective income tax rate, which differs from the federal statutory rate of 35 percent principally due to state income taxes, tax credits, effects of utility rate making, and certain non-deductible expenses.

The effective income tax rates for the three months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, were 41.6 percent and 37.1 percent. The effective income tax rates for the six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, 42.8 percent and 34.1 percent.

Cumulative Effect of Accounting Change, Net

The following items affected the first quarter of 2003:

Effective January 1, 2003, Allegheny adopted EITF Issue No. 02-3. As a result, Allegheny recorded a charge against earnings, related entirely to the operations at AE Supply, as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle of $12.1 million, net of income taxes ($19.7 million, before income taxes), representing the fair value of those contracts previously accounted for under EITF Issue No. 98-10, "Accounting for Contracts Involved in Energy Trading and Risk Management Activities," that no longer qualify for mark-to-market accounting. See Note 3, Energy Trading Activities, for additional information.

Effective January 1, 2003, Allegheny adopted SFAS No. 143, which provides accounting and disclosure requirements for retirement obligations associated with long-lived assets. As a result, Allegheny recorded a charge against earnings as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle of $8.6 million, net of income taxes ($14.0 million, before income taxes). Of the total charge, AE Supply recorded $7.4 million, net of income taxes ($11.9 million, before income taxes). See Note 12, Asset Retirement Obligations, for additional information.

Effective January 1, 2002, Allegheny adopted SFAS No. 142. As a result, Allegheny recorded a charge of $130.5 million, net of income taxes ($210.0 million, before income taxes), as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle. See Note 7, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, to the consolidated financial statements in Allegheny's 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

AE SUPPLY'S RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Earnings (Loss) Summary

Consolidated loss before cumulative effect of accounting change increased $182.5 million and $356.0 million for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2003, when compared to the same periods in 2002, primarily due to lower net revenues, reflecting unrealized losses on commodity contracts in 2003 versus unrealized gains in 2002, and higher interest and operation expense.

For the six months ended June 30, 2003, earnings were reduced by $12.1 million and $7.4 million, net of income taxes, reflecting the cumulative effect of the accounting change associated with the adoptions of

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EITF Issue No. 02-3 and SFAS No. 143, respectively. See Notes 3, Energy Trading Activities, and 12, Asset Retirement Obligations,, for additional information. These amounts were recorded during the three month period ending March 31, 2003.

Operating Revenues

Total operating revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, were as follows:

Three Months Ended
June 30

Six Months Ended
June 30

(In millions)

        2003

      Restated
     2002

       2003

   Restated
     2002

Operating revenues:

  Retail

  $  ---  

  $  12.6 

  $  ---  

  $  29.2 

  Wholesale

   (303.4)

     (4.9)

   (405.6)

    106.4 

  Affiliated

    273.2 

    256.5 

    586.6 

    552.7 

Total operating revenues

  $ (30.2)

  $ 264.2 

  $ 181.0 

  $ 688.3 

Retail: Retail revenues decreased as a result of exiting the retail business commencing June 2002.

Wholesale: For the three months ended June 30, 2003, wholesale revenues decreased $298.5 million, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2002. The decrease was primarily due to the result of unrealized losses in 2003 of $323.2 million, as compared to unrealized gains of $32.4 million for the same period of 2002. For the six months ended June 30, 2003, wholesale revenues decreased $512.0 million, as compared to the six month period ended June 30, 2002, primarily due to the result of unrealized losses in 2003 of $368.4 million, as compared to unrealized gains of $128.1 million for the same period of 2002.

These decreases in both the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the same period in 2002, were the result of pricing differential and volatility with energy markets (both electric and gas) in the Western United States, as well as increased credit costs, as a result of changes in market conditions, and excess capacity. There has been, and may continue to be, significant volatility in the market prices for electricity and natural gas at the wholesale level, which will impact AE Supply's operating results.

Additionally, in the second quarter, AE Supply recognized unrealized losses of $152.2 million due to the renegotiation of contract terms related to the CDWR contract. Also, AE Supply realized gains of $19.7 million, and realized losses of $37.2 million, for the three month periods ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, respectively, and realized losses of $37.3 million and $21.7 million for the six month periods ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, respectively, as a result of settling its trades during those periods. The realized gains for the three months ended June 30, 2003, includes $17.0 million as a result of the sale of purchase power hedge agreements related to the assignment of the Baltimore Gas & Electric contract. (AE Supply entered into a wholesale power sales contract with Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) in the third quarter of 2001. This contract was assigned to Constellation Power Source, Inc. in June 2003.) These decreased revenues for both the three month and six month periods ende d June 30, 2003, as compared to the same periods in 2002, were offset in part by unrealized gains on all other portfolios of approximately $1.5 million and $42.4 million, respectively.

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See Item 7, Management's Discussion and Analysis, for AE Supply in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K for discussions surrounding the methodology, tenor, and description of AE Supply's trading portfolio, as well as a description with respect to the range of observable market prices and overall market liquidity. There has been no significant change in the methodology to valuing the portfolio during the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2003. All changes in the fair value of the portfolio are the result of changes in market conditions.

The fair value of energy trading commodity contracts, which represents the net unrealized gain and loss positions, is recorded as assets and liabilities, after applying the appropriate counterparty netting agreements. At June 30, 2003, the fair value of energy trading commodity contract assets and liabilities was $761.1 million and $732.7 million, respectively. At December 31, 2002, the fair value of energy trading commodity contract assets and liabilities was $1,211.9 million and $783.7 million, respectively.

The following table disaggregates the net fair value of commodity contract assets and liabilities, excluding AE Supply's generating assets and power sales agreements with its regulated utility affiliates for their PLR obligations, as of June 30, 2003, based on the underlying market price source and the contract delivery periods:

                     

Source of fair value

               

(In Millions)

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

There
After

Total
Fair
Value

Prices
 actively
 quoted

$(19.9)

$(12.8)

$ (6.3)

$(10.3)

$ (7.1)

$ (4.9)

$ (3.6)

$ (2.6)

$  (1.1)

$(68.6)

Prices
 provided by other external sources

   ---  

  17.6 

   4.2 

   8.4 

  (0.7)

  (1.8)

  (0.9)

   ---  

    ---  

  26.8 

Prices
 based on
 models

  (3.9)

 (12.4)

  19.5 

  43.6 

  69.5 

  50.5 

  41.6 

  45.4 

 (183.6)

  70.2 

Total

$(23.8)

$ (7.6)

$ 17.4 

$ 41.7 

$ 61.7 

$ 43.8 

$ 37.1 

$ 42.8 

$(184.7)

$ 28.4 

In the table above, each commodity contract is classified by the source of fair value, based upon the individual settlement dates within an entire contract. Therefore, portions of a single contract may be assigned to multiple classifications based upon the source of the underlying market prices used to determine the fair value of the contract. AE Supply determines prices actively quoted from various industry services, broker quotes, and the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). Electricity markets are generally liquid for approximately one year and most natural gas markets are generally liquid for approximately three years. Afterward, some market prices can be observed, but market liquidity is less robust.

Approximately $70.2 million of AE Supply's commodity contracts were classified above as prices based on models, even though a portion of these contracts are valued based on observable market prices. The most significant variables to AE Supply's models used to value these contracts are the forward prices for both electricity and natural gas. These forward prices are based on observable market prices to the extent prices are available in the market. Generally, electricity forward prices are actively quoted for about one

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year, and some observable market prices are available for about three years. After three years, the forward prices for electricity are based on the forward price of natural gas and a marginal heat rate for generation (based on more efficient natural gas-fired generation) to convert natural gas into electricity. For natural gas, forward prices are generally actively quoted for about three years, and some observable market prices are available for about five years. Beyond five years, natural gas prices are modified, based on trends in prior years.

For deliveries by the end of 2003, the fair value of AE Supply's commodity contracts was a net liability of $23.8 million.

