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Financing Activities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Financing Activities

14. FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

AEP Common Stock

 

Listed below is a reconciliation of common stock share activity for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011:

      Held in
 Shares of AEP Common Stock Issued Treasury
 Balance, December 31, 2010  501,114,881  20,307,725
 Issued  2,644,579  -
 Treasury Stock Acquired  -  28,867
 Balance, December 31, 2011  503,759,460  20,336,592
 Issued  2,245,502  -
 Balance, December 31, 2012  506,004,962  20,336,592
 Issued  2,109,002  -
 Balance, December 31, 2013  508,113,964  20,336,592

Preferred Stock

 

In December 2011, AEP subsidiaries redeemed all of their outstanding preferred stock with a par value of $60 million at a premium, resulting in a $2.8 million loss, which is included in Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements of Subsidiaries Including Capital Stock Expense on the statement of income.

Long-term Debt

 

The following details long-term debt outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and 2012:

   Weighted    
   Average    
      Interest          
   Rate as of Interest Rate Ranges as of Outstanding as of
   December 31, December 31, December 31,
 Type of Debt and Maturity 2013 2013 2012 2013 2012
         (in millions)
 Senior Unsecured Notes (a)            
  2013-2043 5.45% 1.65%-8.13% 0.685%-8.13% $ 11,799 $ 12,712
               
 Pollution Control Bonds (b)            
  2013-2038 (c) 3.29% 0.02%-6.30% 0.11%-6.30%   1,932   1,958
               
 Notes Payable (d)            
  2013-2032 4.17% 1.164%-8.03% 1.913%-8.03%   369   427
               
 Securitization Bonds (e)            
  2013-2031 3.72% 0.88%-6.25% 0.88%-6.25%   2,686   2,281
               
 Spent Nuclear Fuel Obligation (f)         265   265
               
 Other Long-term Debt (a) (g)            
  2015-2059 1.41% 1.15%-13.718% 1.72%-13.718%   1,360   140
                 
 Fair Value of Interest Rate Hedges         (9)   3
 Unamortized Discount, Net         (25)   (29)
 Total Long-term Debt Outstanding         18,377   17,757
 Long-term Debt Due Within One Year         1,549   2,171
 Long-term Debt       $ 16,828 $ 15,586

(a)       In July 2013, AGR, APCo, KPCo and OPCo entered into a $1 billion term credit facility due in May 2015 to provide liquidity during the corporate separation process. In 2013, OPCo borrowed $1 billion under the credit facility and retired other certain debt. On December 31, 2013, OPCo assigned the $1 billion in credit facility borrowings to AGR upon the transfer of OPCo's generation assets to AGR. Also on December 31, 2013, AGR subsequently assigned a portion of the borrowings to APCo and KPCo in the amounts of $300 million and $200 million, respectively, upon AGR's transfer of certain of those generation assets.

(b)       For certain series of pollution control bonds, interest rates are subject to periodic adjustment. Certain series may be purchased on demand at periodic interest adjustment dates. Letters of credit from banks and insurance policies support certain series.

(c)       Certain pollution control bonds are subject to redemption earlier than the maturity date. Consequently, these bonds have been classified for maturity purposes as Long-term Debt Due Within One Year on the balance sheets.

(d)       Notes payable represent outstanding promissory notes issued under term loan agreements and credit agreements with a number of banks and other financial institutions. At expiration, all notes then issued and outstanding are due and payable. Interest rates are both fixed and variable. Variable rates generally relate to specified short-term interest rates.

(e)       In 2013, APCo and OPCo issued $380 million and $267 million, respectively, of Securitization Bonds (see Note 16).

(f)       Spent nuclear fuel obligation consists of a liability along with accrued interest for disposal of spent nuclear fuel (see "SNF Disposal" section of Note 6).

(g)       In 2013, PSO, TCC and TNC issued $50 million, $100 million and $75 million three-year credit facilities, respectively, to be used for general corporate purposes.

Long-term debt outstanding as of December 31, 2013 is payable as follows:

           After  
 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2018 Total
 (in millions)
Principal Amount$ 1,549 $ 2,519 $ 1,147 $ 1,724 $ 1,135 $ 10,328 $ 18,402
Unamortized Discount, Net                    (25)
Total Long-term Debt Outstanding                  $ 18,377
                       

In January 2014 and February 2014, I&M retired $5 million and $19 million, respectively, of Notes Payable related to DCC Fuel.

 

In January 2014, TCC retired $112 million of its outstanding Securitization Bonds.

 

In January 2014, OPCo retired $225 million of 4.85% Senior Unsecured Notes due in 2014.

 

As of December 31, 2013, trustees held, on our behalf, $500 million of our reacquired Pollution Control Bonds.

Dividend Restrictions

 

Parent Restrictions

 

The holders of our common stock are entitled to receive the dividends declared by our Board of Directors provided funds are legally available for such dividends. Our income derives from our common stock equity in the earnings of our utility subsidiaries.

 

Pursuant to the leverage restrictions in our credit agreements, we must maintain a percentage of debt to total capitalization at a level that does not exceed 67.5%. The payment of cash dividends indirectly results in an increase in the percentage of debt to total capitalization of the company distributing the dividend. The method for calculating outstanding debt and capitalization is contractually defined in the credit agreements. None of AEP's retained earnings were restricted for the purpose of the payment of dividends.

 

Utility Subsidiaries' Restrictions

 

Various financing arrangements and regulatory requirements may impose certain restrictions on the ability of our utility subsidiaries to transfer funds to us in the form of dividends. Specifically, several of our public utility subsidiaries have credit agreements that contain a covenant that limits their debt to capitalization ratio to 67.5%. As of December 31, 2013, the amount of restricted net assets of AEP's subsidiaries that may not be distributed to Parent in the form of a loan, advance or dividend was approximately $6 billion.

 

The Federal Power Act prohibits the utility subsidiaries from participating “in the making or paying of any dividends of such public utility from any funds properly included in capital account.” The term “capital account” is not defined in the Federal Power Act or its regulations. Management understands “capital account” to mean the book value of the common stock. This restriction does not limit the ability of the utility subsidiaries to pay dividends out of retained earnings.

