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Cooperative agreement will foster programs to support wildlife populations and promote biodiversity on AEP-owned lands and transmission rights of way.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 19, 2009 – American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) has agreed to become a member of the National Wild Turkey Federation’s (NWTF) Energy for Wildlife program. As part of the program, AEP and NWTF will work cooperatively to identify, develop and implement programs to enhance the environment and habitat for a number of wildlife species on AEP-owned lands and transmission rights of way.

The agreement covers approximately 60,000 acres of AEP-owned land and segments of existing transmission rights of way throughout AEP´s 11-state service territory, stretching from Michigan to Texas.    » read more »

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 15, 2009 – American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), through its AEP Ohio unit, has signed a long-term power purchase agreement to purchase all the output of a 10.08-megawatt (MW) solar energy facility to be built in Ohio.

Through the 20-year agreement signed with Wyandot Solar LLC, a subsidiary of juwi solar Inc., AEP Ohio will purchase all of the output and renewable energy credits from the Wyandot Solar facility to be built in Salem Township, Wyandot County, Ohio. Construction of the solar facility is expected to begin in November, and commercial operation is expected by mid-summer 2010. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.    » read more »

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 1, 2009 – American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) today issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking long-term purchases of up to 1,100 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy resources.

Proposals must include commercially proven renewable energy technologies such as wind, certified low-impact hydro, commercial-scale solar, geothermal, biologically derived methane gas and certain biomass and biofuels energy projects. The generation must be interconnected to PJM Interconnection (PJM) or Southwest Power Pool (SPP) and be operational no later than Dec. 31, 2011.

Pre-bid webinars for potential bidders will be conducted June 16 for bidders in PJM and June 18 for bidders in SPP. RFP information can be found at http://www.AEP.com/go/rfp.    » read more »

After Eight-Year Battle, American Electric Power Agrees to Major Power Plant Upgrades, Pollution Reductions, Environmental Improvements

CHICAGO (October 9, 2007) -- The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), in collaboration with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 8 states, and 12 other environmental organizations, reached a history-making settlement with American Electric Power (AEP) today after a nearly decade-old battle over AEP’s violations of the Clean Air Act’s “New Source Review” requirements.    » read more »

Major Utility Agrees to Spend Over $4.5 Billion to Clean Up Coal Plants

October 09, 2007 -- Washington DC: In a huge victory for public health, energy giant American Electric Power agreed today to markedly reduce hazardous air pollution from dozens of its coal-fired power plants- dramatically improving air quality and reducing health risks to neighboring communities. After almost eight years of refusing to clean up its dirtiest plants, AEP has agreed to cut its nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide emissions- pollutants which cause smog and acid rain- by hundreds of thousands of tons.    » read more »

10/09/2007 -- WASHINGTON D.C - John Kerry made the following statement today, after a federal court ruled that the Clean Air Act mandates American Electric Power to dramatically reduce emissions and clean up the damage caused by historical emissions from five power plants. Pollution from plants located in the Ohio River Valley and Appalachia impacted air, water and wildlife in northeastern and Mid-Atlantic States. The court ruled that the company must cut emissions by more than two-thirds over the next decade.    » read more »

October 9, 2007 -- "I am gratified by today’s announcement that one of New York’s major environmental lawsuits, filed in federal court in 1999, has been settled. Groundbreaking cases like these against the country’s major polluters demonstrate how the states can provide important leadership on environmental issues and play a significant role in the effort to reduce acid rain, smog and respiratory disease.    » read more »

American Electric Power To Invest Nearly $5 Billion To Dramatically Cut Emissions At 16 Major Coal-Fired Power Plants; Company Will Pay Additional $75 Million For Clean Air Enforcement

NEW YORK, NY (October 9, 2007) – New York Attorney General Andrew M.    » read more »

October 9, 2007 -- New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte and Thomas S. Burack, Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (“DES”), announced today that New Hampshire has joined with the federal government, states and environmental groups in recommending court approval of a settlement of Clean Air Act violations that will result in the largest emissions reductions in history with one of the nation’s largest utilities, American Electric Power, Inc. (“AEP”).    » read more »

Historic pollutant reductions will save $32 billion in health costs annually

Washington, D.C., Oct. 9, 2007 -- American Electric Power (AEP)has agreed to cut 813,000 tons of air pollutants annually at an estimated cost of more than $4.6 billion, pay a $15 million penalty, and spend $60 million on projects to mitigate the adverse effects of its past excess emissions. The record settlement was announced today by the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency.    » read more »

October 09, 2007 -- BOSTON – Today, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley along with 7 other states and the federal government, entered into the largest settlement of federal enforcement actions brought to date against major power producers for violations of the federal New Source Review program.    » read more »

BALTIMORE MD (October 9, 2007) – The Maryland Attorney General’s Office and the Maryland Department of the Environment today joined the United States, seven other states, and 13 citizen groups in announcing a Clean Air Act settlement agreement with American Electric Power Service Corporation (AEP) that is unprecedented in scope.    » read more »

October 9, 2007 -- Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced a landmark settlement requiring one of the nation's largest power plant operators to install $4.6 billion worth of pollution controls and invest $60 million in environmental projects - significantly reducing harmful pollution.    » read more »

- American Electric Power admits no violations of law, all claims released
- AEP will install additional emissions control equipment, pay $60 million for environmental projects and $15 million penalty

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