EXHIBIT 23(c)

The Board of Directors
CSW UK Holdings

We consent to the incorporation of our report dated 17 January 2000 with respect
to the consolidated  balance sheet of CSW UK Holdings as of 31 December 1999 and
the related consolidated statements of earnings and cash flows for the year then
ended (not separately presented herein), which report appears in the 2001 Annual
Report of American Electric Power Company, Inc. and is incorporated by reference
in Form 10-K of American  Electric  Power  Company,  Inc.  for the year ended 31
December 2001.

/s/ KPMG Audit Plc

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