Facts, Figures & Bios
About Kentucky Power
Kentucky Power provides service to approximately 175,000 customers in all or part
of 20 eastern Kentucky counties. Its headquarters is in Ashland, Ky.
Kentucky Power is part of the American Electric Power system, which is one of the
largest electric utilities in the United States, delivering electricity to more
than 5 million customers in 11 states. AEP ranks among the nation's largest generators
of electricity, owning nearly 32,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S.
AEP also owns the nation's largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile
network that includes more 765 kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission lines than
all other U.S. transmission systems combined. AEP's transmission system directly
or indirectly serves about 10 percent of the electricity demand in the Eastern Interconnection,
the interconnected transmission system that covers 38 eastern and central U.S. states
and eastern Canada, and approximately 11 percent of the electricity demand in ERCOT,
the transmission system that covers much of Texas. AEP's utility units operate as
AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia and West Virginia), AEP Appalachian
Power (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company
of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and
east Texas). AEP's headquarters are in Columbus, Ohio. For more information, see
our corporate web site, AEP.com.