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At AEP, our employees leverage their diverse skills, talents, ideas and enthusiasm to provide our customers with a reliable source of electric power.

AEP ranks among the nation's largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 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.

Facts at a glance
Address: 1 Riverside Plaza
Columbus, Ohio 43215-2373
614 716-1000
President and CEO: Nick Akins
Chairman: Michael G. Morris
2010 ongoing earnings: $1.451 billion
2010 ongoing earnings per share: $3.03
2010 Revenues: $14.4 billion
Assets: $50.5 billion
Employees: 18,712
States served: Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia
Service Territory: Approximately 200,000 square miles
Miles of transmission lines: Approximately 39,000
Miles of distribution lines: Approximately 216,000
Generating capacity: Approximately 38,000 megawatts
U.S. customers: Approximately 5.3 million
U.S. electricity sales: Approximately 206 million megawatt hours

For additional general information, see the 'AEP leadership', and 'History' sections. For information about the company's business activities, see the sections on 'Power plants and other assets', 'Regulated utility operations', and our list of 'AEP Web Sites.'

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