AEP News & Information

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

AEP Ohio

• 11/20/2018
  AEP OHIO TAKES TO THE SKY TO TRIM TREES IN COOLVILLE
  GAHANNA, Ohio, November 20, 2018 - AEP Ohio, an American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) company, is taking to the sky as part of the company's ongoing vegetation management program.
• 11/15/2018
  AEP OHIO TAKES TO THE SKY TO TRIM TREES IN ATHENS
  GAHANNA, Ohio, November 15, 2018 - AEP Ohio, an American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) company, is taking to the sky as part of the company's ongoing vegetation management program.

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

• 12/6/2018
  Appalachian Power names new director and manager
  Appalachian Power has named Tom Johnson director of distribution engineering and David Robinson manager of distribution systems in Charleston.
• 11/30/2018
  Increased cost of fuel offset with accelerated tax reduction for Virginia customers of Appalachian Power
  Despite rising costs for fuel used in power generation, Appalachian Power customers in Va. will not see an increase in rates for electricity during traditionally higher-usage winter months.The company implemented an increase to the fuel factor on customer bills, but expedited the return of federal income tax-related savings to customers through a credit rider.
  

Indiana Michigan Power

• 12/14/2018
  I&M Using Drones to Inspect Fort Wayne Transmission Lines
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) will use drones to inspect transmission lines in the east central area of Fort Wayne beginning Monday, Dec. 17.
• 12/11/2018
  I&M TO BEGIN ANNUAL WINTER LOWERING OF ELKHART RESERVOIR
  Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) will start the annual drawdown of the St. Joseph River, upstream of the Elkhart Hydroelectric Generating Station, on Monday, December 17.

Kentucky Power

• 12/6/2018
  Kentucky Power honored for its work with area senior citizens
  The Kentucky River Area Development District (KRADD) on Thursday presented Kentucky Power with its 2018 Community Partnership Award for support of the annual Senior Day Games.
• 12/6/2018
  Kentucky Power renews partnership with local banks
  Kentucky Power has renewed financing with 13 regional and local banks to help fund the utility's ongoing capital needs and promote area economic development.

Southwestern Electric Power Company

• 12/12/2018
  McCellon-Allen honored as Arkansas energy industry Trail Blazer
  Arkansas Women in Power (AWIP) today named Venita McCellon-Allen as an Arkansas energy industry Trail Blazer.
• 12/5/2018
  Hallsville ISD receives $2k in incentives from SWEPCO for energy-saving upgrades
  Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) on Thursday presented the Hallsville ISD Board of Trustees with a $2,177.50 check for its recent energy efficient upgrades. The school district qualified for the monetary incentives after completing a lighting retrofit project and replacing an air conditioning condenser.

Public Service Company of Oklahoma

• 12/5/2018
  PSO Names Toby Peterson Plant Manager at Comanche Power Station
  Toby Peterson has been named the new plant manager at Public Service Company of Oklahoma's (PSO) Comanche Power Station in Lawton,
  
  
• 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.