Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

Members of management of American Electric Power Company, Inc. (the "Company) will attend and participate in meetings of the 47th Annual Edison Electric Institute Conference (the "EEI Conference"). A copy of presentation materials that will be used at the EEI Conference is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein.

The information in this Form 8-K, including the exhibit listed below, is being furnished, not filed, pursuant to Regulation FD.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No. Description

99.1 EEI Conference Presentation Materials

Forward -Looking Statements

Some of the statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and are subject to the safe harbor created thereby and by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include declarations regarding the intents, beliefs, estimates and current expectations of the Company. Forward-looking statements involve estimates, assumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Therefore, forward-looking statements are not guarantees or assurances of future performance, and actual results could differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements.

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