As many Ohioans stock up at grocery stores and adjust to a new way of living, there are food banks, pantries and homeless shelters struggling to keep up in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. To help in that effort, the AEP Ohio Fund of the Columbus Foundation donated $180,000 in emergency relief to help …
Did you know that the leading cause of power outages is fallen trees and branches? That’s why AEP Ohio has a comprehensive program to manage trees and brush that grow around our lines and equipment—and it’s been shown to improve the reliability of our service. In fact, our maintenance program has reduced tree-related outages by …
At AEP Ohio, we’re committed to the health and safety of our customers, communities and employees. We’re continuing to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and don’t anticipate disruption in our ability to provide power to our customers. Billing & Financial Hardship We understand that many of our customers may be experiencing financial hardship due to …
As a student at West Virginia University, Don Stemple wanted to play football. But he wasn’t the fastest or most athletic player. While his high school team was West Virginia state champions, Stemple – unlike five of his teammates – never received a Division 1 scholarship offer. Nevertheless, Stemple entertained pie-in-the-sky dreams of playing professionally. …
At AEP Ohio there’s a personal duty to educate the next generation of electrical workers. To pass on knowledge once given to us; to show new team members the right and wrong way to complete a job; to make sure our brothers and sisters go home safe at the end of the day. We have …
Keith Kull is a 13-year meter servicer who works out of the Belmont Service Center in St. Clairsville. On the afternoon of January 31 he had completed some routine work and was headed back on U.S. Route 250. It was a normal day, “nothing out of the ordinary,” Kull says. But it was also a …
