AEP Ohio, an American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) company, today submitted to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) a request to update the base rates charged to customers for delivering electricity to homes and business. AEP Ohio was required to initiate this process under a 2018 agreement between regulators and other groups. However, due to the economic uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic, AEP Ohio has also requested that the PUCO delay the case’s procedural schedule. Under the extended timeline, customers would not see any changes to base rates until mid-2021. 

As part of continuous improvements to the electrical system, AEP Ohio will replace and add utility poles, intermittently impacting traffic patterns for six weeks on a Marietta road and intersection.