Net unrealized losses of $323.2 million and $368.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, were recorded in the wholesale revenues to reflect the change in the estimated fair value of the energy commodity contracts. The following table provides a roll-forward of the net fair value, or commodity contract assets less commodity contract liabilities, of AE Supply's commodity contracts from December 31, 2002, and March 31, 2003, to June 30, 2003:

(In millions)

   Three
   Months
   Ended
June 30

   Six
   Months    Ended
   June 30

Net fair value of commodity contract assets and liabilities as of March 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002, respectively

$  352.3  

$  428.2   

Unrealized losses on commodity contracts, net during 2003:

   

   Fair value of structured transactions when entered
     into during 2003

     ---   

     ---    

   Cumulative effect of an accounting change attributable to
     conversion to EITF 02-3

     ---   

   (19.7)  

   Sale of purchase power hedge agreements related to the
  assignment of the BGE contract

   (17.7) 

   (17.7)  

   Renegotiation of contract terms related to the CDWR contract

  (152.2) 

  (152.2)  

   Other unrealized gains (losses) on commodity contracts, net

  (153.3) 

  (198.5)  

     Total unrealized losses on commodity contracts,
     net during 2003

  (323.2) 

  (388.1)  

Net options paid and received

    (0.7)*

   (11.7)**

Net fair value of commodity contract assets and liabilities
  as of June 30, 2003

$   28.4  

$   28.4   

*  Amount is net of ($0.7) of option premium expirations

   

** Amount is net of ($11.7) of option premium expirations

   

Affiliated: Affiliated revenues increased $16.7 million and $33.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, in comparison to the same periods in 2002, primarily due to increased sales volume and higher average prices charged to the Distribution Companies in accordance with the escalating market-based pricing component of the long-term power sales agreements between AE Supply and the Delivery Companies.

The tables below separates operating revenues and cost of revenues into two components: PLR and Excess Generation and Trading for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, respectively. See Item 7, Management's Discussion and Analysis, for AE Supply in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K for a further description.

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PLR
Three Months Ended
June 30

Excess Generation
and Trading
Three Months
Ended
June 30

Total
Three Months
Ended
June 30

(In millions)

2003

Restated
2002

2003

Restated
2002

2003

Restated
2002

Operating revenues:

           

  Physical delivery

 $ 287.4 

 $ 279.3

 $ (13.9)

 $ (31.0)

 $ 273.5 

 $ 248.3 

  Financial settlement

     -- 

     ---

  (303.7)

    15.9 

  (303.7)

    15.9 

    Total revenues

   287.4 

   279.3

  (317.6)

   (15.1)

   (30.2)

   264.2 

             

Cost of sales:

           

  Fuel for electric generation

    98.5 

    95.0

     4.3 

     3.5 

   102.8 

    98.5 

  Purchased energy and
    transmission:

           

      Physical delivery

   19.9 

    18.7

     5.4 

    19.0 

    25.3 

    37.7 

      Financial settlement

     ---  

     ---

      .1 

     4.8 

     0.1 

     4.8 

  Total cost of sales

   118.4 

   113.7

     9.8 

    27.3 

  128.2 

   141.0 

Net revenues

 $ 169.0 

 $ 165.6

 $(327.4)

 $ (42.4)

 $(158.4)

 $ 123.2 

       
 

PLR
Six Months Ended
June 30

Excess Generation
And Trading
Six Months
Ended
June 30

Total
Six Months
Ended
June 30

(In millions)

2003

Restated
2002

2003

Restated
2002

2003

Restated
2002

Operating revenues:

           

  Physical delivery

 $ 617.9

 $ 580.8

 $ (67.4)

 $   9.6

 $ 550.5 

 $ 590.4 

  Financial settlement

     ---

     ---

  (369.5)

    97.9

  (369.5)

    97.9 

    Total revenues

   617.9

   580.8

  (436.9)

   107.5

   181.0 

   688.3 

             

Cost of sales:

           

  Fuel for electric generation

   217.9

   206.0

     6.7 

     5.5

   224.6 

   211.5 

  Purchased energy and
    transmission:

           

      Physical delivery

   44.9

    32.3

    16.1 

    58.5

    61.0 

    90.8 

      Financial settlement

     ---

     ---

      .2 

     7.7

      .2 

     7.7 

  Total cost of sales

   262.8

   238.3

    23.0 

    71.7

   285.8 

   310.0 

Net revenues

  $355.1

 $ 342.5

 S(459.9)

 $  35.8

 $(104.8)

 $ 378.3 

Cost of Revenues

Fuel Consumed for Electric Generation: Fuel consumed for electric generation increased $4.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2003,as compared to the same period in 2002, primarily due to an approximate 3.2 percent, or $3.1 million, increase in the quantity of electricity produced. Fuel consumed for electric generation increased $13.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the same period in 2002. As discussed above for the three months ended June 30, 2003, this is due to the increase in quantity as well as an approximate $6.0 million increase in the cost of fuel consumed at the coal-fired generating stations, which occurred in the first quarter of 2003. This increase in cost of coal consumed was due primarily to a 4.1 percent increase in average coal prices.

Purchased Energy and Transmission: Purchased energy and transmission decreased $17.1 million and $37.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the same periods in 2002, primarily due to the absence of purchased energy to support retail sales as a result of AE Supply exiting the retail business during June 2002, and the absence of purchases from the Distribution Companies beginning April 1, 2002, upon Allegheny's entry into PJM.

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Other Operating Expenses

Operation Expense: Operation expenses increased $7.1 million and $67.2 million for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2003, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2002. The increase associated with the three months ended June 30, 2003, is primarily due to higher costs related to employee benefits, and third party services. The increase associated with the six months ended June 30, 2003, is primarily due to higher costs associated with employee benefits, third party services, refinancing fees related to the Borrowing Facilities, and a $28.5 million loss on an asset held for sale (see Note 4, Assets Held For Sale). The increase associated with the six months ended June 30, 2003, is offset in part by savings from restructuring and cost reduction initiatives begun in the third quarter of 2002 including Allegheny's voluntary ERO program.

Depreciation and Amortization: There have been no significant changes in depreciation and amortization in the three and six month periods ending June 30, 2003, as compared to the same periods in 2002.

Taxes Other than Income Taxes: Taxes other than income taxes decreased $2.8 million and $5.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2002, primarily due to a decrease in gross receipt taxes from exiting the retail business, reduced exposure to for West Virginia Business and Occupation taxes, settlement of a West Virginia tax audit, and negotiations that resulted in the reduction of property taxes at the Wheatland facility in Indiana.

Interest Charges

Interest charges increased $31.1 million and $56.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2002, primarily due to an increase in AE Supply's average long-term debt outstanding, including new debt issued under the Borrowing Facilities.

Federal and State Income Tax (Benefit) Expense

The effective income tax rates for the three months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002 were 42.1 percent and 38.8 percent respectively. The effective income tax rates for the six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, were 41.0 percent and 51.0 percent, respectively. The change in the rates are primarily the result of the tax benefits derived from losses incurred and a change in the tax rate of Allegheny Trading and Financing (ATF) which resulted from the restructuring of the Company.

MONONGAHELA'S RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Loss) Earnings Summary

Consolidated Net (Loss) Income

Three Months Ended
June 30

Six Months Ended
June 30

(In millions)

2003

Restated
2002

2003

Restated
2002

Delivery and Services

    $(6.9)

    $ 7.9 

    $ 8.4 

  $  19.0 

Generation and Marketing

     (0.4)

     (5.1)

     54.4 

     (6.0)

Consolidated (loss) income
  before cumulative effect of
  accounting change

     (7.3)

      2.8 

     62.8 

     13.0 

Cumulative effect of accounting change, net

      ---  

      --- 

      (.5)

   (115.4)

Consolidated net (loss) income

    $(7.3)

    $ 2.8 

    $62.3 

  $(102.4)

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Monongahela incurred a $7.3 million consolidated loss before cumulative effect of accounting change for the three months ended June 30, 2003, compared to consolidated income of $2.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2002. This decrease of $10.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2002, is primarily due to increased fuel, purchased energy and operation costs. Monongahela's consolidated income before cumulative effect of accounting change increased $49.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, primarily due to increased earnings in the Generation and Marketing segment as a result of the recognition of a $48.1 million gain, net of income taxes ($61.7 million, before income taxes), for the reapplication of the provisions of SFAS No. 71. See Note 9, Accounting for the Effects of Price Deregulation, for additional information regarding the reapplication of SFAS No. 71.

