AEP Ohio Targets $4.2B Appalachian Grid Build Structured to Avoid Rate Increases
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SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 14, 2026 - AEP Ohio, a regulated subsidiary of American Electric Power Company, announced a partnership to deliver $4.2 billion in new electric infrastructure across Appalachian Ohio, with the program designed to avoid increases to customer electricity rates. Disclosed in a March 20 news release, the initiative sits within AEP's stated $72 billion five-year capital investment plan directed at expanding and modernizing grid capacity across its service territory. For industrial operators, site selectors, and economic development planners in the region, the announcement signals a material commitment to transmission and distribution capacity in a geography historically characterized by aging electric infrastructure.