AEP News & Information

Below are the most recent news releases across our service territory.

AEP Ohio

• 8/6/2019
  AEP OHIO SCHEDULES OPEN HOUSE TO DISCUSS ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION IMPROVEMENTS IN DUBLIN
  The Dublin West Innovation District Improvements involves building approximately three miles of power line and upgrading two substations.
• 7/26/2019
  AEP OHIO TO EXPAND SMART GRID ACROSS SERVICE TERRITORY
  AEP Ohio submitted its grid modernization expansion plan with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) today to bring advanced smart grid technologies including smart meters, customer access to real-time energy usage data, and distribution system reliability enhancements throughout its service territory. If approved, this plan will provide the benefits of advanced grid technology to all AEP Ohio customers.

AEP Texas

• 6/26/2019
  FINAL UPDATE ON RGV OUTAGES 6-26-2019 3:30 p.m.
  At 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, more than 97 percent of the customers left without electricity after Monday's storm have been restored. Approximately 1,100 customers remain without power, mostly in the communities of Weslaco and San Benito.
• 6/26/2019
  WEDNESDAY RGV OUTAGE UPDATE 06-26-2019
  At 11:30 a.m Wednesday, 2,100 customers remain without power after a storm brought heavy rains and flooding to the entire Rio Grande Valley Monday evening.

Appalachian Power

• 8/20/2019
  Appalachian Power first to offer 100% renewable option to Virginia customers
  Appalachian Power customers in Virginia may now choose to purchase 100 percent of their electric energy from renewable resources. The Wind Water & Sunlight (WWS) service will supply 100 percent renewable power to any customer using current and planned renewable resources from the company's generation portfolio. The new service was approved earlier this year by the Virginia State Corporation Commission and is the first such program approved and monitored by the SCC.
  
• 8/8/2019
  Public Boat Ramp Downstream of Claytor Lake to be Closed for Survey
  Appalachian Power will temporarily close to the public next week a boat ramp downstream of its Claytor Hydroelectric Dam.

Indiana Michigan Power

• 8/19/2019
  AEP Foundation Creates STEM Classroom at the Potawatomi Zoo
  Indiana Michigan Power, on behalf of the American Electric Power (AEP) Foundation, presented a $216,000 grant to the Potawatomi Zoological Society to establish a classroom to teach local children about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
• 8/1/2019
  Boys & Girls Club Members Learn at Indiana Michigan Power Facility
  Members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne practiced how to safely walk on ice, were elevated in a bucket truck, learned about electricity and more in a visit to Indiana Michigan Power's training facility Thursday.

Kentucky Power

• 8/16/2019
  Kentucky Power to assist domestic violence survivors with grant
  Kentucky Power on Friday awarded a $30,000 American Electric Power (AEP) Foundation grant to the Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence to aid women in eastern Kentucky.
• 6/17/2019
  Kentucky Power 100TH anniversary exhibit on display at Highlands Museum
  Kentucky Power, formed in Ashland on July 21, 1919, as Kentucky and West Virginia Power, is celebrating its centennial this year. As part of the celebration, a historic exhibit is now on display at the Highlands Museum and Discovery Center in Ashland.

Southwestern Electric Power Company

• 8/20/2019
  SWEPCO provides preliminary information on cause of East Texas outage
  A power outage that affected 85,000 East Texas customers Sunday was caused by an overload on part of the power grid after vegetation came into contact with two major power lines, according to preliminary investigation by Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), an American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) company.
• 8/13/2019
  SWEPCO Names Pratt to Lead Customer Services, Brown to Head Grid Modernization
  Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), an American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) company, today announced the appointments of Paul Pratt as director of Customer Services and Marketing and Henry Brown as director of Grid Modernization.

Public Service Company of Oklahoma

• 8/13/2019
  PSO's Inola River Rail Industrial Park is Home to OEDC's 2019 Project of the Year
  
  The new $360 million Sofidel tissue manufacturing facility located at Public Service Company of Oklahoma's (PSO) 2,500-acre Inola River Rail Industrial Park is bringing new attention to the area after it was named a Project of the Year by the Oklahoma Economic Development Council (OEDC).
• 7/25/2019
  PSO JOINS WITH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA TO "SHINE A LIGHT" ON OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED
  Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) and the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma (Food Bank) are teaming up to distribute 65,000 energy-efficient LED bulbs to Tulsa area and northeastern Oklahoma families in need.