The cumulative effect of accounting change for 2003 relates to the adoption of SFAS No. 143. See Note 12, Asset Retirement Obligations, for additional information.

In 2002, earnings were reduced by $115.4 million, net of income taxes, reflecting the cumulative effect of the accounting change associated with the adoption of SFAS No. 142. See Note 5, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, to the consolidated financial statements in Allegheny's 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

Operating Revenues

Total operating revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, were as follows:

 

Three Months Ended
June 30

Six Months Ended
June 30

(In millions)

2003

Restated
2002

2003

Restated
2002

Delivery and Services:

       

  Regulated electric

   $141.3 

  $146.8 

  $304.5 

  $301.9 

  Regulated natural gas

     35.8 

    36.5 

   157.6 

   128.7 

  Bulk power

      4.4 

     4.4 

     9.1 

     7.1 

  Other affiliated and non-
    affiliated energy service

      3.8 

     4.4 

     7.9 

    11.9 

Total Delivery and Services

    185.3 

   192.1 

   479.1 

   449.6 

Generation and Marketing:

       

  Bulk power

      1.7 

     0.7 

     1.9 

     0.7 

  Retail, affiliated,
    and other

     78.2 

    69.5 

   175.6 

   146.2 

Total Generation and Marketing
  Revenues

     79.9 

    70.2 

   177.5 

   146.9 

Eliminations

    (67.0)

   (65.9)

  (141.5)

  (134.3)

Total operating revenues

   $198.2 

  $196.4 

  $515.1 

  $462.2 

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For the three months ended June 30, 2003, the Delivery and Services segment's regulated electric revenues decreased $5.5 million, as compared to the three months ending June 30, 2002, primarily due to a decrease in residential sales, which reflects a 12.2 percent decrease in heating degree days as a result of warmer spring weather. For the three months ended June 30, 2003, heating degree days were 25.0 percent lower than normal. For the six months ended June 30, 2003, the Delivery and Services segment's regulated electric revenues increased $2.6 million, as compared to the six months ending June 30, 2002, primarily due to an increase in residential and commercial sales, which reflects a 12.6 percent increase in heating degree days as a result of colder winter weather. For the six months ended June 30, 2003, heating degree days were 2.3 percent lower than normal.

For the three months ended June 30, 2003, the Delivery and Services segment's regulated natural gas revenues decreased $0.7 million, as compared to the three months ending June 30, 2002, primarily due to lower residential and commercial sales. For the six months ended June 30, 2003, the Delivery and Services segment's regulated natural gas revenues increased $28.9 million, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2002, primarily due to an increase in combined residential, commercial, industrial and municipal sales.

The Generation and Marketing segment's affiliated and other revenues increased $8.7 million and $29.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, respectively, in comparison to the same periods in 2002, primarily due to increased sales of excess generation to AE Supply at higher average rates.

The eliminations in revenues are necessary to remove the effect of affiliated revenues, primarily sales of bulk power.

Cost of Revenues

Fuel Consumed For Electric Generation: For the three months ended June 30, 2003, fuel consumed for electric generation, which relates entirely to the Generation and Marketing segment, increased $3.0 million, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2002, primarily due to a 4.9 percent increase in average fuel prices and a 4.9 percent increase in the quantity of electricity produced. For the six months ended June 30, 2003, fuel consumed for electric generation increased $9.5 million compared to the six months ended June 30, 2002, primarily due to an 8.0 percent increase in average fuel prices and a 6.2 percent increase in the quantity of electricity produced.

Purchased Energy and Transmission: Purchased energy and transmission for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, consists of the following items:

Three Months Ended
June 30

Six Months Ended
June 30

(In millions)

2003

Restated
2002

2003

Restated
2002

Delivery and Services:

  From PURPA generation

   $ 18.9 

   $ 13.6 

   $ 37.1 

   $ 31.8 

  Other purchased energy

     83.4 

     81.8 

    177.0 

    164.8 

    Total purchased energy for
    Delivery and Services

    102.3 

     95.4 

    214.1 

    196.6 

Generation and Marketing
  purchased energy and
  transmission

     10.4 

     11.3 

     20.9 

     19.0 

Eliminations

    (67.0)

    (66.0)

   (141.5)

   (134.3)

Total purchased energy and
  Transmission

   $ 45.7 

   $ 40.7 

   $ 93.5 

   $ 81.3 

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The Delivery and Services segment's purchased energy from PURPA generation increased $5.3 million for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the same periods in 2002, primarily due to a PURPA generation facility scheduled outage for maintenance in the second quarter of 2002.

The Delivery and Services segment's purchased energy from other than PURPA generation increased $1.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2003, primarily due to higher energy cost. The Delivery and Services segment's purchased energy from other than PURPA generation increased $12.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, primarily due to higher energy cost and higher transmission costs as a result of Monongahela joining the PJM in the second quarter of 2003.

The Generation and Marketing segment's purchased energy and transmission for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, remained relatively unchanged as compared to the same periods in 2002.

The eliminations are necessary to remove the effect of affiliated purchased energy and transmission expenses.

Natural Gas Purchases: Natural gas purchases, which relate entirely to the Delivery and Services segment, increased $7.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the same period in 2002, primarily due to higher prices, and increased $47.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the same period in 2002, primarily due to increased gas purchases at higher prices to support increased gas sales.

Other Operating Expenses

Operation Expense: The $13.6 million and $21.1 million increases in operation expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the same periods in 2002, which relate almost entirely to the Delivery and Services segment, were primarily due to higher costs related to bad debt expense of approximately $8.5 million along with higher costs related to employee compensation and benefits, and outside services.

Taxes Other than Income Taxes: Total taxes other than income taxes decreased $3.5 million and $1.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the same periods in 2002, primarily due to reduced exposure to the West Virginia Business and Occupation taxes.

Other Income and Expenses, Net

Other income and expenses, net, represent non-operating revenues and expenses before income taxes. Other income and expenses, net, for the three months ended June 30, 2003, remained relatively unchanged compared to the three months ended June 30, 2002. Other income and expenses, net increased $61.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the six months ended June 30,

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2002, primarily due to the recognition of an $61.7 million gain related to the reapplication of the provisions of SFAS No. 71 to generation assets in West Virginia. See Note 9, Accounting for the Effects of Price Deregulation, and Note 11, Other Income and Expenses, Net, for additional information.

Federal and State Income Tax (Benefit) Expense

The effective income tax rates for the three months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, were 48.7 percent and 25.3 percent, respectively. The effective income tax rates for the six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, were 24.4 percent and 41.7 percent, respectively. The change in the effective income tax rate is primarily caused by the impact of the reapplication of SFAS No. 71.

Allegheny allocates various tax benefits to the subsidiaries on a standard quarterly allocation. This corporate allocation may cause significant fluctuations in the effective quarterly tax rates from the statutory rates for the subsidiaries depending on the level of pre-tax profitability.

POTOMAC EDISON'S RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


Earnings Summary

Net income decreased $4.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the same period of 2002, primarily due to a 14.0 percent increase in the costs of purchased energy and transmission. Net income increased $11.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2002, primarily due to increased net revenues and the recognition of an $8.6 million gain, net of income taxes ($14.1 million before income taxes), for the reapplication of the provisions of SFAS No. 71. See Note 9, Accounting for the Effects of Price Deregulation, for additional information regarding the reapplication of SFAS No. 71.

The cumulative effect of accounting change for 2003, relates to the adoption of SFAS No. 143. See Note 12, Asset Retirement Obligations, for additional information.

