American Electric Power utility subsidiary AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company has signed a letter of intent to purchase the transmission and distribution assets of Valley Electric Membership Corporation .

About 110,000 central Ohio customers of American Electric Power soon will have advanced-technology meters, giving them the ability to track when they use the most power and thus reduce their electricity bills.

Top By Jana Wagoner Source: Loudoun Times-Mirror TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 2009 UPDATED TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 2009 A state hearing examiner Nov.

County officials still are unsure what caused a power outage at the Metro 911 station.

U.S. electric power demand may be sluggish, due to the recession, but investors should view that as a temporary phenomenon.

American Electric Power communication managers Phil Moye and Jeri Matheney recently visited Williamson in a hybrid they borrowed from columbus to show AEP customers a coal-fueled car of sorts.

American Electric Power Company Inc. 's southwestern U.S. subsidiary is looking to add 30,000 customers through the acquisition of a utility cooperative's assets.

The HomePlug Powerline Alliance congratulates the five HomePlug member companies whose employees have been elected as representatives on the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel Board at the inaugural meeting of the SGIP, which took place this week in Denver.

Power is back on for about 12,000 customers in Grove City and on the West Side after a copper-wire theft led to an outage this morning.

A Logan County teenager faces charges in connection with the vandalism of a transformer that left nearly 5,000 customers without electricity for almost 24 hours.

A Logan County teenager faces charges in connection with the vandalism of a transformer that left nearly 5 thousand customers without electricity for almost 24 hours.

An administrative law judge has approved a proposal by an electric utility serving northeast Oklahoma -- including the Tulsa area -- to collect a bit more money from most customers for a year.

For nearly two hours Monday, copper theft at a Grove City power substation left thousands without power.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a draft report detailing previously reported problems with two waste impoundments at an American Electric Power coal-burning plant in West Virginia.

About 10,000 American Electric Power customers were without electricity on Monday morning after some scrap metal thieves attempted to steal wires.

Although the energy industry is starting to ramp up carbon-capture and storage projects as a possible solution to solving the environmental problems the world is facing regarding climate change, government action is needed to accelerate this build out.

FREMONT -- City Council passed an ordinance to buy land owned by American Electric Power adjacent to the city-owned property at the Ballville Dam.

The driver of a tractor-trailer snapped a utility pole in two Thursday in St. Albans. Lt.

Appalachian Power Co. acknowledges that the rising cost of electricity comes at a rocky time for many households and businesses struggling to weather an economic storm.

American Electric Power is offering a $5,000 reward following a spate of vandalism in southern West Virginia that damaged equipment and left nearly 5,000 customers without electricity.