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August 26, 2010
AEP is seeking quotes for the supply of biodiesel to one or more of its generating stations in Ohio.
April 28, 2010
AEP has released its first Corporate Accountability Report, presenting information about the company’s financial, environmental and social performance together for the first time.
January 29, 2010
AEP Ohio, an operating unit of American Electric Power, is seeking proposals for the supply of sustainable biomass fuel for use at its Picway, Muskingum River and Conesville plants in Ohio.
October 19, 2009
Cooperative agreement will foster programs to support wildlife populations and promote biodiversity on AEP-owned lands and transmission rights of way.
September 1, 2009
Electric Transmission Texas LLC (ETT) has completed a contract with NGK-Locke, Inc. for a state-of-the-art, sodium-sulfur 4-megawatt NAS® battery system, which will be installed in Presidio, Texas. ETT is a joint venture between American Electric Power and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company.
August 20, 2009
American Electric Power will apply for funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Clean Coal Power Initiative Round 3 to pay part of the costs of installing the nation’s first commercial-scale carbon dioxide capture and storage system on its Mountaineer coal-fired power plant in New Haven, W.Va.
August 18, 2009
Electric Transmission America (ETA), a transmission joint venture of American Electric Power and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, has joined with American Transmission Company, Exelon Corporation, NorthWestern Energy and MidAmerican Energy Company, a subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, to sponsor a comprehensive study of the transmission needed in the Upper Midwest to support renewable energy development and to transport that energy to consumers in markets to the east.
July 15, 2009
AEP Ohio, an operating unit of American Electric Power is seeking proposals for up to 1,800 solar Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). The RECs must be associated with electricity generated between July 31, 2008, and Dec. 31, 2009, from solar renewable resources with a placed-in-service date of Jan. 1, 1998, or later.
June 1, 2009
American Electric Power issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking long-term purchases of up to 1,100 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy resources.
April 28, 2009
Company announces goal in 2009 Corporate Sustainability Report released today
American Electric Power is doubling its goal of adding 1,000 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy to 2,000 MW by the end of 2011, with regulatory support. The goal is one of 12 new targets announced in the company’s third annual Corporate Sustainability Report released today at http://www.AEP.com/cr. This will bring the company’s total renewable energy portfolio to more than 2,600 MW by the end of 2011.
March 30, 2009
Paperless billing program encourages customers to receive and pay bills online.
Customers of American Electric Power utility companies who enroll in AEP’s paperless billing program over the next two months will save time and money while helping the environment.
March 19, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 19, 2009 – Michael G. Morris, American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) chairman, president and chief executive officer, will be joined by oil and gas industry veteran T. Boone Pickens for a town hall meeting to discuss the need to modernize and expand the electricity grid, tap into alternative energy sources and reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil.
February 5, 2009
American Electric Power operating unit Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) has signed long-term power purchase agreements for approximately 198 megawatts of renewable energy from two Oklahoma wind farms.
January 28, 2009
AEP is the first utility to be recognized as a SmartWay Transport partner by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the company’s efforts to reduce transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions.
January 13, 2009
American Electric Power subsidiary Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) has signed a long-term power purchase agreement for renewable wind energy with Majestic Wind Power LLC, a subsidiary of Babcock & Brown Renewable Holdings Inc.
December 2, 2008
American Electric Power is evaluating the feasibility of building a multi-state, extra-high voltage transmission project across the Upper Midwest to support the development of renewable energy.
September 24, 2007
American Electric Power subsidiary Appalachian Power Co. has signed a long-term power purchase agreement for renewable wind energy with Camp Grove Wind Farm LLC, a wind project majority owned by Orion Energy Group LLC.
August 8, 2007
Two American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) subsidiaries have signed long-term power purchase agreements with Fowler Ridge Wind Farm LLC, an indirect subsidiary of BP Alternative Energy North America Inc., for a total of 200 megawatts (MW) of renewable wind energy.
June 14, 2007
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) today announced an agreement with an affiliate of Environmental Credit Corp. (ECC) to purchase approximately 4.6 million carbon credits between 2010 and 2017 generated from capturing methane on livestock farms. (One carbon credit is equal to one ton of carbon dioxide reduction.) The agreement is part of the first large-scale livestock methane offset program established in the United States that will capture and destroy methane from approximately 400,000 head of livestock on as many as 200 U.S. farms.