Lines of Credit and Short-term Debt

 

We use our commercial paper program to meet the short-term borrowing needs of our subsidiaries. The program is used to fund both a Utility Money Pool, which funds the utility subsidiaries, and a Nonutility Money Pool, which funds the majority of the nonutility subsidiaries. In addition, the program also funds, as direct borrowers, the short-term debt requirements of other subsidiaries that are not participants in either money pool for regulatory or operational reasons. As of December 31, 2013, we had credit facilities totaling $3.5 billion to support our commercial paper program. The maximum amount of commercial paper outstanding during 2013 was $904 million and the weighted average interest rate of commercial paper outstanding during 2013 was 0.32%. Our outstanding short-term debt was as follows:

    December 31,
    2013 2012
    Outstanding Interest Outstanding Interest
 Type of DebtAmountRate (a) AmountRate (a)
   (in millions)    (in millions)   
 Securitized Debt for Receivables (b) $ 700  0.23% $ 657  0.26%
 Commercial Paper   57  0.29%   321  0.42%
 Line of Credit – Sabine (c)   -  -%   3  1.82%
 Total Short-term Debt $ 757    $ 981   

(a)       Weighted average rate.

(b)       Amount of securitized debt for receivables as accounted for under the "Transfers and Servicing" accounting guidance.

(c)       This line of credit does not reduce available liquidity under AEP's credit facilities.

Credit Facilities

 

For a discussion of credit facilities, see “Letters of Credit” section of Note 6.

Securitized Accounts Receivable – AEP Credit

 

AEP Credit has a receivables securitization agreement with bank conduits. Under the securitization agreement, AEP Credit receives financing from the bank conduits for the interest in the receivables AEP Credit acquires from affiliated utility subsidiaries. AEP Credit continues to service the receivables. These securitized transactions allow AEP Credit to repay its outstanding debt obligations, continue to purchase our operating companies' receivables and accelerate AEP Credit's cash collections.

 

In June 2013, we amended our receivables securitization agreement to extend through June 2014. The agreement provides a commitment of $700 million from bank conduits to purchase receivables. We amended a commitment of $385 million to now expire in June 2014. The remaining commitment of $315 million expires in June 2015. We intend to extend or replace the agreement expiring in June 2014 on or before its maturity.

 

Accounts receivable information for AEP Credit is as follows:

 

    Years Ended December 31, 
    2013 2012 2011 
   (dollars in millions) 
 Effective Interest Rates on Securitization of          
  Accounts Receivable   0.23%  0.26%  0.27%
 Net Uncollectible Accounts Receivable Written Off $ 35 $ 29 $ 37 

    December 31,
    2013  2012
    (in millions)
 Accounts Receivable Retained Interest and Pledged as Collateral      
  Less Uncollectible Accounts  $ 929 $ 835
 Total Principal Outstanding    700   657
 Delinquent Securitized Accounts Receivable    45   37
 Bad Debt Reserves Related to Securitization/Sale of Accounts Receivable    16   21
 Unbilled Receivables Related to Securitization/Sale of Accounts Receivable    331   316

Customer accounts receivable retained and securitized for our operating companies are managed by AEP Credit. AEP Credit's delinquent customer accounts receivable represents accounts greater than 30 days past due.

 

Appalachian Power Co [Member]
 
Financing Activities

13. FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

Preferred Stock

 

In December 2011, the Registrant Subsidiaries redeemed all of their outstanding preferred stock, resulting in a loss, which is included in Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements Including Capital Stock Expense on the statements of income. The par value of preferred stock redeemed and the loss recorded by the Registrant Subsidiaries was as follows:

    Par Value of  Loss on
 Company Stock Redeemed Redemption
     (in thousands)
 APCo $ 17,736 $ 1,013
 I&M   8,072   314
 OPCo   16,613   488
 PSO   4,882   254
 SWEPCo   4,694   369

       Number of Shares Redeemed 
       Year Ended December 31,
 Company Series 2011 
 APCo 4.50%  177,465 
 I&M 4.12%  11,055 
 I&M 4.125%  55,257 
 I&M 4.56%  14,412 
 OPCo 4.08%  14,495 
 OPCo 4.20%  22,824 
 OPCo 4.40%  31,482 
 OPCo 4.50%  97,357 
 PSO 4.00%  44,508 
 PSO 4.24%  4,310 
 SWEPCo 4.28%  7,386 
 SWEPCo 4.65%  1,907 
 SWEPCo 5.00%  37,665 

Long-term Debt

 

There are certain limitations on establishing liens against the Registrant Subsidiaries' assets under their respective indentures. None of the long-term debt obligations of the Registrant Subsidiaries have been guaranteed or secured by AEP or any of its affiliates.

 

The following details long-term debt outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and 2012:

    Weighted    
    Average    
    Interest          
    Rate as of   Outstanding as of
    December 31, Interest Rate Ranges as of December 31, December 31,
Company Maturity 2013 2013 2012 2013 2012
Senior Unsecured Notes         (in thousands)
APCo (a) 2013-2038 5.88% 3.40%-7.95% 0.685%-7.95% $ 2,893,220 $ 3,167,559
I&M 2014-2037 5.80% 3.20%-7.00% 5.05%-7.00%   1,246,235   1,171,080
OPCo (a) 2013-2035 5.87% 4.85%-6.60% 4.85%-6.60%   2,169,487   3,142,615
PSO 2016-2037 5.52% 4.40%-6.625% 4.40%-6.625%   896,705   896,364
SWEPCo 2015-2040 5.56% 3.55%-6.45% 3.55%-6.45%   1,823,007   1,822,653
               
Pollution Control Bonds (b)              
APCo 2013-2038 (c)1.76% 0.05%-5.375% 0.12%-5.375%   532,500   532,500
I&M 2013-2025 (c)3.79% 0.04%-6.25% 0.11%-6.25%   226,569   266,531
OPCo 2013-2042 (c)3.57% 2.875%-5.80% 0.13%-5.80%   296,825   517,825
PSO 2014-2020 5.03% 4.45%-5.25% 4.45%-5.25%   46,360   46,360
SWEPCo 2015-2018 4.28% 3.25%-4.95% 3.25%-4.95%   135,200   135,200
               
Notes Payable - Affiliated              
APCo (d) 2015 3.125% 3.125%     86,000   -
OPCo (a) 2015     5.25%   -   200,000
               
