AEP News & Information

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

AEP Ohio

• 2/27/2018
  AEP OHIO AWARDED FOR STREAMLINING ADOPTION OF NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY
  GAHANNA, Ohio, February 27, 2018- AEP Ohio and program implementer DNV GL received the 2018 Energy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Emerging Tools and Technologies by the Association of Energy Service Professions (AESP). The award was presented for the pair's efforts to secure a new ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezer technology's ENERGY STAR certification and to design a customer friendly incentive structure.
• 2/22/2018
  AEP OHIO ANNOUNCES FINAL STEP OF BARNESVILLE AREA IMPROVEMENTS
  AEP Ohio and its affiliate, AEP Ohio Transmission Company Inc., are beginning the final phase of improvements to electric service in Barnesville, Ohio, and the surrounding area.

AEP Texas

• 3/29/2018
  AEP Texas Restoration Update: 3-29-2018, 4:45 p.m.
  AEP Texas continues to work to restore electricity to customers after a line of storms in the Coastal Bend area early Thursday left 8,350 customers without power. As of 4:45 p.m., power has been restored to 8,000 customers - or 95% of customers affected.
  
• 3/29/2018
  AEP Texas Restoration Update: 3-29-2018; 11 a.m.
  AEP Texas crews continue to work to restore electricity after a fast-moving line of spring storms that brought rain, hail and heavy winds to the Coastal Bend area early Thursday morning left 8,350 customers without power.

Appalachian Power

• 4/19/2018
  Work at Byllesby dam in Virginia will close New River portage until fall
  The Byllesby portage and public boat ramp on New River will be closed effective Monday, April 30 to allow the safe completion of construction work at the Byllesby dam operated by Appalachian Power. The work is expected to be completed by November 16.
  
• 4/18/2018
  Appalachian Power announces plans for transmission line improvements in Fayette County
  Appalachian Power and its affiliate, AEP West Virginia Transmission Company, Inc., announced plans for the Pax Branch Transmission Line Upgrade, a $15 million investment that will improve electric power reliability by upgrading transmission facilities in the Plum Orchard Lake area of Fayette County.

Indiana Michigan Power

• 4/19/2018
  I&M Earns 2018 Environmental Champion Designation
  Indiana Michigan Power's commitment to greener energy earned I&M designation as a 2018 Environmental Champion from a Cogent Reports study by Market Strategies International.
• 4/13/2018
  Michigan Public Service Commission Issues I&M Rate Review Decision
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) has authorized Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) to adjust rates as part of I&M's Michigan Building the Future Plan.

Kentucky Power

• 4/20/2018
  Kentucky Power and community partners to distribute free trees
  n celebration of Earth Day and Arbor Day, Kentucky Power is giving away thousands of low-growth tree saplings to customers on Saturday.
• 4/20/2018
  Kentucky Power awards robotics grant to Argillite Elementary
  Argillite Elementary School in eastern Kentucky on Friday received a $500 FIRST LEGO League robotics grant from Kentucky Power to support its robotics team. Lucas Stout, a teacher at the school, applied for the grant.

Southwestern Electric Power Company

• 4/13/2018
  SWEPCO Announces Louisiana Settlement Supporting Wind Catcher Energy Connection
  This agreement follows a similar agreement filed in February at the Arkansas Public Service Commission.
• 4/11/2018
  Nearly 70% of Louisiana Voters Support SWEPCO's Wind Catcher Energy Connection Project
  New poll shows majority of Louisianans support investment in renewable energy to keep customers' bills low

Public Service Company of Oklahoma

• 4/20/2018
  PSO, AEP Foundation Partner with FFA to Provide STEM Grants
  Oklahoma FFA students will soon have the opportunity to enhance their technical learning experience thanks to a new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) After-School Grants program made possible through a partnership between the Oklahoma FFA Foundation and Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO), a unit of American Electric Power.
• 4/16/2018
  PSO's Louie the Lightning Bug is Coming to a School Near You
  With his bright yellow bulb aglow, PSO safety "spokesbug" Louie the Lightning Bug is winging his way to a school near you.