April 3, 2007
American Electric Power today issued two requests for proposals seeking long-term wind energy purchase agreements, the first steps toward a goal of adding 1,000 megawatts of new wind energy by 2011 as part of AEP’s comprehensive strategy to address greenhouse gas emissions.
February 20, 2007
American Electric Power is one of more than 85 international companies and organizations who signed a statement released today that proposes a post-Kyoto framework for addressing global climate change. “The Path to Climate Change Sustainability: A Joint Statement by the Global Roundtable on Climate Change” puts forth principles for creating an effective global approach to climate policy.
September 18, 2006
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) was named to the “Climate Leadership Index” in a report released today by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a coalition of global investors with more than $31.5 trillion in assets. The CDP report is a survey of the responses of FT500 corporations to the issue of climate change.
July 13, 2006
The American Electric Power Foundation today announced a $2 million donation to fund reforestation and conservation of approximately 22,500 acres of forestland in Guatemala. The donation is part of the AEP Foundation’s support of the Central America and Mexico Hurricane Relief Fund, a public-private partnership to encourage financial donations for reconstruction in Central America and Southern Mexico following the devastation of the 2005 hurricane season. The AEP Foundation is funded by American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) and AEP’s utility units.
January 10, 2006
Michael G. Morris, chairman, president and chief executive officer of American Electric Power, is representing AEP and electric utilities operating in the United States at the first Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate ministerial meeting in Sydney, Australia today and Wednesday.
December 2, 2005
American Electric Power submitted data about the emissions performance of its generating units during the 2005 ozone season to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Nov. 29 indicating that its nitrogen oxides (NOX)-reducing selective catalytic reduction (SCR) equipment is performing better than designed to help improve air quality during the ozone season. AEP submits NOX emission data to the EPA as a participant in the EPA’s NOX Budget Trading Program.
August 10, 2005
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 10, 2005 -- American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) today announced the company will expand and extend its commitment to voluntarily reduce, avoid or sequester its greenhouse gas emissions through 2010 and will continue its membership in the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), the first voluntary, legally binding greenhouse gas emissions reduction and trading program in North America.
June 17, 2005
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 17, 2005 -- American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) today announced five additional locations where it will invest in advanced equipment to continue to improve the environmental performance of its coal-fired power plants. These projects are part of the company’s previously announced plan to invest at least $3.7 billion in environmental retrofits through 2010.
May 4, 2005
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 4, 2005 – American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) is being recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this evening with a 2005 Climate Protection Award for demonstrating ingenuity, leadership and public purpose in its efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.
March 18, 2005
Columbus Southern Power Company and Ohio Power Company, subsidiaries of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) doing business as AEP Ohio, filed an application today with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio seeking authority to recover costs related to building and operating a new clean-coal technology power plant.
November 2, 2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 1, 2004 - American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) today issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for renewable energy to help fulfill energy-supply requirements for its retail customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.
September 30, 2004
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) and four other electricity generators have filed motions to dismiss carbon dioxide lawsuits announced July 21 by a group of state attorneys general and others.
August 31, 2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 31, 2004 - American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) today released the report of an independent subcommittee of AEP’s Board of Directors affirming that AEP is well-positioned to effectively manage future proposed emission constraints because of prudent actions the company has taken. A three-member, ad hoc subcommittee completed the assessment and report as part of a previously announced agreement with The Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds and other shareholders in response to a shareholder proposal filed for consideration at AEP’s 2004 Annual Meeting.
July 13, 2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 13, 2004 - Claims made by a former employee about alleged violations of environmental regulations at American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) plants in northeast Texas were reviewed earlier this year, the company said. The review found that, for most claims, no violations had occurred and, for the remaining claims, the company had responded quickly and properly reported the incident.
April 26, 2004
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) and Buckeye Power are investing in new environmental controls at the jointly owned Cardinal Power Plant in Brilliant, Ohio, a project that not only will reduce emissions but also will provide a boost to the area´s economy. The firms are conducting preliminary studies and engineering for the installation of flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems on units 1 and 2 of the Cardinal Plant. FGD systems, commonly called scrubbers, reduce sulfur dioxide emissions, a contributor to acid rain, by up to 98 percent.