Notes Payable - Nonaffiliated              
I&M 2013-2017 1.68% 1.164%-4.00% 1.913%-5.44%   177,540   224,376
SWEPCo 2024-2032 5.11% 4.58%-6.37% 4.58%-6.37%   85,125   88,375
               
Securitization Bonds              
APCo (e) 2024-2031 2.77% 2.008%-3.772%     380,282   -
OPCo (e) 2018-2020 1.38% 0.958%-2.049%     267,403   -
               
Spent Nuclear Fuel Obligation (f)            
I&M           265,391   265,249
               
Other Long-term Debt              
APCo (a) 2015-2026 1.29% 1.188%-13.718% 13.718%   302,355   2,383
I&M 2015-2025 2.35% 1.67%-6.00% 1.72%-6.00%   123,281   130,430
OPCo 2028 1.15% 1.15%     1,460   -
PSO (g) 2016-2027 1.67% 1.491%-3.00% 3.00%   56,745   7,147

(a)       In July 2013, AGR, APCo, KPCo and OPCo entered into a $1 billion term credit facility due in May 2015 to provide liquidity during the corporate separation process. In 2013, OPCo borrowed $1 billion under the credit facility and retired other certain debt. On December 31, 2013, OPCo assigned the $1 billion in credit facility borrowings to AGR upon the transfer of OPCo's generation assets to AGR. Also on December 31, 2013, AGR subsequently assigned a portion of the borrowings to APCo in the amount of $300 million upon AGR's transfer of certain of those generation assets.

(b)       For certain series of pollution control bonds, interest rates are subject to periodic adjustment. Certain series may be purchased on demand at periodic interest adjustment dates. Letters of credit from banks and insurance policies support certain series.

(c)       Certain pollution control bonds are subject to redemption earlier than the maturity date. Consequently, these bonds have been classified for maturity purposes as Long-term Debt Due Within One Year - Nonaffiliated on the balance sheets.

(d)       In 2013, APCo issued $86 million in Long Term Debt - Affiliated to AGR.

(e)       In 2013, APCo and OPCo issued $380 million and $267 million, respectively, of Securitization Bonds (see Note 15).

(f)       Spent nuclear fuel obligation consists of a liability along with accrued interest for disposal of spent nuclear fuel (see “SNF Disposal” section of Note 5).

(g)       In 2013, PSO issued a $50 million three-year credit facility to be used for general corporate purposes.       

Long-term debt outstanding as of December 31, 2013 is payable as follows:

  APCo I&M OPCo PSO SWEPCo
  (in thousands)
2014$ 342,360 $ 294,845 $ 438,595 $ 34,115 $ 3,250
2015  908,562   267,729   131,504   427   306,750
2016  88,372   18,398   395,945   200,440   3,250
2017  273,492   7,310   46,387   454   253,250
2018  23,972   1,570   397,045   467   384,950
After 2018  2,564,396   1,453,359   1,331,217   767,201   1,093,875
Principal Amount  4,201,154   2,043,211   2,740,693   1,003,104   2,045,325
Unamortized Discount, Net  (6,797)   (4,195)   (5,518)   (3,294)   (1,993)
Total Long-term Debt              
 Outstanding$ 4,194,357 $ 2,039,016 $ 2,735,175 $ 999,810 $ 2,043,332

Dividend Restrictions

 

The Registrant Subsidiaries pay dividends to Parent provided funds are legally available. Various financing arrangements and regulatory requirements may impose certain restrictions on the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to transfer funds to Parent in the form of dividends.

 

Federal Power Act

 

The Federal Power Act prohibits each of the Registrant Subsidiaries from participating “in the making or paying of any dividends of such public utility from any funds properly included in capital account.” The term “capital account” is not defined in the Federal Power Act or its regulations. Management understandscapital account” to mean the book value of the common stock.

 

Additionally, the Federal Power Act creates a reserve on earnings attributable to hydroelectric generation plants. Because of their respective ownership of such plants, this reserve applies to APCo and I&M.

 

None of these restrictions limit the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to pay dividends out of retained earnings.

 

Leverage Restrictions

 

Pursuant to the credit agreement leverage restrictions, APCo, I&M and PSO must maintain a percentage of debt to total capitalization at a level that does not exceed 67.5%. As of December 31, 2013, $12 million of I&M's retained earnings and none of APCo's or PSO's retained earnings have restrictions related to the payment of dividends to Parent.

Utility Money Pool – AEP System

 

The AEP System uses a corporate borrowing program to meet the short-term borrowing needs of AEP's subsidiaries. The corporate borrowing program includes a Utility Money Pool, which funds AEP's utility subsidiaries, and a Nonutility Money Pool, which funds a majority of AEP's nonutility subsidiaries. The AEP System Utility Money Pool operates in accordance with the terms and conditions of the AEP System Utility Money Pool agreement filed with the FERC. The amounts of outstanding loans to (borrowings from) the Utility Money Pool as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 are included in Advances to Affiliates and Advances from Affiliates, respectively, on each of the Registrant Subsidiaries' balance sheets. The Utility Money Pool participants' money pool activity and their corresponding authorized borrowing limits for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 are described in the following tables:

 

Year Ended December 31, 2013:

            Net  
               Loans to   
   Maximum Maximum Average Average (Borrowings from) Authorized
   Borrowings Loans  Borrowings Loans  the Utility Short-term
   from the Utility to the Utility from the Utility to the Utility Money Pool as of Borrowing
 Company Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool December 31, 2013 Limit
   (in thousands)
 APCo $ 331,771 $ 202,377 $ 141,128 $ 28,659 $ 92,485 $ 600,000
 I&M   23,135   403,905   8,308   256,730   55,863   500,000
 OPCo   410,456   415,605   190,384   50,230   339,070   600,000
 PSO   46,806   109,607   18,754   28,771   (36,772)   300,000
 SWEPCo   24,553   153,830   6,020   33,546   (9,180)   350,000

Year Ended December 31, 2012:

               Net   
            Loans to  
   Maximum Maximum Average Average (Borrowings from) Authorized
   Borrowings Loans  Borrowings Loans  the Utility Short-term
   from the Utility to the Utility from the Utility to the Utility Money Pool as of Borrowing
 Company Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool December 31, 2012 Limit
   (in thousands)
 APCo $ 350,153 $ 23,504 $ 161,363 $ 22,821 $ (150,941) $ 600,000
 I&M   -   362,733   -   202,439   116,977   500,000
 OPCo   126,975   290,356   47,820   105,154   116,422   600,000
 PSO   -   177,778   -   92,697   10,558   300,000
 SWEPCo   227,087   173,778   147,338   78,994   153,829   350,000