Operating Revenues

For the three months ended June 30, 2003, operating revenues increased $6.8 million over the three months ended June 30, 2002, primarily due to an increase in residential sales as a result of an increase in heating degree days due to colder weather in its service territory and increases in industrial sales as a result of increased MWh's provided. Average heating degree days for the second quarter of 2003 were 28.9 percent higher than the same period of the prior year and were 19.7 percent higher than normal.

For the six months ended June 30, 2003, operating revenues increased $39.7 million over the six months ended June 30, 2002, primarily due to an increase in residential sales as a result of an increase in heating degree days due to colder weather in its service territory, an increase in the average number of customers served and an increase in industrial sales as a result of additional MWh's provided. Average heating degree days for the six months ended June 30, 2003, were 32.7 percent higher than the same period of the prior year and were 9.9 percent higher than normal.

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Cost of Revenues

Purchased Energy and Transmission: Purchased energy expense increased $11.2 million and $36.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2002, primarily due to increased purchases of electricity from AE Supply to serve increased sales as discussed above. To serve these increased sales for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, Potomac Edison incurred additional purchased electricity costs over the same periods of 2002 under its long-term power purchase agreement with AE Supply. During the three months ended June 30, 2003, Potomac Edison had a decrease in
purchases of electricity from PURPA generation facilities due to a planned power outage at the Warrior Run facility, a non-Allegheny facility. The purchases of electricity from PURPA generation facilities for the six months ended June 30, 2003, were higher than the six months ended June 30, 2002, due to higher volume and slightly higher rates.

Other Operating Expenses

Operation Expense: Operation expenses increased $4.5 million and $6.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, respectively, as compared to the same periods of 2002, primarily due to higher costs related to employee benefits and outside services, offset in part by savings from restructuring and cost reduction initiatives begun in the third quarter of 2002, including Allegheny's voluntary ERO program.

Depreciation and Amortization: Depreciation and amortization expense was substantially unchanged for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the same periods in 2002.

Other Income and Expenses, Net

Other income and expenses, net, represent non-operating revenues and expense before income taxes. Other income and expenses, net, decreased $0.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2002, primarily due to the net impact of coal brokering fees and tax credits related to the purchase of Maryland mined coal recorded during the second quarter of 2002, which did not recur in 2003.
Other income and expenses, net, increased $18.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the same period of 2002, primarily due to the recognition, during the first quarter of 2003, of a $14.1 million gain related to the reapplication of the provisions of SFAS No. 71 and a $1.9 million gain on the sale of land. See Note 9, Accounting for the Effects of Price Deregulation, and Note 11, Other Income and Expenses, Net, for additional information.

Federal and State Income Tax Expense

The effective income tax rates for the three months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, were 7.1 percent and 34.1 percent, respectively. The effective income tax rates for the six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, were 29.9 percent and 32.2 percent, respectively.

Allegheny allocates various tax benefits to the subsidiaries on a standard quarterly allocation. This corporate allocation may cause significant fluctuations in the effective quarterly tax rates from the statutory rates for the subsidiaries depending on the level of pre-tax profitability.

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WEST PENN'S RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


Earnings Summary

For the three months ended June 30, 2003, consolidated net income decreased $1.6 million. The increase in operating expenses (primarily taxes other than income taxes) and the reduction in revenues, which were partially offset by reduced interest charges and lower income tax expense, are the primary reasons for the decrease in consolidated net income from the same period of 2002. For the six months ended June 30, 2003, consolidated net income decreased $7.8 million primarily due to the recognition of a gain on the sale of land in 2002 as part of other income and expenses, net, and which did not recur in 2003, partly offset by higher net revenues and lower interest charges in 2003.

Operating Revenues

Operating revenues decreased $1.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2003, from the three months ended June 30, 2002, primarily due to decreased revenue from industrial customers as a result of a 4.0 percent decline in MWh's provided and to a reduced level of sales to affiliates. These decreases were partially offset by increased revenue from residential and municipal customers usage due to 4.4 percent and 1.5 percent increases in MWh's provided, respectively.

Operating revenues increased $3.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the same period of 2002, primarily due to a $17.6 million increase from residential customers driven by a 10.2 percent increase in MWh's provided. This increase was partially offset by reduced levels of revenue from industrial and municipal customers as a result of a decline in MWh's provided and, to a lesser extent, to a reduced level of sales to affiliates. Average heating degree days for the six months ended June 30, 2003 were 18.2 percent higher than the same period of 2002 and were 3.0 percent higher than normal.

Cost of Revenues

Purchased Energy and Transmission:  Purchased energy expense remained substantially consistent for the three months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the same period of 2002. Purchased energy expense increased $3.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the same period of 2002, as a result of additional transmission costs and increased purchased power under PURPA agreements.

Other Operating Expenses

Operation Expense: Operation expenses decreased $0.6 million and $6.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the same periods of 2002, as a result of savings from restructuring and cost reduction initiatives begun in the third quarter of 2002, including Allegheny's voluntary ERO program, offset in part by increased costs related to employee benefits.

Depreciation and Amortization: Depreciation and amortization expense increased $1.3 million and $2.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, respectively, as compared to the same periods of the prior year, primarily due to an increase in the property, plant, and equipment in-service balances.

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Taxes Other than Income Taxes: Taxes other than income taxes increased $3.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2002, primarily due to an increase in gross receipt taxes on increased Pennsylvania retail revenues. Taxes other than income taxes increased $4.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the same period of 2002, primarily due to an increase in gross receipt taxes on increased Pennsylvania retail revenues and an accrual of Pennsylvania use taxes related to prior tax periods.

Other Income and Expenses, Net

Other income and expenses, net, represent non-operating revenues and expenses before income taxes. Other income and expenses, net was substantially the same for the three months ended June 30, 2003, and June 30, 2002. Other income and expenses, net, decreased $14.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2002, primarily due to the recognition of a $12.5 million gain on the sale of land in 2002.

Interest Charges

Interest charges decreased $2.0 million and $3.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, respectively, as compared to the same period of 2002, primarily due to lower average debt levels from the repayment of transition bonds.

Federal and State Income Tax Expense

The effective income tax rates for the three months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002 were 34.7 percent and 38.4 percent, respectively. The effective income tax rates for the six months ended June 30, 2003, and 2002, were 31.9 percent and 33.4 percent, respectively.

Allegheny allocates various tax benefits to the subsidiaries on a standard quarterly allocation. This corporate allocation may cause significant fluctuations in the effective quarterly tax rates from the statutory rates for the subsidiaries depending on the level of pre-tax profitability.

AGC'S RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


Earnings Summary

Net income remained relatively consistent for the three months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2002. Net income increased $0.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to the same period of the prior year, primarily due to an increase, recorded in the first quarter of 2003, in AGC's net investment in the power station through the accumulation of retained earnings in order to maintain a set debt to equity ratio. Through a cost-of-service rate schedule approved by the FERC, AGC recovers, in revenues, a return on its investment.

Operating Revenues

Operating revenues increased $0.6 million and $2.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, respectively, as compared to the same periods of 2002, primarily due to an increase in recoveries through regulated rates, which were brought about by higher interest expenses and an increase in AGC's investment in the Bath County power station. AGC's interest expenses increased primarily due to higher interest rates.   AGC recovers in revenues all of its operation expense, depreciation, taxes other than income taxes, and a return on its investment through a cost-of-service rate schedule approved by the FERC.

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FINANCIAL CONDITION, REQUIREMENTS, AND RESOURCES


Liquidity and Capital Requirements

On February 25, 2003, and March 13, 2003, Allegheny entered into the Borrowing Facilities totaling $2,447.8 million with various credit providers to refinance and restructure the majority of AE and AE Supply's short-term debt. See "Liquidity Strategy," above, Note 2, Debt Covenants and Liquidity Strategy, above, and Note 3, Debt Covenants and Liquidity Strategy, in the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K for a full description of the Borrowing Facilities and related debt covenant requirements. Allegheny and AE Supply have obtained waivers for these respective agreements' covenants for the reporting periods through and including September 30, 2003.