February 19, 2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 19, 2004 - American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) today announced that it will assess and report to shareholders the potential impact of the company’s actions to improve the environmental performance of its power plants and keep those plants cost-competitive. An ad hoc subcommittee of independent directors will conduct the assessment.
October 14, 2003
The e7, an international group of leading energy companies, has finalized plans to construct a micro-hydro power plant to bring electricity for the first time to Chendebji, a small, remote village high in the Himalayan Mountains. Construction on the 70-kilowatt project is scheduled to begin in Bhutan in November.
May 27, 2003
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) Dallas employee Richard P. (Rick) Walker, director of business development for AEP Wind Energy, LLC, received the American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) Outstanding Contribution to the Wind Industry award during the organization’s WINDPOWER 2003 conference in Austin, Texas. Walker was honored for “selflessly contributing his time, energy and capability in support of the wind energy industry.”
May 23, 2003
American Electric Power (AEP) served as host today for the banding of four peregrine falcon chicks that hatched last month in the nesting box on the roof of One Summit Square, the tallest building in Fort Wayne, Ind. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) placed metal identification bands on the legs of the falcon chicks during the 10:30 a.m. event. The bands will help the DNR keep track of the young birds as they migrate either late this summer or in the fall.
May 22, 2003
As part of the carbon sequestration research project now going on at Mountaineer Plant in Mason County, seismic surveying will be done in a five- to 10-mile radius of the plant over the next several weeks.
May 19, 2003
As one of the largest wind generators in the United States and a leader in addressing climate change, American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) supports policies to accelerate the development of renewable generating resources. During a presentation today at WindPower 2003, a conference of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), E. Linn Draper, AEP’s chairman, president and chief executive officer, recognized the progress that has been made in wind generation, but focused on the obstacles that must be addressed if the United States is going to significantly increase the amount of electricity generated from wind and other renewable sources.
April 25, 2003
An international group of leading energy companies has announced plans to install wind turbines on environmentally sensitive San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos Archipelago, replacing a substantial portion of the island’s electricity currently produced by large diesel-powered generators. American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) is leading the project team.
April 23, 2003
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) Wednesday received a 2002 Regional Director’s Conservation Award from the Southeast Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for its work to acquire, protect and reforest more than 10,000 acres of bottomland hardwood forest near Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in east central Louisiana.
April 4, 2003
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), and five other project partners, received the 2003 Roy Family Award from Harvard University last night for their role in developing the Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project in Bolivia. Recognizing AEP’s leadership role in the project, E. Linn Draper, Jr., AEP chairman, president and chief executive officer, provided the keynote address during the award ceremony at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
March 31, 2003
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) Monday said it strongly supports the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) efforts to clarify the types of activities that would constitute “routine maintenance, repair and replacement” under the agency’s New Source Review (NSR) program and urged the agency to complete work on its proposal as expeditiously as possible.
March 18, 2003
Saving a Bolivian rainforest, enhancing the habitat of 400,000 migratory waterfowl, and helping safeguard the giant tortoises of the Galapagos Islands might not be activities normally associated with a Midwest-based electric utility company, but they are just some of the actions American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) has undertaken as part of its corporate commitment to environmental stewardship. A new publication from AEP details these and other voluntary efforts by the company to help minimize the impact its business has on the global environment.
January 16, 2003
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) announced today that it has joined the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), the first U.S. voluntary pilot program for trading of greenhouse gas emissions. AEP is one of 14 founding members announced today by the CCX at a news conference in Chicago.
November 21, 2002
American Electric Power’s (NYSE: AEP) Mountaineer Plant in New Haven, W.Va., will be the site for a $4.2 million carbon sequestration research project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and a consortium of public and private sector participants. Scientists from Battelle will lead this climate change mitigation research project.
September 3, 2002
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) subsidiaries Houston Pipe Line Co. and Louisiana Intrastate Gas Co. have become partners in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Natural Gas STAR Program. The voluntary program between EPA and the natural gas industry works to reduce methane emissions by encouraging the use of cost-effective technologies and practices.
August 31, 2002
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) presented an award for an e7 renewable energy project in Indonesia to e7 chairman E. Linn Draper Jr., who is chairman, president and chief executive officer of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP).
