form8k03302009.htm
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Date
of report (Date of earliest event reported)
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March
30, 2009
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AMERICAN
ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
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(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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1-3525
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New
York
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13-4922640
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(Commission
File Number)
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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1
Riverside Plaza, Columbus, OH
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43215
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(Registrant's
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item
8.01 Other
Events
On March
30, 2009, American Electric Power Company, Inc. (“AEP”) issued a press release
revising its 2009 earnings guidance. A copy of the press release is
attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 8-K.
This
report made by American Electric Power and its Registrant Subsidiaries contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. Although AEP and each of its Registrant Subsidiaries
believe that their expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, any such
statements may be influenced by factors that could cause actual outcomes and
results to be materially different from those projected. Among the factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements are: electric load and customer growth; weather
conditions, including storms; available sources and costs of, and transportation
for, fuels and the creditworthiness and performance of fuel suppliers and
transporters; availability of generating capacity and the performance of AEP’s
generating plants; AEP’s ability to recover regulatory assets and stranded costs
in connection with deregulation; AEP’s ability to recover increases in fuel and
other energy costs through regulated or competitive electric rates; AEP’s
ability to build or acquire generating capacity (including the ability to obtain
any necessary regulatory approvals and permits) when needed at acceptable prices
and terms and to recover those costs (including the costs of projects that are
canceled) through applicable rate cases or competitive rates; new legislation,
litigation and government regulation, including requirements for reduced
emissions of sulfur, nitrogen, mercury, carbon, soot or particulate matter and
other substances; timing and resolution of pending and future rate cases,
negotiations and other regulatory decisions (including rate or other recovery of
new investments in generation, distribution and transmission service and
environmental compliance); resolution of litigation (including disputes arising
from the bankruptcy of Enron Corp. and related matters); AEP’s ability to
constrain operation and maintenance costs; the economic climate and growth or
contraction in AEP’s service territory and changes in market demand and
demographic patterns; inflationary and interest rate trends; volatility in the
financial markets, particularly developments affecting the availability of
capital on reasonable terms and developments impacting AEP’s ability to
refinance existing debt at attractive rates; AEP’s ability to develop and
execute a strategy based on a view regarding prices of electricity, natural gas
and other energy-related commodities; changes in the creditworthiness of the
counterparties with whom AEP has contractual arrangements, including
participants in the energy trading markets; actions of rating agencies,
including changes in the ratings of debt; volatility and changes in markets for
electricity, natural gas, coal, nuclear fuel and other energy-related
commodities; changes in utility regulation, including the implementation of the
recently passed utility law in Ohio and the allocation of costs within regional
transmission organizations; accounting pronouncements periodically issued by
accounting standard-setting bodies; the impact of volatility in the capital
markets on the value of the investments held by AEP’s pension, other
postretirement benefit plans and nuclear decommissioning trust and the impact on
future funding requirements; prices for power that AEP generates and sells at
wholesale; changes in technology, particularly with respect to new, developing
or alternative sources of generation; and other risks and unforeseen events,
including wars, the effects of terrorism (including increased security costs),
embargoes and other catastrophic events.
The registrant expressly disclaims
any obligation to update any forward-looking information.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and
Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit
99.1 Press
Release dated March 30, 2009
Exhibit
99.2 AEP
2009 Detailed Earnings Guidance
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
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AMERICAN
ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Thomas G. Berkemeyer
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Name:
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Thomas
G. Berkemeyer
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March 30,
2009