On September 29, 2003, Mountaineer obtained waivers with respect to its Note Purchase Agreements extending the respective agreements' covenant due dates for the 2002 annual audited financial statements until October 31, 2003. Also, Mountaineer has obtained waivers for the delivery of its unaudited financial statements to the noteholders for the first, second, and third quarters of 2003. Mountaineer provided its 2002 annual audited financial statements to noteholders on October 31, 2003. Mountaineer is required to deliver the first quarter 2003 unaudited financial statements by December 30, 2003. The second and third quarter 2003 unaudited financial statements are required to be delivered by February 1, 2004. These dates both include a 30-day grace period that is provided under the Note Purchase Agreements.

As a result of the receipt of waivers for Allegheny's financial debt covenants under the Borrowing Facilities and the failure to comply with certain covenants for financial reporting requirements under the majority of Allegheny's other debt, including Allegheny's First Mortgage Bonds, Transition Bonds and Medium-Term Notes (for additional information, see the Consolidated Statements of Capitalization for each registrant in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K), as well as cross-covenant requirements in certain of Allegheny's Pollution Control Bonds (collectively "Other Indebtedness"), this debt is classified as current in accordance with EITF 86-30. See Note 3, Debt Covenants and Liquidity Strategy, in the "Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements" in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K for a full description of these violations. The following table summarizes the amount of debt (excluding unamortized discounts and premiums) classified as current for each registrant, as a result of the se failures to comply as of June 30, 2003:

(In millions)

Borrowing
Facilities

Other
Indebtedness

     

AE

  $   266.6

  $   304.1

AE Supply

    1,399.9

    1,536.4

Monongahela

        ---  

      683.7

Potomac Edison

        ---  

      420.0

West Penn

        ---  

      388.0

AGC

        ---  

      100.0

Total Allegheny

  $ 1,666.5

  $ 3,432.2

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Cash Flows

Allegheny Energy, Inc.:
Internal generation of cash, consisting of cash flows from operations reduced by common and preferred dividends, was $61.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, compared to $69.6 million for the prior period.

Cash flows from operations decreased $106.0 million, reflecting decreases in net income, accounts payable and contract termination costs, partially offset by an increase in taxes receivable, net.

Cash flows used in investing increased $240.2 million, which was primarily the result of AE Supply's acquisition and buyout of the owner lessor of the Springdale generating facility, partially offset by lower construction expenditures.

Cash flows from financing increased $471.8 million, which was primarily the net result of the entry into the Borrowing Facilities and the decrease in dividends paid. Of amounts financed under the Borrowing Facilities, $420.0 million borrowed by AE Supply represented new liquidity. See Part I, Item 1, Note 2, Debt Covenants and Liquidity Strategy, for additional information regarding the Borrowing Facilities.

AE Supply: Internal use of cash, consisting of cash flows used in operations, was $203.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, compared to $1.1 million for the prior period. This is an increase in cash used in operations of $202.2 million.

The increase in cash used in operations, $202.2 million was primarily the result of decreases in net income, affiliated and non-affiliated accounts receivable, accounts payable and payments related to trading contract terminations, partially offset by an increase in accrued payroll.

Cash flows used in investing activities increased $232.7 primarily due to the acquisition and buyout of the owner lessor of the Springdale generation facility for $318.4 million, partially offset by lower construction expenditures.

Cash flows from financing activities increased $494.0 million primarily due to $420.0 million in new financing available under the Borrowing Facilities.

Monongahela: Internal generation of cash, consisting of cash flows from operations reduced by common and preferred dividends, was $85.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, compared to $66.7 million for the prior period.

Cash flows from operations increased $18.5 million as a result of an increase in both affiliated and non-affiliated accounts payable, partially offset by a decrease in materials and supplies.

Cash flows used in investing activities increased $.2 million. A decrease in construction expenditures was partially offset by the absence of cash inflows from land sales.

Cash flows used in financing activities decreased $15.6 million, reflecting the increase in short term debt.

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Potomac Edison: Internal generation of cash, consisting of cash flows from operations reduced by common dividends, was $49.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, compared to $26.7 million for the prior period.

Cash flows from operations increased by $26.6 million as a result of an increase in affiliated accounts payable and an increase in taxes receivable/payable, net.

Cash flows used in investing activities decreased $1.0 million due to cash received from the sale of land.

Cash flows used in financing activities increased $9.8 million, reflecting the increase in common stock dividends paid to AE and a decrease in affiliated notes payable, offset by the change in short-term debt.

West Penn: Internal generation of cash, consisting of cash flows used in operations reduced by common dividends, was $73.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, compared to $10.3 million for the prior period. Cash flows from operations increased $46.2 due to an increase in cash flows from affiliated and non-affiliated accounts payable and accounts receivable.

Cash flows used in investing activities increased $9.0 million. This was the result of a reduction in cash inflows from the sale of land, partially offset by a decrease in construction expenditures.

Cash flows used in financing activities increased $24.5 million, reflecting a decrease in proceeds from long term debt and short term debt, partially offset by an decrease in common stock dividends paid to AE.

AGC: Internal generation of cash, consisting of cash flows from operations reduced by common dividends, was $38.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, compared to approximately $9.5 million for the prior period. Cash flows from operations increased $28.6 million primarily due to increases in affiliated accounts receivable/payable, net and taxes receivable/payable, net.

Cash flows used in investing increased $1.0 million as a result of an increase in construction expenditures. Cash flows used in financing increased $16.5 million reflecting the payments on short term debt offset by an increase in notes payable to parent.

Financing

Debt:
For the six months ended June 30, 2003, the following repayments and redemptions of long-term debt were made by registrant:

(In millions)

Issuances

Redemptions

AE

  $  315.0

  $  (18.0)

AE Supply

   1,662.8

    (197.2)

Monongahela

       ---  

     (16.3)

Potomac Edison

       ---  

       ---  

West Penn

       ---  

     (39.4)

AGC

       ---  

       ---  

Allegheny

  $1,977.8

  $ (270.9)

Allegheny has entered into the Borrowing Facilities on February 25, 2003, and March 13, 2003. See "Liquidity Strategy," above, and Note 2, Debt Covenants and Liquidity Strategy, for full descriptions of the Borrowing Facilities.

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Short-term Debt: Allegheny and AE Supply manage short-term obligations with cash-on-hand. Monongahela, Potomac Edison, and West Penn manage short-term obligations through an internal money pool or cash-on-hand. As a method to accommodate intercompany short-term borrowing needs to the extent that certain companies have funds available, the money pool provides funds to approved Allegheny subsidiaries at the lower of the previous day's Federal Funds Effective Interest Rate, as quoted by the Federal Reserve, or the previous day's seven-day commercial paper rate, as quoted by the same source, less four basis points.

At June 30, 2003, no registrant had access to any short-term revolving credit facilities or lines of credit with third party financial institutions, beyond that which has been utilized. A $10.0 million facility at Monongahela is classified as current. The facility was renegotiated as part of a $55.0 million revolving credit facility in September 2003. See Note 16, Subsequent Events, for additional information.

A one percent increase in the short-term borrowing interest rate would increase projected short-term interest expense by approximately $0.1 million on $10 million for the twelve months ended June 30, 2004, based on projected short-term borrowings (which excludes the Borrowing Facilities). See "Liquidity Strategy," above, and Note 2, Debt Covenants and Liquidity Strategy, concerning the adequacy of cash flows to meet payment obligations.

