I&M Crews Help Restore Power After Damaging Storms in Northern Ohio

FORT WAYNE, Ind.,- Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) employees will join First Energy's restoration efforts in Northern Ohio after destructive storms, including a tornado, has thousands of customers without service.

Elkhart lineworker packing up the truck to head to Ohio.

Approximately fifty employees, including lineworkers, fleet technicians and safety personnel, will work alongside First Energy in Cleveland to restore power. Crews from across Fort Wayne, Muncie, Marion, South Bend, Elkhart in Ind. and in Buchanan, Benton Harbor and Three Rivers, Mich. will work 16-hour days to help restore not only power, but a sense of normalcy to First Energy customers.

I&M and our parent company, AEP, are part of a nationwide group of power companies that help each other when significant power outages occur. I&M crews were recently in Texas for Hurricane Beryl restoration efforts and crews from Kentucky, Ohio and other states helped I&M restore service after last month's damaging storms.

Though there is no timetable for our crews' return, I&M assures customers we are ready to respond if outages occur here at home in Indiana and Michigan. You can follow I&M's role in the restoration efforts on our social media pages.

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Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) is headquartered in Fort Wayne, and its approximately 2,000 employees serve more than 600,000 customers. More than 85% of its energy delivered in 2023 was emission-free. I&M has at its availability various sources of generation including 2,278 MW of nuclear generation in Michigan, 450 MW of purchased wind generation from Indiana, more than 22 MW of hydro generation in both states and approximately 35 MW of large-scale solar generation in both states. The company's generation portfolio also includes 1,497 MW of coal-fueled generation.

At American Electric Power, based in Columbus, Ohio, we understand that our customers and communities depend on safe, reliable and affordable power. Our nearly 16,000 employees operate and maintain more than 40,000 miles of transmission lines, the nation's largest electric transmission system, and more than 225,000 miles of distribution lines to deliver power to 5.6 million customers in 11 states. AEP also is one of the nation's largest electricity producers with nearly 29,000 megawatts of diverse generating capacity, including approximately 6,000 megawatts of renewable energy. AEP is investing $43 billion over the next five years to make the electric grid cleaner and more reliable. We are on track to reach an 80% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from 2005 levels by 2030 and have a goal to achieve net zero by 2045. AEP is recognized consistently for its focus on sustainability, community engagement and inclusion. AEP's family of companies includes utilities 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, east Texas and the Texas Panhandle). AEP also owns AEP Energy, which provides innovative competitive energy solutions nationwide. For more information, visit aep.com.

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