August 29, 2002
E. Linn Draper Jr., who is chairman, president and chief executive officer of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), will sign a sustainable development statement of collaboration and other related agreements with the United Nations Sunday in his role as chairman of the e7. The e7 is an organization of nine leading energy companies from the G7 nations that collectively promote sustainable energy development. AEP represents the United States in the e7.
June 11, 2002
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) Tuesday announced plans to construct new emission control systems on Unit 1 and Unit 2 at the John E. Amos Plant in St. Albans, W.Va. The new Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system will reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions on each unit by between 85 and 90 percent.
May 3, 2002
Officials of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) and City Public Service (CPS), the municipal electric utility for San Antonio, Texas, were joined Friday by national, state and local officials as they dedicated the Desert Sky Wind Farm in West Texas.
April 30, 2002
A research project about fish migration underway at American Electric Power’s (NYSE: AEP) Buchanan Hydroelectric Plant could result in increased fish populations on the St. Joseph River. If successful, the new technology could be applied and have similar results on fisheries in the Pacific Northwest.
March 28, 2002
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) will lead a group of 12 students and teachers from Ohio and West Virginia to a South American rain forest this summer for AEP’s Environmental Learning and Adventure in Bolivia (E-LAB) program.
January 31, 2002
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) today outlined its strategy for addressing the unexpected changes in plume appearance encountered at the Gen. James M. Gavin Power Plant last summer. The company will install three separate injection systems on Gavin´s 1,300-megawatt Unit 2 by May, the start of the 2002 ozone season. AEP estimates the capital investment for the installation will be approximately $7 million.
December 10, 2001
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) and a world-class team of partners will conduct the first U.S. demonstration to test the combined power quality and peak shaving capabilities of the sodium sulfur (NAS) battery, an advanced electrical energy storage technology that promises vast improvements over conventional batteries.
November 20, 2001
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), the nation’s largest generator of electricity, made a significant foray into renewable energy with the completion of one of the nation’s largest wind farms, the first step toward strategic growth in renewable generation.
November 16, 2001
For the third time since 1997, the Wildlife Habitat Council has given the “thumbs up” sign to the wildlife habitat area at American Electric Power’s (NYSE: AEP) Gen. James M. Gavin Plant.
September 28, 2001
Officials of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) said today the company has halted testing of a new emission control technology developed by Thermal Energy International Inc. (CDNX:TMG). The company concluded that - based on data that´s been collected from numerous tests to date - additional laboratory research will be required before the technology will be ready for a full-scale commercial launch.
August 29, 2001
American Electric Power´s (NYSE: AEP) Mountaineer Plant at New Haven, W.Va., was one of eight businesses and industries to win one of the 2001 West Virginia Business Environmental Leadership Awards presented today at the West Virginia Business Summit held at the Greenbrier resort.
August 22, 2001
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) today announced plans to construct a new emission control system on one unit of its Muskingum River generating station near the communities of Waterford and Beverly, Ohio.
August 14, 2001
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) Southeast Regional director today presented a conservation award to American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) for the company’s 10,257-acre reforestation project near Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Louisiana.
August 2, 2001
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) and Buckeye Power Inc. announced today their plans to construct new emission control systems at their jointly owned Cardinal Plant in Brilliant, Ohio.
July 18, 2001
The Trent Mesa Project, a wind-power generation facility under construction near Abilene, Texas, is being expanded to 150,000 kilowatts of production from 130,000 kilowatts under an agreement between TXU Corp. (NYSE: TXU), the buyer of Trent Mesa´s electricity output, and American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), the builder, owner and operator of the facility.
July 2, 2001
Environmental achievements and activities during the past two years are the focus of a newly published summary report by American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP).
July 2, 2001
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) today reported the estimated amounts of 23 chemicals released to air, water and land in 2000 from 36 gas-, oil- and coal-fired power plants.
June 28, 2001
In a couple of years anglers should be able to catch redfish along with bass, crappie and catfish from the Coleto Creek reservoir in South Texas thanks to an effort initiated by American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP).
June 27, 2001
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), The Conservation Fund and the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) have joined forces to acquire, protect and restore a bottomland hardwood forest on 18,372 acres near Catahoula Lake in east central Louisiana, a major haven for migratory birds in the Mississippi delta.