OTHER MATTERS


Critical Accounting Policies

A summary of Allegheny's critical accounting policies is included in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Allegheny, AE Supply, Monongahela, Potomac Edison, West Penn and AGC. Allegheny's critical accounting policies have not changed materially from those reported in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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New Accounting Pronouncements

In April 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 149, "Amendment of SFAS No. 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities," which amends and clarifies accounting for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activities under SFAS No. 133. The amendments set forth in SFAS No. 149 improve financial reporting by requiring that contracts with comparable characteristics be accounted for similarly. SFAS No. 149 clarifies under what circumstances a contract with an initial net investment meets the characteristic of a derivative as discussed in SFAS No. 133 and when a derivative contains a financing component that warrants special reporting in the statement of cash flows, as well as amending certain other existing pronouncements. Those changes will result in more consistent reporting of contracts that are derivatives in their entirety or that contain embedded derivatives that warrant separate accounting. SFAS No. 149 is effective for contracts en tered into or modified after June 30, 2003, except for certain implementation issues and certain provisions of forward purchase and sale contracts and for hedging relationships designated after June 30, 2003. There is no impact on the first and second quarter of 2003. Allegheny is evaluating the potential impact of adopting SFAS No. 149.

REGULATORY MATTERS

Federal Regulation

On March 15, 2001, the Distribution Companies filed a plan with the FERC to transfer functional control over their transmission system to PJM. The plan was approved by the FERC on January 30, 2002, and the Distribution Companies became members of PJM effective April 1, 2002. On November 17, 2003, the FERC issued a series of orders related to transmission rate design for the PJM and Midwest regions. Specifically, the FERC found that the pancaking of rates for movement of power between PJM and the Midwest region is not just and reasonable. The FERC ordered the elimination of pancaked rates and the implementation of a transitional rate design for a two-year period, and ordered the parties to develop a long-term rate design solution. While the transitional rate design is intended to keep transmission owners neutral with respect to transmission revenues for the two-year period, it is not clear that this will be the actual result. Because the data is still being collected and the details of th e calculations are not yet worked out with the other transmission owners in PJM and the region, Allegheny does not know the full financial impact; however, based on preliminary calculations such impact could be material.

State Legislation and Regulatory Developments

Rate Matters

Ohio: For a discussion of rate matters in Ohio, see Note 16, Subsequent Events, in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

West Penn: On November 25, 2003, West Penn filed a Petition for Issuance of a Second Supplement to its Previous Qualified Rate Orders. West Penn is asking the Commission to approve the issuance of additional transition bonds up to the amounts originally authorized by the Commission with approved carrying charges to securitize a remaining portion of West Penn's stranded costs.

The purpose of this second supplement to West Penn's Qualified Rate Order is to allow West Penn to refinance debt maturing in June 2004 at a favorable interest rate that would extend to 2010. It would also facilitate West Penn's financing and timely recovery of those portions of its previously stranded costs that are not recoverable on a timely basis, via West Penn's competitive transition charge, due to the operation of West Penn's generation rate cap.

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Allegheny's primary market risk exposures are associated with interest rates and commodity prices. Allegheny has risk management policies to monitor and assist in controlling these market risks and uses derivative instruments to manage some of the exposures. A summary of Allegheny's market risks is included in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Allegheny, AE Supply, Monongahela, Potomac Edison, West Penn and AGC. Allegheny's market risks have not changed materially from those reported in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Allegheny identified a miscalculation in its business segment information after the filing of Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2002, and initiated a comprehensive review of its financial processes, records, and internal controls. As a result, Allegheny identified numerous accounting errors. See Item 14 of the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K for information concerning accounting errors and internal control deficiencies.

Allegheny has implemented corrective actions to mitigate the risk that its internal control deficiencies could lead to material misstatements in the financial statements filed as part of this Form 10-Q.  Allegheny developed and implemented a plan to perform significant additional procedures designed to mitigate the effects of the deficiencies in internal controls and hired outside professional services firms to assist in the performance of the additional procedures.  Allegheny's additional procedures included the reconciliation and analysis of balance sheet accounts, analysis of various transactions for proper classification and cut-off, and the analysis of various accounting processes to determine additional actions necessary to ensure the accuracy of Allegheny's financial records and identify corrective actions needed to improve internal controls.  However, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), Allegheny's independent auditors, in their report dated September 12, 2003, have advised the Audit Committee of continuing material weaknesses noted during the 2002 audit.

Allegheny's management, Audit Committee, and Board of Directors are fully committed to resolving Allegheny's internal control deficiencies.  Ultimate resolution of the deficiencies will include changing the culture of the accounting function to focus on accountability and strict, timely adherence to a set of sound internal control policies and procedures.  Allegheny has recently made substantial changes in its senior management.  Management has taken or is undertaking the following corrective actions in order to achieve an immediate improvement in the controls environment:

(i)

Establishment of a Disclosure Committee as described below;

(ii)

Development of new policies, processes, and procedures to identify and remediate weaknesses and improve controls, including reconciliation, classification, and cut-off issues;

(iii)

The hiring of a new Corporate Controller, on October 13, 2003,

(iv)

Reorganized financial results analysis for all of Allegheny's legal entities under the direction of a single high-level manager with four newly-created general manager positions, each responsible for a specific function and reporting to the designated high-level manager. Accounting professionals recruited from inside and outside of Allegheny will fill these four positions;

(v)

The establishment of a new department focused on the development and maintenance of accounting policies and procedures, and a new department comprised of the individuals responsible for SEC financial reporting matters.  In addition, the department responsible for tax matters, including tax accounting, will report to the Corporate Controller.  In order to improve communications and effectiveness of management oversight of individuals involved in the monthly accounting close processes, Allegheny is consolidating the department responsible for this activity at its offices in western Pennsylvania;

(vi)

Additional training and recruitment of highly skilled individuals to enhance the skill sets and capabilities of Allegheny's accounting leadership and staff.  Allegheny has hired approximately 20 new accounting professionals with degrees in accounting, including six for critical leadership positions; and

(vii)

Continued assistance from outside professional services firms in Allegheny's performance of additional procedures necessary to mitigate the effects of internal control deficiencies until other corrective actions are implemented.

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Longer-term corrective actions include:

(i)

Development of a detailed accounting policies and procedures manual under the direction of a newly-created department as discussed above; and

(ii)

Evaluation of data processing systems with a view to the improvement or replacement of systems related to energy trading and supply chain management, and implementation of data processing systems to enable the accounting function to further utilize technology-based solutions.

Regarding its internal controls for energy trading operations, Allegheny has revised its corporate energy risk policy to incorporate the best practices as defined by the Committee of Chief Risk Officers (CCRO) in its governance white paper issued in November 2002 and is in the process of implementing these best practices. As a result, the role and responsibilities of Allegheny's corporate risk management function, which is independent from its energy trading operations, have been significantly expanded to include the responsibility for determining the fair value of energy trading positions.  Allegheny is in the process of establishing clear separation of duties for front-, middle-, and back-office activities. Allegheny also reduced transaction and exposure limits for its energy trading operations. Allegheny has undertaken an initiative to select from an outside provider and implement a new transaction processing system. It is expected that the core functions of this system will be in o peration by the fall of 2004.

Allegheny expects to implement all of these corrective actions during the remainder of 2003, and 2004. Before December 31, 2004, Allegheny expects that it will have restored the effectiveness of its internal controls and will no longer need to rely on the performance of additional procedures to ensure the accuracy and completeness of its financial statements.

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To address the weaknesses identified in Allegheny's internal controls and disclosure practices, Allegheny substantially augmented and revised its procedures in connection with the preparation of this report.  These augmented procedures included a formal drafting group to comprehensively review, revise and update disclosure. This exercise also involved direct involvement by senior officers, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer.  The principal elements of these augmented procedures have formed the basis for Allegheny's written disclosure controls and procedures applicable to periodic reports and certain public communications.

Allegheny has created a Disclosure Committee, which is chaired by Allegheny's General Counsel and currently is comprised of executives, including Allegheny's Chief Risk Officer, Vice President and Controller, Director of Audit Services and Manager of Communications, as well as the senior officers responsible for Allegheny's business segments.  The Disclosure Committee's principal functions are to establish, maintain, monitor and evaluate Allegheny's written disclosure controls and procedures, and to supervise and coordinate the preparation of Allegheny's periodic reports and certain other public communications. Following its formation, the Disclosure Committee adopted formal written disclosure controls and procedures. These newly adopted disclosure controls and procedures will be applicable to Allegheny's future periodic reports and certain public communications.

