COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 8, 2006 – Live webcasts are scheduled of two panel discussions featuring Susan Tomasky, executive vice president and chief financial officer of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), Thursday at the Goldman Sachs Power and Utility Conference in Las Vegas.
Tomasky will participate with other utility executives in a panel discussion titled “Coal and Environmental Credits: Balancing Emission Costs vs. Capex” at 12:45 p.m. EDT. She also will take part in a discussion titled “Balancing the Various Interests of Capital Providers through the Construction Cycle” at 2:15 p.m. EDT.
The panel discussions can be accessed through the Internet at http://www.aep.com/go/webcast and the webcasts also will be available after the live events.
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During the conference, AEP will reaffirm its ongoing earnings guidance of $2.50 to $2.70 per share for 2006.
American Electric Power 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 36,000 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 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). American Electric Power, based in Columbus, Ohio, is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2006.
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