American Electric Power News

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About 1,180 Muskingum County residents are without power after a transformer broke at American Electric Power's Bridgeville substation.

Like other coal-fired power plants, the Cardinal plant along the Ohio River has huge scrubbers and other devices to trap toxic air pollutants and stay within federal clean-air limits.

Sierra Club and American Electric Power recently reached an agreement in principal that would resolve the future of power generation in Eastern Kentucky after the retirement of the coal fired generators at the Big Sandy Power Plant near Louisa, in 2015.

Overnight storms that lingered around Coshocton County for most of the night have left several hundred residents without power this morning.

American Electric Power and Duke Energy rank first and second, respectively, on the list of the nation's 100 worst greenhouse-gas polluters, according to a study just published by Political Economy Research Instutute .

Utility company American Electric Power Inc. is busy increasing its wind power deliveries in Ind., Michi.

Storms that soaked much of Ohio and damaged trees and barns with high winds have moved out of the state after leaving about tens of thousands of customers without power.

The storms have arrived in Muskingum County. American Electric Power is reporting over 2600 customers without power.

More than 16,000 customers in Franklin County were without power from the storm that passed through the area during the early morning hours.

The threat of violent storms throughout Ohio has prompted at least one electric company to prepare for the worst.

The potential for widespread power outages from storms across the Midwest on Wednesday evening has electrical companies scrambling to have extra crews to deal with potential power outages.

U.S. power company American Electric Power Co Inc will increase the amount of wind power it delivers in Indiana, Michigan and Oklahoma as consumers demand more renewable energy.

American Electric Power opened at 45.36 on Wednesday. American Electric Power has a 52-week low of $39.02 and a 52-week high of $51.60.

American Electric Power Company Inc. is the country's biggest polluter, emitting 130 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, Forbes reports , citing a study from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Michael W. Yackira, president and CEO of Las Vegas, Nev.-based NV Energy, was elected chairman of the Edison Electric Institute , the national association of shareholder-owned electric companies, international affiliates and industry associates worldwide.

American Electric Power has posted healthy financial performance in the recent years.

Southwestern Electric Power Company is alerting customers in its service area to a telephone scam involving demand of payment by prepaid money cards to avoid disconnection of service.

As Ormet Corp. prepares to move forward under new ownership, President and Chief Executive Officer Mike Tanchuk hopes the company will be able to generate electricity independently using natural gas by the end of 2015.

According to the Edison Electric Institute, eei.org , in 2011 the electric utility industry collected $371 billion in total revenues from sales to the ultimate consumer.