AEP and Dynegy Complete Ownership Transfer For Co-Owned Plan
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AEP and Dynegy Complete Ownership Transfer For Co-Owned Plants

American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) today completed the sale of AEP’s 330-megawatt (MW) share of the Zimmer Plant to Dynegy and the purchase of Dynegy’s 312-MW share of Conesville Plant.  

The transaction has no material impact on AEP earnings.

AEP already operates Conesville Plant and Dynegy operates Zimmer Plant so there will be no employment impact from the transaction.

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AEP now owns 92 percent, or 1,461 MW, of Conesville Plant. Dayton Power & Light owns the remaining 129 MW of Conesville Unit 4. AEP’s other competitive generation assets in Ohio include 595 MW of Cardinal Plant, 603 MW of Stuart Plant and the 48 MW Racine Plant. Stuart Plant is expected to be retired by June 1, 2018.

American Electric Power is one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, delivering electricity and custom energy solutions to nearly 5.4 million customers in 11 states. AEP owns the nation’s largest electricity transmission system, a more than 40,000-mile network that includes more 765-kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission lines than all other U.S. transmission systems combined. AEP also operates 224,000 miles of distribution lines. AEP ranks among the nation’s largest generators of electricity, owning approximately 26,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S. AEP supplies 3,200 megawatts of renewable energy to customers. 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.


Publishdate:
May 9, 2017
American Electric Power
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