American Electric Power

AEP Settles With Feds, Eight States

Jim Letizia and Associated Press — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:48:10 +0000

Columbus-based American Electric Power will stop burning coal at two power plants in Ohio and Indiana by the end of 2015 under a legal settlement reached with the U.S. EPA, eight states and several environmental groups.

Man Who Made Bomb Threat At AEP Building Hospitalized

Mike Foley — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:54:27 +0000

A man who walked into the lobby of the American Electric Power building in downtown Columbus building and threatened to blow it up last year has been committed to a state psychiatric hospital.

Plans For Solar Farm Scuttled

Jim Letizia and Associated Press — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:31:07 +0000

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has nixed plans by Columbus-based American Electric Power to build a large solar farm in Southeast Ohio.

AEP Wants Customers To Pay For Storm Repairs

Jim Letizia and Associated Press — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:57:47 +0000

Columbus-based American Electric Power is asking the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for permission to make customers pay nearly 62-million dollars in repairs for storm damage last summer.

SUPCO: AEP Made Too Much Money

Jim Letizia — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:44:05 +0000

The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld a 42-million dollar penalty against Columbus-based American Electric Power for earning excessive profits.

Company Threatens Layoffs Without Utility Rate Decrease

Jim Letizia and Associated Press — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:26:20 +0000

Hannibal-based aluminum manufacturer Ormet says it needs deeper discounts from Columbus-based American Electric Power to avoid laying off it's 1-thousand workers.