The maximum and minimum interest rates for funds either borrowed from or loaned to the Utility Money Pool were as follows:

   Years Ended December 31, 
   2013  2012  2011
 Maximum Interest Rate  0.43%   0.56%  0.56%
 Minimum Interest Rate  0.24%   0.39%  0.06%

The average interest rates for funds borrowed from and loaned to the Utility Money Pool for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 are summarized for all Registrant Subsidiaries in the following table:

  Average Interest Rate Average Interest Rate
   for Funds Borrowed   for Funds Loaned
  from the Utility Money Pool for to the Utility Money Pool for
  Years Ended December 31, Years Ended December 31,
Company 2013 2012 2011 2013 2012 2011
APCo  0.33%  0.47%  0.42%  0.33%  0.47%  0.32%
I&M  0.36%  -%  0.39%  0.32%  0.46%  0.38%
OPCo  0.33%  0.47%  0.45%  0.32%  0.47%  0.35%
PSO  0.34%  -%  0.41%  0.33%  0.46%  0.32%
SWEPCo  0.34%  0.53%  0.40%  0.36%  0.45%  0.33%

Interest expense related to short-term borrowing activities with the Utility Money Pool, the Nonutility Money Pool and Parent is included in Interest Expense on each of the Registrant Subsidiaries' statements of income. The Registrant Subsidiaries incurred interest expense for all short-term borrowing activities as follows:

   Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
      (in thousands)   
 APCo $ 414 $ 772 $198
 I&M   70   -  20
 OPCo   503   555  12
 PSO   25   11  85
 SWEPCo   5   977  174

Interest income related to short-term lending activities with the Utility Money Pool, the Nonutility Money Pool and Parent is included in Interest Income on each of the Registrant Subsidiaries' statements of income. The Registrant Subsidiaries earned interest income for all short-term lending activities as follows:

   Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
      (in thousands)   
 APCo $ 109 $ 123 $ 313
 I&M   924   963   226
 OPCo   233   1,038   820
 PSO   58   435   250
 SWEPCo   113   320   32

Credit Facilities

 

For a discussion of credit facilities, see “Letters of Credit” section of Note 5.

Sale of Receivables – AEP Credit

 

Under a sale of receivables arrangement, the Registrant Subsidiaries sell, without recourse, certain of their customer accounts receivable and accrued unbilled revenue balances to AEP Credit and are charged a fee based on AEP Credit's financing costs, administrative costs and uncollectible accounts experience for each Registrant Subsidiary's receivables. APCo does not have regulatory authority to sell its West Virginia accounts receivable. The costs of customer accounts receivable sold are reported in Other Operation expense on the Registrant Subsidiaries' statements of income. The Registrant Subsidiaries manage and service their customer accounts receivable sold.

 

In June 2013, AEP Credit amended its receivables securitization agreement to extend through June 2014. The agreement provides a commitment of $700 million from bank conduits to purchase receivables. AEP Credit amended a commitment of $385 million to now expire in June 2014. The remaining commitment of $315 million expires in June 2015. AEP Credit intends to extend or replace the agreement expiring in June 2014 on or before its maturity.

 

The amount of accounts receivable and accrued unbilled revenues under the sale of receivables agreement for each Registrant Subsidiary as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

    December 31,
 Company 2013 2012
    (in thousands)
 APCo $ 156,599 $ 153,719
 I&M   139,257   123,447
 OPCo   324,287   300,675
 PSO   115,260   85,530
 SWEPCo   149,337   132,449

The fees paid by the Registrant Subsidiaries to AEP Credit for customer accounts receivable sold were:

    Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
    (in thousands)
 APCo $ 6,471 $ 6,883 $ 9,612
 I&M   6,510   6,121   6,168
 OPCo   21,573   20,312   18,851
 PSO   5,604   7,054   6,363
 SWEPCo   5,917   6,140   5,672

The Registrant Subsidiaries' proceeds on the sale of receivables to AEP Credit were:

    Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
    (in thousands)
 APCo $ 1,442,983 $ 1,353,920 $ 1,248,253
 I&M   1,458,803   1,344,260   1,323,068
 OPCo   2,620,483   2,952,723   3,461,758
 PSO   1,232,363   1,157,174   1,299,190
 SWEPCo   1,533,840   1,481,925   1,495,397
Indiana Michigan Power Co [Member]
 
Financing Activities

13. FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

Preferred Stock

 

In December 2011, the Registrant Subsidiaries redeemed all of their outstanding preferred stock, resulting in a loss, which is included in Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements Including Capital Stock Expense on the statements of income. The par value of preferred stock redeemed and the loss recorded by the Registrant Subsidiaries was as follows:

    Par Value of  Loss on
 Company Stock Redeemed Redemption
     (in thousands)
 APCo $ 17,736 $ 1,013
 I&M   8,072   314
 OPCo   16,613   488
 PSO   4,882   254
 SWEPCo   4,694   369

       Number of Shares Redeemed 
       Year Ended December 31,
 Company Series 2011 
 APCo 4.50%  177,465 
 I&M 4.12%  11,055 
 I&M 4.125%  55,257 
 I&M 4.56%  14,412 
 OPCo 4.08%  14,495 
 OPCo 4.20%  22,824 
 OPCo 4.40%  31,482 
 OPCo 4.50%  97,357 
 PSO 4.00%  44,508 
 PSO 4.24%  4,310 
 SWEPCo 4.28%  7,386 
 SWEPCo 4.65%  1,907 
 SWEPCo 5.00%  37,665 

Long-term Debt

 

There are certain limitations on establishing liens against the Registrant Subsidiaries' assets under their respective indentures. None of the long-term debt obligations of the Registrant Subsidiaries have been guaranteed or secured by AEP or any of its affiliates.

