AEP News & Information

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

AEP Ohio

• 9/20/2017
  AEP OHIO SCHEDULES SECOND ROUND OF OPEN HOUSES TO DISCUSS ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES IN MONROE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES
  GAHANNA, Ohio, Sept. 20, 2017 - AEP Ohio, AEP Ohio Transmission Company Inc., Buckeye Power and Washington Electric Cooperative are taking the next step to improve electric service in Marietta and the surrounding area. This includes building two transmission lines in Monroe and Washington counties.
• 9/18/2017
  AEP OHIO SCHEDULES OPEN HOUSE TO DISCUSS $50 MILLION INVESTMENT IN POWER GRID IMPROVEMENTS FOR PICKAWAY & MADISON COUNTY CUSTOMERS
  GAHANNA, Ohio, September 18, 2017 - AEP Ohio and AEP Ohio Transmission Company, Inc., are announcing an approximate $50 million investment to the electric transmission grid in Pickaway and Madison counties. This project will improve the electric service reliability to customers by bringing an additional power source to the area and modernizing the electric transmission infrastructure.

AEP Texas

• 9/9/2017
  AEP Texas Hurricane Harvey Restoration Update - 9-9-2017 - 2:30 p.m.
  AEP Texas crews are nearing the final stages of the restoration effort following Hurricane Harvey, the most severe storm to hit the AEP Texas service territory in 44 years. Over 96 percent of customers left without power as a result of the storm have had their service restored. For some customers, repairs to their home or business damaged by Hurricane Harvey may take an extended amount of time, and they are not able to have power reconnected at this time.
• 9/8/2017
  AEP Texas Hurricane Harvey Restoration Update 9-8-2017 - 4 p.m.
  On Friday, AEP Texas crews continued to restore power to customers still without electric service as a result of Hurricane Harvey. As of 4 p.m. on Friday, crews have restored service to approximately 203,400 of the 220,000 customers left without power at the peak of outages.

Appalachian Power

• 9/25/2017
  AEP Appalachian Power announces Tennessee project to strengthen transmission system
  Kingsport Power, doing business as AEP Appalachian Power, has announced a significant transmission project in Hawkins County that will help ensure continued reliable electric service to its customers in Tennessee. The $105 million substation upgrade is expected to be completed in 2019 and provide an additional $2 million in tax revenue to Hawkins.
• 9/18/2017
  Appalachian Power requests fuel rate decrease for its Virginia customers
  Appalachian Power has filed its annual fuel factor update with the Virginia SCC and is requesting a reduction in that monthly charge for its Virginia customers. The fuel factor is approximately 20 percent of a residential customer's bill and amounts to 2.301 cents per kWh;Appalachian's proposal reduces that to 2.169 cents per kWh, or a total reduction of $1.32 per 1,000 kWh a month.

Indiana Michigan Power

• 9/21/2017
  I&M Using Drones to Inspect Transmission Lines
  
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Indiana Michigan Power, an American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) company, will use a drone to inspect transmission lines in Northeast Indiana and East Central Indiana beginning Monday, Sept. 25.
• 9/11/2017
  I&M PLANS POWER GRID UPGRADE IN DELAWARE AND MADISION COUNTIES
  MUNCIE, Ind. - Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), an American Electric Power company, plans to invest about $48 million to improve the electric transmission system in East Central Indiana.

Kentucky Power

• 9/18/2017
  Six venomous snakes killed on Kentucky Power service call
  When you work in a mountainous area like Pike County, encountering wildlife is common. But David Sammons, his crew and a homeowner weren't prepared for the sights that they encountered recently - not one, not two but seven copperheads.
• 9/14/2017
  Ky Power's development efforts singled out by national magazine
  Site Selection Magazine has cited Kentucky Power's successful economic development efforts in naming American Electric Power as one of the nation's top 10 utilities for economic development.

Southwestern Electric Power Company

• 9/20/2017
  SWEPCO invites local residents to the Cedar Grove area improvements Community Open House
  
  
  Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) plans to rebuild a two-mile 138,000-volt transmission line along Linwood Avenue in Shreveport. These upgrades will strengthen the local electric transmission system and provide support for future growth and economic development.
• 7/26/2017
  SWEPCO Announces Major Project To Secure Low-Cost, Renewable Energy for Customers
  Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) today announced plans for a major clean energy project that will provide 6 million megawatt-hours (mWh) of new wind energy annually to SWEPCO customers. SWEPCO will file applications July 31 with utility regulators in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas to request approval for the project.

Public Service Company of Oklahoma

• 9/13/2017
  PSO Sponsors FFA COLT Conference In Lawton
  "Dare To Be Different" is the theme for this year's series of Oklahoma FFA Chapter Officer Leadership Training (COLT) Conferences, one of which will be held September 19 at the Great Plains Technology Center in Lawton.
• 9/12/2017
  PSO's Louie The Lightning Bug Is Back
  He's a leading authority on electrical safety, and he'll soon be coming to a school near you!