June 26, 2001
AEP and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife (DOW) have entered into a partnership to encourage private property owners to develop wildlife habitats in transmission rights-of-way on their lands.
June 1, 2001
Kentucky’s first school to install a solar electricity system as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Million Solar Roofs Initiative dedicated it today with a colorful fanfare of songs and distinguished speakers discussing energy and the system’s educational value.
May 31, 2001
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) formally dedicated its Miners’ Memorial Park, honoring the men and women who mined coal in southeastern Ohio.
May 11, 2001
American Electric Power (AEP) served as host Friday for the banding of the four peregrine falcon chicks that hatched last month in the nesting box on the roof of One Summit Square in Fort Wayne, Ind. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) placed metal identification bands on the legs of the falcon chicks. The bands will help the DNR keep track of the young birds as they migrate late this summer or in the fall.
April 17, 2001
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) is again offering FalconCam, an inside view of a peregrine falcon family atop the One Summit Square Building in Fort Wayne.
April 6, 2001
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) has filed a request with the Kentucky Public Service Commission for authority to install a new emission control system on Unit 2 of its Big Sandy generating plant near Louisa, Ky. The control system will reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from the 800-megawatt unit by about 90 percent. When in operation, the controls are expected to produce an overall reduction in NOx emissions of between 6,800 and 7,600 tons each ozone season (May through September).
March 29, 2001
Diane Fitzgerald has been appointed vice president of environmental affairs at American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP), effective April 1.
March 2, 2001
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) will lead students and teachers from Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio to a South American rain forest this summer in AEP’s Environmental Learning and Adventure in Bolivia (E-LAB) program.
February 7, 2001
The first net metering customer of Columbus Southern Power Company (CSP) was made official recently when Robert Howard signed a contract formalizing the arrangement under Ohio’s new electric choice law. CSP, an operating company of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), serves more than 685,000 customers in central and southern Ohio.
January 29, 2001
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) today announced plans to begin construction on new emission control systems at two of its power plants in West Virginia. The controls will reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions on each affected generating unit by about 90 percent. When in operation, the controls are expected to produce an overall reduction in NOx emissions from the two units of approximately 20,000 tons per year.
January 22, 2001
Officials of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) and The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) have executed definitive agreements that will lead to the construction of a new, state-of-the-art cogeneration plant at Dow’s Plaquemine, La., chemical complex.
January 11, 2001
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) announced today that it has executed a definitive agreement under which AEP Energy Services Gas Holding Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of AEP, will acquire the stock of Houston Pipe Line Co. (HPL) from Enron Corp. (NYSE: ENE).
January 10, 2001
The role of technology in shaping the outcome of electricity restructuring is one of the topics attracting worldwide interest among engineers planning to attend a conference hosted later this month by American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP).
January 4, 2001
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) and Environmental Elements Corporation (AMEX: EEC) today announced that they have executed an agreement designed to provide additional support for the commercialization of EEC´s Ammonia on Demand (AOD) technology in the power generation market.
December 26, 2000
Cook Nuclear Plant Unit 1 returned to service Dec. 21 for American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP).
December 19, 2000
Following an extensive engineering and technical review, and aided by recent technological developments, American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) is changing the design of the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system it will install at its Gen. James M. Gavin Plant at Cheshire, Ohio.
December 18, 2000
American Electric Power’s (NYSE: AEP) Cook Nuclear Plant Unit 1 began reactor operation, or startup, at 5 a.m. today. Startup is defined as a sustained nuclear fission chain reaction. Presently, the reactor is at less than 1 percent power.
December 4, 2000
The Digital Divide that separates developed and developing countries has been bridged for Bolivian villagers deep in the Amazon region thanks to the efforts of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) and a dozen private and public partners.
November 27, 2000
AEP Retail Energy LLC is offering an alternative to Richmond-area electricity consumers: electricity generated from a 100% renewable fuel source.
November 22, 2000
Tropical rain forests in Bolivia will be the “classroom” in June 2001 for 10 students and teachers from high schools near five American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP) power plants in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky.
November 14, 2000
Thermal Energy International Inc. (CDNX: TMG) has announced that American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP), one of the largest U.S. energy providers, will finance the first commercial-scale demonstration of its THERMALONOx™ emission reduction system.
