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AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT OF PRESIDENT
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Exhibit 10.10 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Allegheny Energy Service Corporation </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">800 Cabin
Hill Drive </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Greensburg, PA 15601 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">February 18, 2004 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Joseph H. Richardson </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">c/o Allegheny Energy, Inc. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">800 Cabin Hill Drive </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Greensburg, PA 15601 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dear Joseph: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">You and Allegheny Energy Service Corporation (&#147;AESC&#148;) for itself and as agent for its parent, Allegheny Energy, Inc. (&#147;AEI&#148;), the
affiliates and subsidiaries of AESC and AEI, and any successors or assigns of any of the foregoing, entered into an Employment Agreement (the &#147;Agreement&#148;) dated as of August 6, 2003. Pursuant to Section 5(a)(i) of the Agreement, you were
entitled to receive a grant of stock options for 200,000 shares of AEI Common Stock under the AEI Long-Term Incentive Plan on January 2, 2004, or stock appreciation rights or an alternative adjustment to your compensation of equivalent value and
opportunity reasonably acceptable to you if authorization of such stock options was not obtained under the Public Utilities Holding Company Act of 1935 (&#147;PUHCA&#148;) by such date. As you are aware, authorization of your stock option award
under PUHCA was not obtained until February 10, 2004. In addition, Section 5(c)(i) of the Agreement, relating to grants of additional Units, contained erroneous references to $50,000 that should instead have been to $200,000. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Accordingly, you, AESC and AEI hereby agree that the Agreement is hereby
amended as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1. <U>Amendment to Section 5(a)(i) of the
Agreement</U>. Section 5(a)(i) of the Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:<U></U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;(i) <B><U>Option Grant</U></B>. On the fifth business day following the date that AESC obtains authorization under the Public
Utilities Holding Company Act of 1935 (the &#147;<B>Authorization Date</B>&#148;), AESC shall grant the Executive stock options (the &#147;<B>Options</B>&#148;) for 200,000 shares of AEI Common Stock under the Allegheny Energy, Inc. 1998 Long-Term
Incentive Plan (the &#147;<B>LTIP</B>&#148;) at a per share exercise price equal to the per share closing price of AEI Common Stock on the date of grant, as quoted in the NYSE Composite Transaction Listing in <U>The Wall Street Journal</U>. Such
grant shall be evidenced by an award agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2. <U>Amendments to Section 5(c)(i) of the Agreement</U>. Section 5(c)(i) of the Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the references to &#147;$50,000&#148; in clauses (1) and (2) with &#147;$200,000&#148;. In
addition, the references to January 2, 2004 in clauses (1) and (2) of Section 5(c)(i) of the Agreement are hereby amended to refer to the Authorization Date and the 2004 Closing Price is defined to mean the per share closing price of AEI </FONT>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Mr. Joseph H. Richardson </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">January 18, 2004 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Page 2 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Common Stock on the Authorization Date as quoted in the NYSE Composite Transaction listing in <U>The Wall Street Journal</U>. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>3. </B><U>Conforming Amendments</U>. The references to January 2, 2004 in
Section 5(d), Section 8(a)(iii), Section 8(b)(vi) and Section 8(c)(vi) of the Agreement are hereby amended to refer to the Authorization Date. <B></B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as specifically amended hereby, all of the terms and provisions of the Agreement shall remain unchanged and are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Please signify your agreement with the foregoing by signing the attached copy of this letter in the place indicated. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Paul J. Evanson</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chairman, President, and</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chairman, President, and</FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Joseph H. Richardson</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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