 

The following details long-term debt outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and 2012:

    Weighted    
    Average    
    Interest          
    Rate as of   Outstanding as of
    December 31, Interest Rate Ranges as of December 31, December 31,
Company Maturity 2013 2013 2012 2013 2012
Senior Unsecured Notes         (in thousands)
APCo (a) 2013-2038 5.88% 3.40%-7.95% 0.685%-7.95% $ 2,893,220 $ 3,167,559
I&M 2014-2037 5.80% 3.20%-7.00% 5.05%-7.00%   1,246,235   1,171,080
OPCo (a) 2013-2035 5.87% 4.85%-6.60% 4.85%-6.60%   2,169,487   3,142,615
PSO 2016-2037 5.52% 4.40%-6.625% 4.40%-6.625%   896,705   896,364
SWEPCo 2015-2040 5.56% 3.55%-6.45% 3.55%-6.45%   1,823,007   1,822,653
               
Pollution Control Bonds (b)              
APCo 2013-2038 (c)1.76% 0.05%-5.375% 0.12%-5.375%   532,500   532,500
I&M 2013-2025 (c)3.79% 0.04%-6.25% 0.11%-6.25%   226,569   266,531
OPCo 2013-2042 (c)3.57% 2.875%-5.80% 0.13%-5.80%   296,825   517,825
PSO 2014-2020 5.03% 4.45%-5.25% 4.45%-5.25%   46,360   46,360
SWEPCo 2015-2018 4.28% 3.25%-4.95% 3.25%-4.95%   135,200   135,200
               
Notes Payable - Affiliated              
APCo (d) 2015 3.125% 3.125%     86,000   -
OPCo (a) 2015     5.25%   -   200,000
               
Notes Payable - Nonaffiliated              
I&M 2013-2017 1.68% 1.164%-4.00% 1.913%-5.44%   177,540   224,376
SWEPCo 2024-2032 5.11% 4.58%-6.37% 4.58%-6.37%   85,125   88,375
               
Securitization Bonds              
APCo (e) 2024-2031 2.77% 2.008%-3.772%     380,282   -
OPCo (e) 2018-2020 1.38% 0.958%-2.049%     267,403   -
               
Spent Nuclear Fuel Obligation (f)            
I&M           265,391   265,249
               
Other Long-term Debt              
APCo (a) 2015-2026 1.29% 1.188%-13.718% 13.718%   302,355   2,383
I&M 2015-2025 2.35% 1.67%-6.00% 1.72%-6.00%   123,281   130,430
OPCo 2028 1.15% 1.15%     1,460   -
PSO (g) 2016-2027 1.67% 1.491%-3.00% 3.00%   56,745   7,147

(a)       In July 2013, AGR, APCo, KPCo and OPCo entered into a $1 billion term credit facility due in May 2015 to provide liquidity during the corporate separation process. In 2013, OPCo borrowed $1 billion under the credit facility and retired other certain debt. On December 31, 2013, OPCo assigned the $1 billion in credit facility borrowings to AGR upon the transfer of OPCo's generation assets to AGR. Also on December 31, 2013, AGR subsequently assigned a portion of the borrowings to APCo in the amount of $300 million upon AGR's transfer of certain of those generation assets.

(b)       For certain series of pollution control bonds, interest rates are subject to periodic adjustment. Certain series may be purchased on demand at periodic interest adjustment dates. Letters of credit from banks and insurance policies support certain series.

(c)       Certain pollution control bonds are subject to redemption earlier than the maturity date. Consequently, these bonds have been classified for maturity purposes as Long-term Debt Due Within One Year - Nonaffiliated on the balance sheets.

(d)       In 2013, APCo issued $86 million in Long Term Debt - Affiliated to AGR.

(e)       In 2013, APCo and OPCo issued $380 million and $267 million, respectively, of Securitization Bonds (see Note 15).

(f)       Spent nuclear fuel obligation consists of a liability along with accrued interest for disposal of spent nuclear fuel (see “SNF Disposal” section of Note 5).

(g)       In 2013, PSO issued a $50 million three-year credit facility to be used for general corporate purposes.       

Long-term debt outstanding as of December 31, 2013 is payable as follows:

  APCo I&M OPCo PSO SWEPCo
  (in thousands)
2014$ 342,360 $ 294,845 $ 438,595 $ 34,115 $ 3,250
2015  908,562   267,729   131,504   427   306,750
2016  88,372   18,398   395,945   200,440   3,250
2017  273,492   7,310   46,387   454   253,250
2018  23,972   1,570   397,045   467   384,950
After 2018  2,564,396   1,453,359   1,331,217   767,201   1,093,875
Principal Amount  4,201,154   2,043,211   2,740,693   1,003,104   2,045,325
Unamortized Discount, Net  (6,797)   (4,195)   (5,518)   (3,294)   (1,993)
Total Long-term Debt              
 Outstanding$ 4,194,357 $ 2,039,016 $ 2,735,175 $ 999,810 $ 2,043,332

In January 2014 and February 2014, I&M retired $5 million and $19 million, respectively, of Notes Payable related to DCC Fuel.

As of December 31, 2013, trustees held, on behalf of I&M and OPCo, $40 million and $460 million, respectively, of their reacquired Pollution Control Bonds.

Dividend Restrictions

 

The Registrant Subsidiaries pay dividends to Parent provided funds are legally available. Various financing arrangements and regulatory requirements may impose certain restrictions on the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to transfer funds to Parent in the form of dividends.

 

Federal Power Act

 

The Federal Power Act prohibits each of the Registrant Subsidiaries from participating “in the making or paying of any dividends of such public utility from any funds properly included in capital account.” The term “capital account” is not defined in the Federal Power Act or its regulations. Management understandscapital account” to mean the book value of the common stock.

 

Additionally, the Federal Power Act creates a reserve on earnings attributable to hydroelectric generation plants. Because of their respective ownership of such plants, this reserve applies to APCo and I&M.

 

None of these restrictions limit the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to pay dividends out of retained earnings.

 

Leverage Restrictions

 

Pursuant to the credit agreement leverage restrictions, APCo, I&M and PSO must maintain a percentage of debt to total capitalization at a level that does not exceed 67.5%. As of December 31, 2013, $12 million of I&M's retained earnings and none of APCo's or PSO's retained earnings have restrictions related to the payment of dividends to Parent.

