Item 8.01. Other Events.

The Description of Common Stock of Allegheny Energy, Inc. (the "Company") set forth in Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference is filed for the purpose of updating in its entirety the description of the Company's Common Stock, par value $1.25 per share, contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 19, 1993 pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (File No. 33-49791).

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Description of Common Stock

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