Facts, Figures & Bios
About American Electric Power
American Electric Power is one of the largest electric utilities in the United
States, delivering electricity to more than 5 million customers in 11 states.
AEP ranks among the nation's largest generators of electricity, owning
nearly 32,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S. AEP also owns the nation's
largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile network that includes
more 765 kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission lines than all other U.S. transmission
systems combined. AEP's transmission system directly or indirectly serves
about 10 percent of the electricity demand in the Eastern Interconnection, the interconnected
transmission system that covers 38 eastern and central U.S. states and eastern Canada,
and approximately 11 percent of the electricity demand in ERCOT, the transmission
system that covers much of Texas. AEP's utility units operate as AEP Ohio, AEP
Texas, Appalachian Power
(in Virginia, West Virginia), AEP Appalachian
Power (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky
Power, Public Service Company
of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric
Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and east Texas). AEP's
headquarters are in Columbus, Ohio.