Exhibit 12

ALLEGHENY ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

COMPUTATION IN SUPPORT OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES


	Years Ended December 31,
(Dollar amounts in thousands)	2010			2009			2008			2007			2006
Earnings:
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	628,380		$	635,672		$	599,856		$	666,840		$	496,012
Exclude amounts reflected in line above:
Amortization of capitalized interest		5,533			3,828			2,413			1,923			1,644
Distributed income from equity investees		1,645			1,275			0			0			0
Loss (income) from unconsolidated equity investees		(4,649	)		(126	)		(1,795	)		(334	)		(325	)
Add fixed charges (see below)		326,405			324,486			273,823			216,835			286,769
Less amounts included in fixed charges:
Capitalized interest		(2,716	)		(25,922	)		(34,583	)		(20,028	)		(6,943	)
Preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiary (a)		0			0			0			(1,123	)		(1,739	)

Total Earnings (as defined)	$	954,598		$	939,213		$	839,714		$	864,113		$	775,418

Fixed charges:
Interest expensed including amortization of debt issuance costs	$	316,376		$	291,078		$	231,937		$	187,226		$	270,265
Interest capitalized including allowance for borrowed funds used during construction		6,231			29,228			37,431			23,903			10,218
Estimated interest component of rental expense		3,798			4,180			4,455			4,584			4,547
Preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiary (a)		0			0			0			1,123			1,739

Total Fixed Charges (as defined)	$	326,405		$	324,486		$	273,823		$	216,836		$	286,769

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges (b)		2.92x			2.89x			3.07x			3.99x			2.70x

(a)	The preference security dividend requirement represents the amount of pre-tax earnings required to pay the dividends on preference securities of a subsidiary.

(b)	The ratio of earnings to fixed charges excludes interest expense (benefit) on uncertain tax positions of $0.2 million, $1.0 million, $(4.5) million and $0.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively, which was recorded as a component of income tax expense.

ALLEGHENY ENERGY, INC 10-K