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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
March 30, 2020
Commission
 
Registrants;
 
 
 
I.R.S. Employer
File Number
 
Address and Telephone Number
 
 States of Incorporation
 
Identification Nos.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1-3525
 
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC.
 
New York
 
13-4922640
333-221643
 
AEP TEXAS INC.
 
Delaware
 
51-0007707
333-217143
 
AEP TRANSMISSION COMPANY, LLC
 
Delaware
 
46-1125168
1-3457
 
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY
 
Virginia
 
54-0124790
1-3570
 
INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER COMPANY
 
Indiana
 
35-0410455
1-6543
 
OHIO POWER COMPANY
 
Ohio
 
31-4271000
0-343
 
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA
 
Oklahoma
 
73-0410895
1-3146
 
SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
 
Delaware
 
72-0323455
 
 
1 Riverside Plaza,
Columbus,
Ohio
43215-2373
 
 
 
 
 
 
Telephone
(614)
716-1000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Registrant
 
Title of each class
 
Trading Symbol
 
Name of Each Exchange
on Which Registered
American Electric Power Company Inc.
 
Common Stock, $6.50 par value
 
AEP
 
New York Stock Exchange
American Electric Power Company Inc.
 
6.125% Corporate Units
 
AEP PR B
 
New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
 
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrants have elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
 






Item 8.01

American Electric Power Company, Inc., AEP Texas Inc., AEP Transmission Company, LLC, Appalachian Power Company, Indiana Michigan Power Company, Ohio Power Company, Public Service Company of Oklahoma and Southwestern Electric Power Company (the “Registrants”) are filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to supplement the risk factors described in Item 1A of the Registrants’ combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. The following risk factor should be read in conjunction with the risk factors described in the combined Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected by the recent coronavirus outbreak.
We are responding to the global outbreak (pandemic) of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID 19) by taking steps to mitigate the potential risks to us posed by its spread. We provide a critical service to our customers which means that we must keep our employees who operate our businesses safe and minimize unnecessary risk of exposure to the virus. We have updated and implemented our company-wide pandemic plan to address specific aspects of the coronavirus pandemic. This plan guides our emergency response, business continuity, and the precautionary measures we are taking on behalf of employees and the public. We have taken extra precautions for our employees who work in the field and for employees who continue to work in our facilities, and we have implemented work from home policies where appropriate. We have informed both our retail customers and state regulators that disconnections for non-payment will be temporarily suspended. This is a rapidly evolving situation that could lead to extended disruption of economic activity in our markets. We have instituted measures to ensure our supply chain remains open to us; however, there could be global shortages that will impact our maintenance and capital programs that we currently cannot anticipate. We will continue to monitor developments affecting both our workforce and our customers, and we will take additional precautions that we determine are necessary in order to mitigate the impacts. We continue to implement strong physical and cyber-security measures to ensure that our systems remain functional in order to both serve our operational needs with a remote workforce and keep them running to ensure uninterrupted service to our customers. We will continue to review and modify our plans as conditions change. Despite our efforts to manage these impacts to the Company, their ultimate impact also depends on factors beyond our knowledge or control, including the duration and severity of this outbreak as well as third-party actions taken to contain its spread and mitigate its public health effects. Therefore, we currently cannot estimate the potential impact to our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.






SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer
 
Name:
Thomas G. Berkemeyer
 
Title:
Assistant Secretary
      

March 30, 2020