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Kingsport crew banded together to help relocate a family of Osprey to a stable home. 

Appalachian Power today filed a request with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia to update current rates for the Environmental Compliance Surcharge (ECS). The PSC initially approved the ECS in August 2021 for recovery of costs associated with meeting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules on Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) and Effluent Limitation Guidelines (ELG).

After flooding devastated communities in eastern Kanawha County, W.Va., employees donated supplies to support recovery efforts.

Wheeling lineworkers educated local children about the tools and equipment they use on the job every day. 

After working closely with community members, local officials, and property owners for more than a year, Appalachian Power submitted an application to the Virginia State Corporation Commission for the Stuart Area Improvements Project. The work will improve electric reliability to customers in five counties.  

Outside of maintaining and improving the electric grid, our front-line employees see it all in the field: countless critters, devastation following a storm, Thank You messages from customers and so much more. Add in the amount of driving our crews do, and we know our field personnel see the good and the bad on the road, too.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded Appalachian Power a $25 million grant for its plan to expand its fiber optic data network used to manage the power grid and make broadband access available to approximately 22,000 currently unserved households in southern West Virginia.

Beginning on or about Thursday, June 1, weather permitting, American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) will maintain the rights-of-way for some power lines in Marshall County by applying herbicides by helicopter.

Beginning on or about Thursday, June 1, weather permitting, Appalachian Power will maintain the rights-of-way for some power lines in West Virginia by applying herbicides by helicopter.

Appalachian Power updated its economic development plans for the region in a regulatory filing with the Virginia State Corporation Commission.