AEP's transmission is stable; no immediate threat seen.
Reports from late Thursday evening show that only a few AEP customers were affected by the late afternoon power outage that hit the northeastern United States, eastern Canada, northern Ohio and part of Michigan.

Most of the AEP outages were relatively minor and scattered. In Mount Vernon, Ohio, however, more than 14,000 customers were without power at one time. Those customers had their power restored shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday.

The trouble spots for AEP seemed to be near interconnections with the FirstEnergy transmission system, which experienced widespread outages.

Other reports from AEP note that the company did not have to reduce voltage in order to protect its system.

As of Friday morning, the number of outages within the AEP System was below 1,000. All of those outages seemed to be of a routine nature.

AEP engineers continue to closely monitor conditions and will take appropriate steps to protect the stability of the transmission grid.