The Disclosure Committee, with the participation of our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, reviewed the augmented procedures implemented by Allegheny in connection with the preparation of this report and found them to be satisfactory. However, until Allegheny completes the actions described above to achieve improvements in its internal controls, Allegheny intends to devote additional resources to ensure that its public disclosures are accurate.

The above matters have been undertaken by Allegheny at the direction and with the oversight of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors and with extensive involvement of PwC and other outside professional services firms.

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PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We have from time to time become involved in litigation incidental to our business activities. See Note 15, Commitments and Contingencies, for additional information.

ITEM 2.  CHANGES IN SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

There were no sales of equity securities during the quarter covered by this report.

During the third quarter of 2003, on July 25, AE completed the private placement of $300 million aggregate liquidation amount of its 11 7/8 percent Mandatory Convertible Trust Preferred Securities (the Trust Preferred Securities) to a group of private investment funds. AE concluded that the placement qualified for exemptions from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, including under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D under the Securities Act. This conclusion was based on several factors, including representations provided by the purchasers and the placement agents. The aggregate price paid by the purchasers in the private placement was $291 million (97 percent of par) after taking into account the 3 percent issuance discount. AE paid aggregate placement agents' commissions of $11.5 million. AE realized net proceeds after expenses, including fees and expenses of purchasers' and agents' counsel, of $275 million.

The Trust Preferred Securities will be convertible automatically into shares of AE common stock on or after June 15, 2006, in the event that the closing price per share of AE common stock equals or exceeds $15 over a specified averaging period. The Trust Preferred Securities are also convertible at the option of the holders at any time. The Trust Preferred Securities were issued in multiples of $1,000. The conversion price of the Trust Preferred Securities is $12 per AE common share (that is, 83.33 shares per $1,000 principal amount of the Trust Preferred Securities). The Trust Preferred Securities are convertible in the aggregate into 25 million shares of AE common stock. The terms of the Trust Preferred Securities relating to their conversion are subject to anti-dilution and other adjustment provisions.

ITEM 3.  DEFAULTS ON SENIOR SECURITIES

None

ITEM 4.  SUBMISSIONS OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

No matters were submitted to a vote of AE, Monongahela's or AGC's security holders during the second quarter of 2003. AE Supply does not have security holders. Thus, no matters were submitted to a vote of security holders of AE Supply.

West Penn. At the annual meeting of West Penn shareholders held on April 16, 2003, votes were taken for the election of directors. The total number of votes cast was 24,361,586, with all votes being cast for the election of the following directors: Paul M. Barbas, Richard J. Gagliardi, Thomas K. Henderson, Michael P. Morrell, Alan J. Noia, Jay S. Pifer, and Bruce E. Walenczyk. Messrs. Gagliardi, Henderson, Morrell, Noia, Pifer, and Walenczyk all retired in 2003. Mr. Barbas resigned in 2003.

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Potomac Edison. At the annual meeting of Potomac Edison shareholders held on April 23, 2003, votes were taken for the election of directors. The total number of votes cast was 22,385,000, with all votes being cast for the election of the following directors: Paul M. Barbas, Richard J. Gagliardi, Thomas K. Henderson, Michael P. Morrell, Alan J. Noia, Jay S. Pifer, and Bruce E. Walenczyk. Messrs. Gagliardi, Henderson, Morrell, Noia, Pifer, and Walenczyk all retired in 2003. Mr. Barbas resigned in 2003.

Third and Fourth Quarter 2003

Monongahela. At the annual meeting of Monongahela shareholders held on October 31, 2003, votes were taken for the election of directors. The total number of votes cast was 5,891,000, with all votes being cast for the election of the following directors: Paul J. Evanson, Jay S. Pifer, Joseph H. Richardson, and Jeffrey D. Serkes. Mr. Pifer retired on December 1, 2003.

AE. AE's annual meeting of shareholders was held on November 14, 2003. At the annual meeting votes were taken for (1) the election of directors; (2) the approval of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditors; (3) a shareholder proposal regarding shareholder rights plans; (4) a shareholder proposal regarding indexed options; (5) a shareholder proposal regarding performance-based stock options; (6) a shareholder proposal regarding option expensing; (7) a shareholder proposal regarding independent board chairs; (8) a shareholder proposal regarding simple majority voting; (9) a shareholder proposal regarding annual election of directors; (10) a shareholder proposal regarding auditor fees; and (11) a shareholder proposal regarding reincorporation in Delaware.

AE's shareholders elected H. Furlong Baldwin, Julia L. Johnson, and Gunnar E. Sarsten to serve on the Board of Directors for three-year terms, which will expire in 2006. Shareholders also approved the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditors for the Company. Out of the nine shareholder proposals presented at the meeting, shareholders approved two proposals. The proposals approved were shareholder statements regarding simple majority voting and annual election of directors.

The following tables provide details regarding the numbers of votes cast by AE's shareholders with respect to the matters indicated.

Election of directors:

Nominees for Director

Votes For

Votes Withheld

H. Furlong Baldwin

88,301,623

7,960,713

Julia L. Johnson

88,370,440

7,960,713

Gunnar E. Sarsten

88,249,709

7,960,713

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Other matters:

Shareholder Action Items
Referenced Above

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

(2)

92,605,057

2,489,953

1,172,960

(3)

24,668,548

38,361,156

1,969,360

(4)

13,419,781

49,496,695

2,082,589

(5)

14,176,213

48,872,196

1,950,656

(6)

25,825,212

36,731,652

2,442,200

(7)

26,439,954

35,364,171

3,194,940

(8)

35,313,718

27,715,381

1,969,967

(9)

34,886,019

28,156,165

1,956,881

(10)

10,247,978

52,574,380

2,176,707

(11)

20,711,045

40,668,756

3,619,265


ITEM 5.  OTHER INFORMATION

None

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ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

(a)  Exhibits:

EXHIBIT INDEX
(Rule 601(a))

Allegheny Energy, Inc.

 

 

Documents

  

Incorporation by Reference

10.1

 

$305,000,000 Credit Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2003, among Allegheny Energy, Inc., Monongahela Power Company, and West Penn Power Company, and the Initial Lenders and Initial Issuing Bank named therein and Citibank, N.A.

  

Form 8-K of the Company (1-267), filed August 1, 2003, exh. 10.1

10.2

 

Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2003, among Citibank, N.A., The Bank of Nova Scotia, Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, Allegheny Energy, Inc., and Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC

  

Form 8-K of the Company (1-267), filed August 1, 2003, exh. 10.2

10.3

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 24, 2003, by and among Allegheny Energy, Inc., Allegheny Capital Trust I, Perry Principals, LLC, and additional Purchasers

  

Form 8-K of the Company (1-267), filed August 1, 2003, exh. 4.1

10.4

 

Indenture, dated as of July 24, 2003, between Allegheny Energy, Inc. and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee

  

Form 8-K of the Company (1-267), filed August 1, 2003, exh. 4.2

10.5

 

Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Allegheny Capital Trust I among Allegheny Energy, Inc., Wilmington Trust Company, and the Regular Trustees named therein

  

Form 8-K of the Company (1-267), filed August 1, 2003, exh. 4.3

31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under Securities Exchange Act of 1934

  

 

31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under Securities Exchange Act of 1934

  

 

32.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

  

 

32.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

  

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
(Rule 601(a))

Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC

 

 

Documents

  

Incorporation by Reference

4.1

 

Indenture, dated as of April 8, 2002, between Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC and Bank One Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee

  

Form 8-K of the Company (333-72498), filed August 1, 2003, exh. 4.5

4.2

 

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 8, 2002, between Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC and Bank One Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee

  

Form 8-K of the Company (333-72498), filed August 1, 2003, exh. 4.6

4.3

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 8, 2002, between Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC and Bank of America Securities LLC and J. P. Morgan Securities Inc., as representatives of the Initial Purchasers

  

Form 8-K of the Company (333-72498), filed August 1, 2003, exh. 4.7

4.4

 

Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of February 21, 2003, between Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC, and Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as Trustee

  

Form 8-K of the Company (333-72498), filed August 1, 2003, exh. 4.1

10.1

 

Common Terms Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2003, among Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC, Bank One, N.A., Citibank, N.A., The Bank of Nova Scotia, and JPMorgan Chase Bank

  

Form 8-K of the Company (333-72498), filed August 1, 2003, exh. 10.1

10.2

 

Security and Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2003, among Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC, Bank One, NA, Citibank, N.A., The Bank of Nova Scotia, JPMorgan Chase Bank, and Law Debenture Trust Company of New York

  

Form 8-K of the Company (333-72498), filed August 1, 2003, exh. 10.2

10.3

 

$470,000,000 Credit Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2003, among Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC, and the Banks named therein and Citibank, N.A.

