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2.7 - Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types
of customers/beneficiaries).
AEP ranks among the nation's largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States. 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.
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Regional Utility Divisions
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Electric Utility Subsidiaries
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# of Employees
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Headquarters
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Total Customers (12/31/06)
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Residential
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Commercial
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Industrial
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Other
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AEP Ohio
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Columbus Southern Power
Ohio Power
Wheeling Power
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1,540
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Gahanna, OH
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1,491,533 |
1,305,421
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171,906
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11,157
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3,079
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AEP Texas
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Texas Central Cos.
Texas North Cos.
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1,162
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Corpus Christi, TX
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849,927
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717,163
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132,673
|
91
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Appalachian Power
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Appalachian Power
Kingsport Power
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4,279
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Charleston, WV
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1,000,000
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863,000
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126,000
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4,000
|
7,000
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Indiana Michigan Power
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Indiana Michigan Power
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2,647
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Fort Wayne, IN
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580,878
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507,878
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66,000
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5,000
|
2,000
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Kentucky Power
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Kentucky Power
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447
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Frankfort, KY
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175,000
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145,000
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29,000
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1,000
|
4,000
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Public Service Company of Oklahoma
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Public Service Company of Oklahoma
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1,712
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Tulsa, OK
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527,000
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453,000
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60,000
|
7,000
|
7,000
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Southwestern Electric Power Company
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Southwestern Electric Power Company
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1,651
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Shreveport, LA
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467,000
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398,500
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61,000
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7,000
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500
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More information on each of AEP's regulated utility operations.
In the reporting period, AEP jointly owned a number of power plants with non-affiliated
companies, in addition to the company’s own fleet of power plants, which is
listed in 2.8. The jointly owned facilities are:
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AEP Capacity
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Percent of Ownership
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W.C. Beckjord Generating Station, Unit 6
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53 MW
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12.5%
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Conesville Generating Station, Unit 4 |
339 MW
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43.5%
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J.M. Stuart Generating Station
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608 MW
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26.0%
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Wm. H. Zimmer Generating Station
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330 MW
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25.4%
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Dolet Hills Generating Station, Unit 1
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262 MW
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40.2%
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Flint Creek Generating Station, Unit 1
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264 MW
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50.0%
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Pirkey Generating Station, Unit 1
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580 MW
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85.9%
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Oklaunion Generating Station, Unit 1
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485 MW
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70.3%
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Turk Generating Plant
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600 MW
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73.33%
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