Utility Money Pool – AEP System

 

The AEP System uses a corporate borrowing program to meet the short-term borrowing needs of AEP's subsidiaries. The corporate borrowing program includes a Utility Money Pool, which funds AEP's utility subsidiaries, and a Nonutility Money Pool, which funds a majority of AEP's nonutility subsidiaries. The AEP System Utility Money Pool operates in accordance with the terms and conditions of the AEP System Utility Money Pool agreement filed with the FERC. The amounts of outstanding loans to (borrowings from) the Utility Money Pool as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 are included in Advances to Affiliates and Advances from Affiliates, respectively, on each of the Registrant Subsidiaries' balance sheets. The Utility Money Pool participants' money pool activity and their corresponding authorized borrowing limits for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 are described in the following tables:

 

Year Ended December 31, 2013:

            Net  
               Loans to   
   Maximum Maximum Average Average (Borrowings from) Authorized
   Borrowings Loans  Borrowings Loans  the Utility Short-term
   from the Utility to the Utility from the Utility to the Utility Money Pool as of Borrowing
 Company Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool December 31, 2013 Limit
   (in thousands)
 APCo $ 331,771 $ 202,377 $ 141,128 $ 28,659 $ 92,485 $ 600,000
 I&M   23,135   403,905   8,308   256,730   55,863   500,000
 OPCo   410,456   415,605   190,384   50,230   339,070   600,000
 PSO   46,806   109,607   18,754   28,771   (36,772)   300,000
 SWEPCo   24,553   153,830   6,020   33,546   (9,180)   350,000

Year Ended December 31, 2012:

               Net   
            Loans to  
   Maximum Maximum Average Average (Borrowings from) Authorized
   Borrowings Loans  Borrowings Loans  the Utility Short-term
   from the Utility to the Utility from the Utility to the Utility Money Pool as of Borrowing
 Company Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool December 31, 2012 Limit
   (in thousands)
 APCo $ 350,153 $ 23,504 $ 161,363 $ 22,821 $ (150,941) $ 600,000
 I&M   -   362,733   -   202,439   116,977   500,000
 OPCo   126,975   290,356   47,820   105,154   116,422   600,000
 PSO   -   177,778   -   92,697   10,558   300,000
 SWEPCo   227,087   173,778   147,338   78,994   153,829   350,000

The maximum and minimum interest rates for funds either borrowed from or loaned to the Utility Money Pool were as follows:

   Years Ended December 31, 
   2013  2012  2011
 Maximum Interest Rate  0.43%   0.56%  0.56%
 Minimum Interest Rate  0.24%   0.39%  0.06%

The average interest rates for funds borrowed from and loaned to the Utility Money Pool for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 are summarized for all Registrant Subsidiaries in the following table:

  Average Interest Rate Average Interest Rate
   for Funds Borrowed   for Funds Loaned
  from the Utility Money Pool for to the Utility Money Pool for
  Years Ended December 31, Years Ended December 31,
Company 2013 2012 2011 2013 2012 2011
APCo  0.33%  0.47%  0.42%  0.33%  0.47%  0.32%
I&M  0.36%  -%  0.39%  0.32%  0.46%  0.38%
OPCo  0.33%  0.47%  0.45%  0.32%  0.47%  0.35%
PSO  0.34%  -%  0.41%  0.33%  0.46%  0.32%
SWEPCo  0.34%  0.53%  0.40%  0.36%  0.45%  0.33%

Interest expense related to short-term borrowing activities with the Utility Money Pool, the Nonutility Money Pool and Parent is included in Interest Expense on each of the Registrant Subsidiaries' statements of income. The Registrant Subsidiaries incurred interest expense for all short-term borrowing activities as follows:

   Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
      (in thousands)   
 APCo $ 414 $ 772 $198
 I&M   70   -  20
 OPCo   503   555  12
 PSO   25   11  85
 SWEPCo   5   977  174

Interest income related to short-term lending activities with the Utility Money Pool, the Nonutility Money Pool and Parent is included in Interest Income on each of the Registrant Subsidiaries' statements of income. The Registrant Subsidiaries earned interest income for all short-term lending activities as follows:

   Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
      (in thousands)   
 APCo $ 109 $ 123 $ 313
 I&M   924   963   226
 OPCo   233   1,038   820
 PSO   58   435   250
 SWEPCo   113   320   32

Credit Facilities

 

For a discussion of credit facilities, see “Letters of Credit” section of Note 5.

Sale of Receivables – AEP Credit

 

Under a sale of receivables arrangement, the Registrant Subsidiaries sell, without recourse, certain of their customer accounts receivable and accrued unbilled revenue balances to AEP Credit and are charged a fee based on AEP Credit's financing costs, administrative costs and uncollectible accounts experience for each Registrant Subsidiary's receivables. APCo does not have regulatory authority to sell its West Virginia accounts receivable. The costs of customer accounts receivable sold are reported in Other Operation expense on the Registrant Subsidiaries' statements of income. The Registrant Subsidiaries manage and service their customer accounts receivable sold.

 

In June 2013, AEP Credit amended its receivables securitization agreement to extend through June 2014. The agreement provides a commitment of $700 million from bank conduits to purchase receivables. AEP Credit amended a commitment of $385 million to now expire in June 2014. The remaining commitment of $315 million expires in June 2015. AEP Credit intends to extend or replace the agreement expiring in June 2014 on or before its maturity.

 

The amount of accounts receivable and accrued unbilled revenues under the sale of receivables agreement for each Registrant Subsidiary as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

    December 31,
 Company 2013 2012
    (in thousands)
 APCo $ 156,599 $ 153,719
 I&M   139,257   123,447
 OPCo   324,287   300,675
 PSO   115,260   85,530
 SWEPCo   149,337   132,449

The fees paid by the Registrant Subsidiaries to AEP Credit for customer accounts receivable sold were:

    Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
    (in thousands)
 APCo $ 6,471 $ 6,883 $ 9,612
 I&M   6,510   6,121   6,168
 OPCo   21,573   20,312   18,851
 PSO   5,604   7,054   6,363
 SWEPCo   5,917   6,140   5,672

The Registrant Subsidiaries' proceeds on the sale of receivables to AEP Credit were:

    Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
    (in thousands)
 APCo $ 1,442,983 $ 1,353,920 $ 1,248,253
 I&M   1,458,803   1,344,260   1,323,068
 OPCo   2,620,483   2,952,723   3,461,758
 PSO   1,232,363   1,157,174   1,299,190
 SWEPCo   1,533,840   1,481,925   1,495,397
Ohio Power Co [Member]
 
Financing Activities

13. FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

Preferred Stock

 