  

Form 8-K of the Company (333-72498), filed August 1, 2003, exh. 10.3

10.4

 

$987,657,215.77 Credit Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2003, among Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC, and the Banks Named therein and Citibank, N.A.

  

Form 8-K of the Company (333-72498), filed August 1, 2003, exh. 10.4

10.5

 

Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2003, among Citibank, N.A., The Bank of Nova Scotia, Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, Allegheny Energy, Inc., and Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC

  

Form 8-K of the Company (333-72498), filed August 1, 2003, exh. 10.5

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10.6

 

$270,122,947 Credit Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2003, among Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC, and the Financial Institutions named therein and The Bank of Nova Scotia

  

Form 8-K of the Company (333-72498), filed August 1, 2003, exh. 10.6

10.7

 

Waiver, Assumption and Supplemental Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2003, among Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC, and Law Debenture Trust Company of New York

  

Form 8-K of the Company (333-72498), filed August 1, 2003, exh. 10.7

31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under Securities Exchange Act of 1934

  

 

31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under Securities Exchange Act of 1934

  

 

32.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

  

 

32.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

  

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
(Rule 601(a))

Monongahela Power Company

 

 

Documents

  

Incorporation by Reference

10.1

 

$305,000,000 Credit Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2003, among Allegheny Energy, Inc., Monongahela Power Company, and West Penn Power Company, and The Initial Lenders and Initial Issuing Bank named therein and Citibank, N.A.

  

Form 8-K of the Company (1-5164), filed August 1, 2003, exh. 10.1

31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under Securities Exchange Act of 1934

  

 

31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under Securities Exchange Act of 1934

  

 

32.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

  

 

32.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

  

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
(Rule 601(a))

The Potomac Edison Company

 

 

Documents

  

Incorporation by Reference

31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under Securities Exchange Act of 1934

  

 

31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under Securities Exchange Act of 1934

  

 

32.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

  

 

32.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

  

 

102


EXHIBIT INDEX
(Rule 601(a))

West Penn Power Company

 

 

Documents

  

Incorporation by Reference

10.1

 

$305,000,000 Credit Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2003, among Allegheny Energy, Inc., Monongahela Power Company, and West Penn Power Company, and The Initial Lenders and Initial Issuing Bank named therein and Citibank, N.A.

  

Form 8-K of the Company (1-255-2), filed August 1, 2003, exh. 10.1

31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under Securities Exchange Act of 1934

  

 

31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under Securities Exchange Act of 1934

  

 

32.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

  

 

32.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

  

 

103


EXHIBIT INDEX
(Rule 601(a))

Allegheny Generating Company

 

 

Documents

  

Incorporation by Reference

31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under Securities Exchange Act of 1934

  

 

31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under Securities Exchange Act of 1934

  

 

32.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

  

 

32.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

  

 

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(b)  Reports on Form 8-K

 

  (1)  The following companies filed or furnished reports on Form 8-K during the first quarter of 2003:

(i)

AE, Inc. on February 25, 2003, Items 7 and 9, arranging new and restructured credit facilities totaling $2.4 billion to improve financial stability;

(ii)

AE, Inc. on March 7, 2003, Items 7 and 9, attaching Press Release regarding announcement of decision of CEO to retire;

(iii)

AE, Inc. on March 7, 2003, Items 7 and 9, attaching Press Release regarding Adjournment of Special Meeting of Stockholders;

(iv)

AE, Inc. on March 10, 2003, Items 7 and 9, attaching Press Release regarding Postponement of 2003 Annual Meeting of Stockholders;

(v)

AE, Inc. on March 17, 2003, Items 7 and 9, attaching Press Release regarding Stockholder Approval of Charter Amendment;

  (2)  The following companies filed or furnished reports on Form 8-K after the first quarter of 2003:

(i)

AE, Inc. on April 16, 2003, Items 7 and 9, attaching Press Release regarding Appointment by the Board of Directors of Interim President and CEO and Lead Director;

(ii)

AE, Inc. on May 15, 2003, Items 7 and 9, attaching Press Release regarding announcement of executive leadership change;

(iii)

AE, Inc. on May 23, 2003, Items 7 and 9, attaching Press Release regarding announcement of executive leadership change;

(iv)

AE, Inc. on June 11, 2003, Items 7 and 9, attaching Press Release regarding announcement of election by the Board of Directors of Chairman, President, and CEO;

(v)

AE, Inc. on June 11, 2003, Items 7 and 9, attaching Press Release announcing renegotiation of terms and conditions of its energy supply contract with CDWR;

(vi)

AE, Inc. on June 24, 3003, Items 7 and 9, attaching Press Release announcing that its common equity ratio has fallen below the level required under certain key SEC authorizations;

(vii)

AE, Inc. on July 7, 2003, Items 7 and 9, attaching Press Release regarding announcement of appointment of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer;

(viii)

AE, Inc. on July 17, 2003, Items 5 and 7, issued notice announcing its intention to issue and sell, through Allegheny Capital Trust I, a special purpose finance subsidiary of AYE, Mandatorily Convertible Trust Preferred Securities;

(ix)

AE, Inc. on July 23, 2003, Items 7 and 9, attaching Press Release regarding announcement of appointment of Vice President and General Counsel;

(x)

AE, Inc. on July 25, 2003, Items 7 and 9, announcing that it has completed a private placement of $300 million of convertible trust preferred securities;

(xi)

AE, Inc. on July 30, 2003, Items 7 and 9, announcing that its ATFC has signed a definitive agreement to sell its energy supply contract with the CDWR;

(xii)

AE, Inc. on August 1, 2003, Items 5 and 7, attaching financing documents;

(xiii)

AE Supply on August 1, 2003, Items 5 and 7, attaching financing documents;

(xiv)

Monongahela on August 1, 2003, Items 5 and 7, attaching financing documents;

(xv)

West Penn on August 1, 2003, Items 5 and 7, attaching financing documents; and

(xvi)

AE, Inc. on August 19, 2003, Items 7 and 9, attaching Press Release regarding announcement of appointment of President of Allegheny Power.

(xvii)

AE, Inc., on September 26, 2003, Items 7 and 9, attaching Press Release regarding announcement of its full year 2002 financial results;

(xviii)

AE, Inc., on September 26, 2003, Items 7 and 9, attaching prepared remarks for the Company's analyst call and accompanying slide presentation;

(xix) 

AE, Inc., on October 3, 2003, Items 7 and 9, attaching Press Release announcing Philip L. Goulding Vice President Strategic Planning of Allegheny Energy, Inc and Chief Commercial Officer of Allegheny Energy Supply Company;

(xx) 

AE, Inc., on October 14, 2003, Items 7 and 9, attaching Press Release announcing certain changes in, and nominations for, AE, Inc.'s Board of Directors and the filing of AE, Inc.'s proxy statement for the annual meeting to be held on November 14, 2003; and

(xxi) 

AE, Inc., on October 24, 2003, Items 7 and 9, attaching presentation to be made by AE, Inc. at the 38th Edison Electric Institute Conference in Orlando, Florida on October 26-29, 2003.

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Signature



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date:  December 19, 2003

ALLEGHENY ENERGY, INC.


By:  /s/ JEFFREY D. SERKES
      Jeffrey D. Serkes
      Senior Vice President and
      Chief Financial Officer

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