<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001398889-24-000062.txt : 20240227
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20240227135149
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001398889-24-000062
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240226
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240227
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240227

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FOWKE BENJAMIN G S III
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001206908
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03525
		FILM NUMBER:		24685004

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6122154625

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		414 NICOLLET MALL
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55401

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000004904
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				134922640
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 RIVERSIDE PLAZA
		CITY:			COLUMBUS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43215
		BUSINESS PHONE:		614-716-1000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 RIVERSIDE PLAZA
		CITY:			COLUMBUS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43215

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	KINGSPORT UTILITIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19660906
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of AEP common stock.  These restricted stock units will vest subject to Mr. Fowke's continuous  employment through the first to occur of February 26, 2025 or upon his replacement with a permanent chief executive officer.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Was AEP Stock Price at the time of the transaction.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The reporting director deferred the receipt of his $40,000 quarterly cash retainer into the AEP Stock Fund under the AEP Stock Unit Accumulation Plan for Non-Employee Directors. The reporting director may transfer amounts in the AEP Stock Fund into an alternative investment at any time.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Stock Units are paid to the director in cash or shares upon termination of service unless the director has elected to defer payment for a period that results in payment commencing not later than five years thereafter.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Includes units of reinvested dividends acquired pursuant to the dividend reinvestment feature of the Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ David C. House, Attorney-in-Fact for Benjamin G.S. Fowke III</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-02-27</signatureDate>
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