In December 2011, the Registrant Subsidiaries redeemed all of their outstanding preferred stock, resulting in a loss, which is included in Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements Including Capital Stock Expense on the statements of income. The par value of preferred stock redeemed and the loss recorded by the Registrant Subsidiaries was as follows:

    Par Value of  Loss on
 Company Stock Redeemed Redemption
     (in thousands)
 APCo $ 17,736 $ 1,013
 I&M   8,072   314
 OPCo   16,613   488
 PSO   4,882   254
 SWEPCo   4,694   369

       Number of Shares Redeemed 
       Year Ended December 31,
 Company Series 2011 
 APCo 4.50%  177,465 
 I&M 4.12%  11,055 
 I&M 4.125%  55,257 
 I&M 4.56%  14,412 
 OPCo 4.08%  14,495 
 OPCo 4.20%  22,824 
 OPCo 4.40%  31,482 
 OPCo 4.50%  97,357 
 PSO 4.00%  44,508 
 PSO 4.24%  4,310 
 SWEPCo 4.28%  7,386 
 SWEPCo 4.65%  1,907 
 SWEPCo 5.00%  37,665 

Long-term Debt

 

There are certain limitations on establishing liens against the Registrant Subsidiaries' assets under their respective indentures. None of the long-term debt obligations of the Registrant Subsidiaries have been guaranteed or secured by AEP or any of its affiliates.

 

The following details long-term debt outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and 2012:

    Weighted    
    Average    
    Interest          
    Rate as of   Outstanding as of
    December 31, Interest Rate Ranges as of December 31, December 31,
Company Maturity 2013 2013 2012 2013 2012
Senior Unsecured Notes         (in thousands)
APCo (a) 2013-2038 5.88% 3.40%-7.95% 0.685%-7.95% $ 2,893,220 $ 3,167,559
I&M 2014-2037 5.80% 3.20%-7.00% 5.05%-7.00%   1,246,235   1,171,080
OPCo (a) 2013-2035 5.87% 4.85%-6.60% 4.85%-6.60%   2,169,487   3,142,615
PSO 2016-2037 5.52% 4.40%-6.625% 4.40%-6.625%   896,705   896,364
SWEPCo 2015-2040 5.56% 3.55%-6.45% 3.55%-6.45%   1,823,007   1,822,653
               
Pollution Control Bonds (b)              
APCo 2013-2038 (c)1.76% 0.05%-5.375% 0.12%-5.375%   532,500   532,500
I&M 2013-2025 (c)3.79% 0.04%-6.25% 0.11%-6.25%   226,569   266,531
OPCo 2013-2042 (c)3.57% 2.875%-5.80% 0.13%-5.80%   296,825   517,825
PSO 2014-2020 5.03% 4.45%-5.25% 4.45%-5.25%   46,360   46,360
SWEPCo 2015-2018 4.28% 3.25%-4.95% 3.25%-4.95%   135,200   135,200
               
Notes Payable - Affiliated              
APCo (d) 2015 3.125% 3.125%     86,000   -
OPCo (a) 2015     5.25%   -   200,000
               
Notes Payable - Nonaffiliated              
I&M 2013-2017 1.68% 1.164%-4.00% 1.913%-5.44%   177,540   224,376
SWEPCo 2024-2032 5.11% 4.58%-6.37% 4.58%-6.37%   85,125   88,375
               
Securitization Bonds              
APCo (e) 2024-2031 2.77% 2.008%-3.772%     380,282   -
OPCo (e) 2018-2020 1.38% 0.958%-2.049%     267,403   -
               
Spent Nuclear Fuel Obligation (f)            
I&M           265,391   265,249
               
Other Long-term Debt              
APCo (a) 2015-2026 1.29% 1.188%-13.718% 13.718%   302,355   2,383
I&M 2015-2025 2.35% 1.67%-6.00% 1.72%-6.00%   123,281   130,430
OPCo 2028 1.15% 1.15%     1,460   -
PSO (g) 2016-2027 1.67% 1.491%-3.00% 3.00%   56,745   7,147

(a)       In July 2013, AGR, APCo, KPCo and OPCo entered into a $1 billion term credit facility due in May 2015 to provide liquidity during the corporate separation process. In 2013, OPCo borrowed $1 billion under the credit facility and retired other certain debt. On December 31, 2013, OPCo assigned the $1 billion in credit facility borrowings to AGR upon the transfer of OPCo's generation assets to AGR. Also on December 31, 2013, AGR subsequently assigned a portion of the borrowings to APCo in the amount of $300 million upon AGR's transfer of certain of those generation assets.

(b)       For certain series of pollution control bonds, interest rates are subject to periodic adjustment. Certain series may be purchased on demand at periodic interest adjustment dates. Letters of credit from banks and insurance policies support certain series.

(c)       Certain pollution control bonds are subject to redemption earlier than the maturity date. Consequently, these bonds have been classified for maturity purposes as Long-term Debt Due Within One Year - Nonaffiliated on the balance sheets.

(d)       In 2013, APCo issued $86 million in Long Term Debt - Affiliated to AGR.

(e)       In 2013, APCo and OPCo issued $380 million and $267 million, respectively, of Securitization Bonds (see Note 15).

(f)       Spent nuclear fuel obligation consists of a liability along with accrued interest for disposal of spent nuclear fuel (see “SNF Disposal” section of Note 5).

(g)       In 2013, PSO issued a $50 million three-year credit facility to be used for general corporate purposes.       

Long-term debt outstanding as of December 31, 2013 is payable as follows:

  APCo I&M OPCo PSO SWEPCo
  (in thousands)
2014$ 342,360 $ 294,845 $ 438,595 $ 34,115 $ 3,250
2015  908,562   267,729   131,504   427   306,750
2016  88,372   18,398   395,945   200,440   3,250
2017  273,492   7,310   46,387   454   253,250
2018  23,972   1,570   397,045   467   384,950
After 2018  2,564,396   1,453,359   1,331,217   767,201   1,093,875
Principal Amount  4,201,154   2,043,211   2,740,693   1,003,104   2,045,325
Unamortized Discount, Net  (6,797)   (4,195)   (5,518)   (3,294)   (1,993)
Total Long-term Debt              
 Outstanding$ 4,194,357 $ 2,039,016 $ 2,735,175 $ 999,810 $ 2,043,332

In January 2014, OPCo retired $225 million of 4.85% Senior Unsecured Notes due in 2014.

