AEP News & Information

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

AEP Ohio

• 11/12/2018
  IT'S 'UTILITY SCAM AWARENESS WEEK'; AEP OHIO REMINDS CUSTOMERS TO BE ALERT
  Scammers continue to target and strike unsuspecting victims every day. That's why AEP Ohio is joining utility companies across the country in observing the "Utility Scam Awareness Week" starting November 12.
• 11/6/2018
  UPDATED MEETING DATE: AEP OHIO INVITES GUERNSEY AND HARRISON COUNTY CUSTOMERS TO PROVIDE INPUT ABOUT POWER GRID IMPROVEMENT PLANS
  AEP Ohio and AEP Ohio Transmission Co. Inc., invite residents to an open house on Thursday, Nov. 15 about planned improvements to the electric transmission grid in eastern Ohio.

AEP Texas

• 10/26/2018
  AEP Texas reschedules final phase of transmission line rebuild project in San Angelo;
  Work now scheduled to begin Friday Oct. 26 and will entail some traffic disruptions
  
  AEP Texas has rescheduled activities to upgrade a 69-kilovolt electric transmission line from the College Hills area to the Grape Creek area in San Angelo. Work originally scheduled to begin Oct. 18 was postponed due to weather. The work is now scheduled to begin Friday, Oct. 26, weather permitting, and is likely to entail some traffic disruptions in the Sunset Drive, Sherwood Way, the entrance to West Houston Harte Expressway and Houston Harte Frontage Road North.
• 10/3/2018
  AEP Texas Plans Temporary Outages on Thursday, Oct. 4 beginning at 1 a.m. at Staples St. and S.P.I.D.
  
  (CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) - AEP Texas has scheduled a temporary outage beginning on Thursday, Oct. 4 at 1 a.m. for customers at the intersection of Staples St. and South Padre Island Drive (S.P.I.D.). The outage should conclude within four hours, if not sooner. The outage will affect the traffic lights at this intersection.

Appalachian Power

• 11/15/2018
  Appalachian Power seeks new solar projects to be built in Virginia
  Appalachian Power has issued an RFP seeking up to 200 MW of solar energy projects in Virginia to reduce customer costs and further diversify its electric generation mix. Minimum individual project size is 50 MW. RFP link is included.
• 11/14/2018
  $25,000 AEP gift supports STEM lab
  West Liberty University Foundation received a gift of $25,000 from American Electric Power Foundation today that will strengthen STEM education for its students.

Indiana Michigan Power

• 11/6/2018
  AEP Foundation Donates $300,000 to Health, Aquatics & Community Center for Elkhart
  Indiana Michigan Power, on behalf of the AEP Foundation, is donating $300,000 to support the Community Foundation of Elkhart County and Beacon Health System's project to build a premiere health, fitness, aquatics and community center at the former YMCA in Elkhart.
• 11/2/2018
  I&M Customers Connect to Alexa, Google Assistant
  Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), an operating company of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), is empowering customers to help manage how they use energy by using voice commands for contacting I&M through Amazon's Alexa and Google Assistant.
  
  

Kentucky Power

• 11/15/2018
  Kentucky Power employees read to students in 23 area schools
  Kentucky Power employees are celebrating Read to Me Day this week by reading a book aloud with students at 23 schools in seven eastern Kentucky counties.
• 11/9/2018
  Projects in Martin and Johnson counties receive Kentucky Power economic development grants
  Two economic development grants totaling nearly $110,000 have been awarded to projects in Martin and Johnson counties. Both grants are funded through the Kentucky Power Economic Development Growth Grants (K-PEGG).

Southwestern Electric Power Company

• 11/14/2018
  SWEPCO recognizes Third Annual Utility Scam Awareness Day
  Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), a member of the award-winning Utilities United Against Scams (UUAS), is continuing its efforts to remind customers of the tactics scammers use to steal money from customers and to educate them on how they can guard against falling victim to impostor utility scams.
• 11/12/2018
  LifeShare Blood Center receives $20k in incentives from SWEPCO for energy efficiency upgrade
  Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) on Wednesday presented LifeShare Blood Center with a $20,482.71 check for its recent energy-saving upgrade.

Public Service Company of Oklahoma

• 10/25/2018
  PSO Crews Returning From Florida
  Following a grueling two weeks of work to help restore electricity to residents in the Hurricane Michael-battered Florida panhandle, Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) crews and contractors are on their way back home today.
• 9/26/2018
  PSO Proposes Grid Modernization and Efficiency Plan; Lowers Fuel Charges
  Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) today took important steps to ensure a safe, secure and reliable electric grid now and in the future under a more efficient regulatory framework.