November 2, 2000
American Electric Power was recognized Nov. 2 for its advertising featuring wild animals and for protecting wild animals found in South America, Asia and Africa.
October 31, 2000
TXU Electric & Gas, a subsidiary of TXU (NYSE: TXU), and American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) jointly announced today a new 130-megawatt wind power project.
October 26, 2000
Which state was last in solar power in 1997 and has vaulted to number 14 in the U.S.? If your final answer is Ohio, you are correct.
October 24, 2000
Where only stumps stand as reminders of the American chestnut’s past glory in eastern U.S. hardwood forests, American Electric Power has agreed to help restore the “King of Trees.”
October 18, 2000
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) and Fuel-Tech N.V. (NASDAQ: FTEK) today announced they have executed an agreement for the use of Fuel Tech’s Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR) technology on AEP coal-fired power plants. SNCR technology can reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from coal-fired boilers. These NOx reductions are necessary in order to meet deadlines established by new environmental regulations.
August 14, 2000
American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP) has found a way to further ease its reliance on landfills by recycling coal ash and scrubber residue into a material designed to replace concrete in construction projects.
August 1, 2000
HERNDON, Virginia & COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 1, 2000 – On April 28, Twelvepole Creek, LLC, awarded AEP Pro ServSM, Inc. the contract for the engineering, design, construction and project management of a 550-megawatt (MW) power plant located in Ceredo, W.Va. On July 5, the project achieved a major milestone with Twelvepole issuing Pro Serv a “full order to proceed” with the construction of the facility.
July 24, 2000
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) has invested in Powerspan Corp., a privately held emerging technology company that is developing new environmental control technology for coal-fired power plants.
July 12, 2000
Washington D.C., July 12, 2000 – InterGen and AEP Resources, a subsidiary of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), today announced the financial close of the $435 million credit facilities for the Bajio power plant, a 600 megawatt, natural gas-fired, combined cycle power facility. The build, own and operate facility is under construction near the municipality of San Luis de la Paz in the state of Guanajuato, approximately 160 miles from Mexico City.
July 6, 2000
BRIDGMAN, Mich., July 6, 2000 – American Electric Power’s (NYSE: AEP) Cook Nuclear Plant Unit 2 reached 100 percent power at 3:27 p.m., on Wednesday, July 5. The power ascension procedure included hold points at 30, 50, 80, and 90 percent power for system testing.
June 30, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 30, 2000 -- American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) today reported the estimated amount of certain chemicals that the company´s 16 coal-fired power plants released to land, air and water in 1999.
June 27, 2000
PLAQUEMINE, La., June 27, 2000 – Officials of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) and American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) have signed a letter of intent that will lead to the construction of a new, state-of-the-art, cogeneration plant at Dow’s Plaquemine, La., chemical complex. The 900-megawatt, natural gas-fired power plant will provide electricity and steam to Dow´s Plaquemine facility. Construction of the $325 million plant is expected to begin in 2001 with start-up scheduled for 2002. The facility will be developed by AEP and operated by Dow.
June 21, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 21, 2000 – As the first component of an emerging environmental compliance plan that will address federal requirements to control nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) is beginning a $175 million project to install selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology on its two-unit Gen. James M. Gavin plant near Cheshire, Ohio.
June 15, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 15, 2000 – American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) and Central and South West Corp. (NYSE: CSR) completed their merger today, creating a national leader in electricity generation, trading and distribution.
May 16, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 16, 2000 – American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) has been awarded the Edison Electric Institute´s (EEI) top land management award for the company´s reclamation and forestry efforts in southeastern Ohio. AEP received the award during a gala reception Monday evening at EEI´s Natural Resources Conference in Indianapolis.
May 15, 2000
MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va., May 15, 2000 -- West Virginia´s first school to install a solar electricity system dedicated it today in a colorful fanfare of songs and skits about the sun and speeches about the system´s educational value.
May 10, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 10, 2000 – American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) today moved to dismiss the vast majority of claims included in complaints filed against the company by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and several other parties. The challenged claims fall outside the five-year limitations period for bringing enforcement actions under the Clean Air Act.
May 8, 2000
CUMBERLAND, Ohio, May 8, 2000 -- American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) and the Ruffed Grouse Society today signed a partnership agreement to jointly enhance the environment for the ruffed grouse and other forest wildlife.
