Business mix
- It operates through Vertically Integrated Utilities, Transmission and Distribution Utilities, AEP Transmission Holdco, and Generation & Marketing segments.
- The company generates electricity using coal and lignite, nuclear, natural gas, renewable, hydro, solar, wind, and other energy sources.
- It operates approximately 252,000 circuit miles of distribution lines; 38,000 circuit miles of transmission lines; and 25,000 MWs of regulated owned generating capacity.
- American Electric Power Company, Inc. was incorporated in 1906 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
Current key questions
- Can rate-base growth, allowed returns, and demand support earnings in utilities - regulated electric?
- How do regulation, fuel costs, interest rates, and capital spending affect customer bills and returns?
- Does the balance sheet support required infrastructure investment and dividends?