News Releases

AEP Ohio is planning overhead power line installation on I-71 near Polaris Parkway and Gemini Place. Weather permitting, aerial utility work begins Tuesday, May 23, and continues through Thursday, May 25 between 12 a.m. and 5 a.m.

The Athens Area Improvements Project involves several potential options to enhance the area’s electric reliability. AEP Ohio officials invite community members and landowners to learn more about the proposed project at an upcoming open house.

AEP Ohio has scheduled an open house to discuss upgrading transmission line infrastructure in eastern Columbus. The Morse-Gahanna-East Broad Transmission Line Rebuild Project involves rebuilding about 9 miles of 138-kilovolt transmission line and upgrading five area substations.

A scheduling conflict has led to a change of venue for the previously announced May 2 meeting, which will now be held at Northridge High School in Johnstown.

Temperatures are warming up, which means landscaping projects are beginning. Before making any adjustments to outdoor areas, it’s important to practice proper planting to keep loved ones safe while also helping our AEP Ohio crews keep the lights on. Here are some important tree planting tips from our Forestry team to keep in mind.

Many AEP Ohio customers have been affected by the high winds and storms that have resulted in power outages over the last several weeks. Unfortunately, more severe storms and high winds are in the forecast across Ohio beginning this afternoon. Our crews are preparing their trucks and equipment in the event of power outages — and we’re encouraging customers to prepare and stay alert. 

As new energy-intensive businesses locate to the area, additions to the power grid in Delaware and Licking counties are needed to connect customers and maintain reliability. AEP Ohio plans two open houses in early May to gather community feedback to help identify routes for potential power lines needed to meet the power demand.

 More than 98% of customers are back in power following the weekend wind storm. As restoration has wrapped up elsewhere, crews from around the state have been converging today on the hardest hit areas of Canton and northwest Ohio.

Crews have restored electricity to almost 67,000 customers since damaging winds of more than 60 mph hit our service territory yesterday. At the height of the event, approximately 75,000 customers were without power. In the hardest hit areas — including northeast Ohio, Portsmouth and Upper Sandusky — additional crews hit the ground this morning. 

Nearly 2,000 line, tree, contractor, assessor and support personnel are working to restore power to the nearly 47,000 AEP Ohio customers who remain without electricity following the latest round of severe weather and strong winds — with peak gusts above 60 mph in some areas.