UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM

8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

June 5, 2025

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)


(Commission File Number)	(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)	(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1-6858	KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY	Kentucky	61-0247775
333-284112-01	KENTUCKY POWER COST RECOVERY LLC	Delaware	33-2363654


KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY		KENTUCKY POWER COST RECOVERY LLC
1 Riverside Plaza		1645 Winchester Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215-2373		Ashland, Kentucky 41101
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)		(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(614) 716-1000		(606) 929-1488
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)		(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of exchange on which registered
	None

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12b-2

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Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On June 5, 2025, Kentucky Power Company (“

Kentucky Power

”) and Kentucky Power Cost Recovery LLC (the “

Issuing Entity

”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “

Underwriting Agreement

”) with Jefferies LLC, Guggenheim Securities, LLC and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., as underwriters (the “

Underwriters

”), with respect to the purchase and sale of $477,749,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuing Entity’s Series 2025 Senior Secured Recovery Bonds (the “

Bonds

”) to be issued by the Issuing Entity pursuant to an Indenture and Series Supplement, each to be dated as of June 12, 2025. The Bonds were offered pursuant to the prospectus dated June 5, 2025.

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by Kentucky Power and the Issuing Entity and customary conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of Kentucky Power and the Issuing Entity, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, including for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, obligations of the parties and termination provisions.

The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to such Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. A form of the Indenture (including the form of the Bonds and the Series Supplement) is annexed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form

8-K.

In connection with the issuance of the Bonds, Kentucky Power, the Issuing Entity, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, AEP Credit, Inc., and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., expect to enter into a Joinder to that certain amended and restated Intercreditor Agreement dated as of December 9, 2024, to be dated as of June 12, 2025, and which is annexed as Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report on Form

8-K.

Kentucky Power and the Issuing Entity also expect to enter into a Servicing Agreement, a Purchase and Sale Agreement, and an Administration Agreement, each to be dated as of June 12, 2025, which are annexed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form

8-K.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

1.1		Underwriting Agreement among Kentucky Power Cost Recovery LLC, Kentucky Power Company, Jefferies LLC, Guggenheim Securities, LLC and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., dated June 5, 2025.

4.1		Indenture by and among Kentucky Power Cost Recovery LLC, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Indenture Trustee, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Securities Intermediary (including the form of the Bonds and the Series Supplement), to be dated as of June 12, 2025.

10.1		Servicing Agreement between Kentucky Power Company and Kentucky Power Cost Recovery LLC, as Servicer, to be dated as of June 12, 2025.

10.2		Purchase and Sale Agreement between Kentucky Power Cost Recovery LLC and Kentucky Power Company, as Seller, to be dated as of June 12, 2025.

10.3		Administration Agreement between Kentucky Power Cost Recovery LLC and Kentucky Power Company, as Administrator, to be dated as of June 12, 2025.

10.4		Joinder to Intercreditor Agreement between Kentucky Power Company, as the Company, Securitization Property Servicer and Receivables Sub-Servicer, Kentucky Power Cost Recovery LLC, as a Bond Issuer, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Indenture Trustee, to be dated as of June 12, 2025.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: June 6, 2025


		KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY

By:		/s/ Matthew D. Fransen
		Matthew D. Fransen
		Vice President and Treasurer

		KENTUCKY POWER COST RECOVERY LLC

By:		/s/ Matthew D. Fransen
		Matthew D. Fransen
		Manager

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