AEP Prioritizes T&D Amid Push for Renewables, Wrestles with Coal's Decline

SUGAR LAND--March 12, 2021--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--American Electric Power Company Incorporated (AEP) (NYSE:AEP) (Columbus, Ohio) is on the front lines of the changing U.S. Power Industry, as the utility seeks to upgrade its aging transmission infrastructure and add renewable energy sources--all while trying to determine which coal-fired plants can continue to operate as most face long-term closure. Industrial Info is tracking more than $4.5 billion in active projects from AEP, about 53% of which is related to power-generation projects and the remainder to transmission & distribution (T&D).

Within the article: Details on some of the highest-valued projects from AEP, including fossil-fuel and renewable energy-generation projects, T&D upgrades, and a series of environmentally mandated measures at coal-fired power plants.