April 26, 2000
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 26, 2000 -- American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP) has announced its support of two new research and development efforts that will focus attention on the technical feasibility and economic viability of new technologies to remove carbon dioxide from power plant stack emissions.
April 20, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 20, 2000 – American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP) is taking students and teachers from several central Ohio schools on an educational adventure in Bolivia to learn about preserving the environment.
April 19, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 19, 2000 -- American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP) is helping customers learn about wind technology by installing small wind turbines and sharing real-time information about their operation and performance on its web site.
April 19, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 19, 2000 – An educator at a suburban elementary school attributes a remarkable increase in students’ math and science proficiency test scores to the American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP) solar education Internet-based program.
April 18, 2000
FT. WAYNE, Ind., April 18, 2000 – A peregrine falcon couple adopted by American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP) have returned to their nesting box and are awaiting the arrival of four new offspring at their on-line home atop an AEP office building.
April 7, 2000
Near ZANESVILLE, Ohio, April 6, 2000 – Before a backdrop of gently rolling hills of former mine land dotted with young trees, American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) planted the final tree in its 5-year, 15-million tree commitment to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Climate Challenge project.
March 30, 2000
More than 30 leading corporations and environmental groups announced today the formation of a new initiative for the 21st century.
February 29, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 28, 2000 -- American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) was recently recognized as one of the nation’s first companies to receive certification for practicing sustainable forestry by the American Tree Farm System. The company was also honored as Ohio’s “Tree Farmer of the Year” by the Ohio Tree Farm Committee.
January 11, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 10, 2000 -- American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP) and several other utilities have been recognized by Theodore Roosevelt IV and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for planting trees on refuges in the lower Mississippi River region.
January 6, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 6, 2000 – AEP Resources Inc., a subsidiary of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), has acquired a 50 percent share of the Bajio Power Project from InterGen.
December 9, 1999
La Jolla, California, SGI International December 6, 1999 -- (OTCBB: SGII) SGI International (SGII) and American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) have agreed to transport by rail SGII’s upgraded coal from its ENCOAL Demonstration Plant (which SGII is acquiring) located near Gillette, Wyoming to AEP’s Cook Coal Terminal at Metropolis, Illinois, for barge delivery to various SGII customers. Shipments are expected to begin next year and continue through at least 2004.
December 7, 1999
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 7, 1999 – A decision announced today by Vermont´s attorney general to intervene in existing litigation against power plants owned by American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) ignores regulatory and scientific facts, according to Dale Heydlauff, AEP´s vice president - environmental affairs.
December 3, 1999
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 3, 1999 – A lawsuit announced today by New Jersey´s attorney general against power plants owned by American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) is another attempt by a Northeast state to avoid implementing potentially costly local emissions controls by blaming their air quality problems on sources in the Midwest, according to Dale Heydlauff, AEP´s vice president - environmental affairs.
November 29, 1999
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 29, 1999 – A lawsuit filed today by attorneys general in New York and Connecticut against power plants owned by American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) is the latest attempt by Northeast states to blame their air quality problems on sources in the Midwest instead of adequately addressing local emissions, according to Dale Heydlauff, AEP´s vice president - environmental affairs.
November 17, 1999
WARRENTON, Va., Nov. 17, 1999 -- American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) has earned an Excellence Award, presented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, for the company’s leadership in promoting environmentally-sensitive vegetative management practices in its power line rights-of-way.
November 4, 1999
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 4, 1999 -- Plans to phase out marketing and promotional programs related to electric technologies in its regulated business unit were announced today by American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP). This will result in the reorganization of the consumer services department and the elimination of an estimated 168 jobs across AEP´s seven-state service territory by June.
November 3, 1999
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 3, 1999 – Enforcement actions against American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) and seven other electric utilities by the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice are "without merit and take decades of industry maintenance and repair practices previously deemed acceptable by EPA and retroactively converts them to unlawful activities," according to Dale Heydlauff, AEP´s vice president - environmental affairs.
October 26, 1999
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 26, 1999 – A memorial to honor the men and women who mined coal in southeastern Ohio will be built in a popular public recreational area on a reclaimed surface mine, according to American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP).
March 25, 1998
U.S. EPA Recognizes AEP for Pollution
Prevention Through Energy Efficiency
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