Below are the most recent news releases across our service territory.
AEP Ohio
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6/1/2020
AEP Ohio, an American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) company, today submitted to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) a request to update the base rates charged to customers for delivering electricity to homes and business. AEP Ohio was required to initiate this process under a 2018 agreement between regulators and other groups. However, due to the economic uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic, AEP Ohio has also requested that the PUCO delay the case’s procedural schedule. Under the extended timeline, customers would not see any changes to base rates until mid-2021.
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3/31/2020
In the wake of COVID-19, customers need to be prepared for an uptick in scam attempts. This is a particularly vulnerable time for many people including senior citizens, low-income residents and understaffed small businesses.
AEP Texas
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4/15/2020
The American Electric Power (AEP) Foundation has awarded $144,500 in grants to non-profit organizations across the AEP Texas service territory to help aid response efforts associated with COVID-19.
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3/10/2020
AEP Texas has learned that scam attempts are continuing to occur throughout its service territory. Unfortunately, some of these attempts have been successful. The latest attempts have occurred in the Alice, Falfurrias and parts of the Rio Grande Valley.
Persons claiming to be AEP Texas employees are contacting businesses and residents threatening to disconnect their electric service unless an immediate payment is made. AEP Texas is not making these calls. Don’t be a victim.
Appalachian Power
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5/19/2020
The American Electric Power Foundation is donating nearly $70,000 to create free WiFi hotspots at multiple locations across Appalachian Power’s Virginia and West Virginia service area. The hotspots are being put in place especially so that students can easily access education materials and classroom assignments from their laptops, iPads or phones if they don’t have internet access at home.
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5/14/2020
Appalachian Power's request to implement a pilot program that will deliver broadband technology in rural Grayson County has received initial approval from the Virginia State Corporation Commission.
Indiana Michigan Power
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6/3/2020
I&M has presented grants totaling nearly $50,000 from AEP to 21 schools and organizations – including three in the Fort Wayne area – to promote STEM education and improve student achievement.
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6/1/2020
With summer on the horizon and temperatures getting warmer, Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) customers can control their energy use in a number of ways to reduce cooling costs.
Kentucky Power
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5/29/2020
Company also requests approval to use accumulated federal tax balances to delay the impact of rate adjustments on customer bills until January 2022.
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3/24/2020
The American Electric Power Foundation is donating $60,000 to agencies providing COVID-19 relief efforts in Kentucky Power’s service area. The gift is part of an overall $1.5 million coronavirus relief donation from the AEP Foundation.
Southwestern Electric Power Company
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5/27/2020
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), an American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) company, has received Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) approval of its request to add 810 megawatts (MW) of wind energy.
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5/19/2020
In late March, a technology innovation team at Southwestern Electric Power Company’s parent company, American Electric Power, began to produce transparent protective face shields using 3-D printers.
Public Service Company of Oklahoma
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6/3/2020
Agricultural education in Oklahoma is getting a big boost with the announcement of a $200,000 grant from the American Electric Power Foundation to fund FFA STEM After-School Grants for the next five years.
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6/1/2020
Public Service Company of Oklahoma’s Carole Huff Hicks has been named the Partners in Education Distinguished Service Partner of the Year by the Foundation for Tulsa Schools.