 

As of December 31, 2013, trustees held, on behalf of I&M and OPCo, $40 million and $460 million, respectively, of their reacquired Pollution Control Bonds.

Dividend Restrictions

 

The Registrant Subsidiaries pay dividends to Parent provided funds are legally available. Various financing arrangements and regulatory requirements may impose certain restrictions on the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to transfer funds to Parent in the form of dividends.

 

Federal Power Act

 

The Federal Power Act prohibits each of the Registrant Subsidiaries from participating “in the making or paying of any dividends of such public utility from any funds properly included in capital account.” The term “capital account” is not defined in the Federal Power Act or its regulations. Management understandscapital account” to mean the book value of the common stock.

 

Additionally, the Federal Power Act creates a reserve on earnings attributable to hydroelectric generation plants. Because of their respective ownership of such plants, this reserve applies to APCo and I&M.

 

None of these restrictions limit the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to pay dividends out of retained earnings.

 

Utility Money Pool – AEP System

 

The AEP System uses a corporate borrowing program to meet the short-term borrowing needs of AEP's subsidiaries. The corporate borrowing program includes a Utility Money Pool, which funds AEP's utility subsidiaries, and a Nonutility Money Pool, which funds a majority of AEP's nonutility subsidiaries. The AEP System Utility Money Pool operates in accordance with the terms and conditions of the AEP System Utility Money Pool agreement filed with the FERC. The amounts of outstanding loans to (borrowings from) the Utility Money Pool as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 are included in Advances to Affiliates and Advances from Affiliates, respectively, on each of the Registrant Subsidiaries' balance sheets. The Utility Money Pool participants' money pool activity and their corresponding authorized borrowing limits for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 are described in the following tables:

 

Year Ended December 31, 2013:

            Net  
               Loans to   
   Maximum Maximum Average Average (Borrowings from) Authorized
   Borrowings Loans  Borrowings Loans  the Utility Short-term
   from the Utility to the Utility from the Utility to the Utility Money Pool as of Borrowing
 Company Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool December 31, 2013 Limit
   (in thousands)
 APCo $ 331,771 $ 202,377 $ 141,128 $ 28,659 $ 92,485 $ 600,000
 I&M   23,135   403,905   8,308   256,730   55,863   500,000
 OPCo   410,456   415,605   190,384   50,230   339,070   600,000
 PSO   46,806   109,607   18,754   28,771   (36,772)   300,000
 SWEPCo   24,553   153,830   6,020   33,546   (9,180)   350,000

Year Ended December 31, 2012:

               Net   
            Loans to  
   Maximum Maximum Average Average (Borrowings from) Authorized
   Borrowings Loans  Borrowings Loans  the Utility Short-term
   from the Utility to the Utility from the Utility to the Utility Money Pool as of Borrowing
 Company Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool December 31, 2012 Limit
   (in thousands)
 APCo $ 350,153 $ 23,504 $ 161,363 $ 22,821 $ (150,941) $ 600,000
 I&M   -   362,733   -   202,439   116,977   500,000
 OPCo   126,975   290,356   47,820   105,154   116,422   600,000
 PSO   -   177,778   -   92,697   10,558   300,000
 SWEPCo   227,087   173,778   147,338   78,994   153,829   350,000

The activity in the above table does not include short-term lending activity of OPCo's former wholly-owned subsidiary, AGR. In January 2013, AGR became a participant in the Nonutility Money Pool. In November 2013, AGR's participation in the Nonutility Money Pool ended as AGR became a direct borrower from Parent. On December 31, 2013, OPCo contributed the assets and liabilities of AGR to Parent as part of corporate separation. For the year ended December 31, 2013, AGR had the following activity in the Nonutility Money Pool or from Parent:

               Borrowings 
 Year Ended Maximum Maximum Average Average From as of 
 December 31, 2013 Borrowings From Loans To Borrowings From Loans To December 31, 2013 
   (in thousands) 
 Nonutility Money Pool $ 1,047 $ 1,027 $ 316 $ 208 $ - 
 Parent   1,178   -   1,078   -   -(a)

(a) The borrowings of AGR from Parent as of December 31, 2013 are no longer associated with OPCo.              

 

The maximum and minimum interest rates for funds either borrowed from or loaned to the Utility Money Pool were as follows:

   Years Ended December 31, 
   2013  2012  2011
 Maximum Interest Rate  0.43%   0.56%  0.56%
 Minimum Interest Rate  0.24%   0.39%  0.06%

The average interest rates for funds borrowed from and loaned to the Utility Money Pool for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 are summarized for all Registrant Subsidiaries in the following table:

  Average Interest Rate Average Interest Rate
   for Funds Borrowed   for Funds Loaned
  from the Utility Money Pool for to the Utility Money Pool for
  Years Ended December 31, Years Ended December 31,
Company 2013 2012 2011 2013 2012 2011
APCo  0.33%  0.47%  0.42%  0.33%  0.47%  0.32%
I&M  0.36%  -%  0.39%  0.32%  0.46%  0.38%
OPCo  0.33%  0.47%  0.45%  0.32%  0.47%  0.35%
PSO  0.34%  -%  0.41%  0.33%  0.46%  0.32%
SWEPCo  0.34%  0.53%  0.40%  0.36%  0.45%  0.33%

AGR's maximum, minimum and average interest rates for funds either borrowed from or loaned to the Nonutility Money Pool or Parent for the year ended December 31, 2013 are summarized in the following table:

  Maximum Minimum Maximum Minimum Average Average
  Interest Rate  Interest Rate Interest Rate Interest Rate Interest Rate Interest Rate
Year Ended for Funds for Funds for Funds for Funds for Funds for Funds
December 31, 2013 Borrowed Borrowed Loaned Loaned Borrowed Loaned
Nonutility Money Pool  0.66%  0.53%  0.35%  0.32%  0.58%  0.34%
Parent  0.34%  0.24%  -%  -%  0.28%  -%

Interest expense related to short-term borrowing activities with the Utility Money Pool, the Nonutility Money Pool and Parent is included in Interest Expense on each of the Registrant Subsidiaries' statements of income. The Registrant Subsidiaries incurred interest expense for all short-term borrowing activities as follows:

   Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
      (in thousands)   
 APCo $ 414 $ 772 $198
 I&M   70   -  20
 OPCo   503   555  12
 PSO   25   11  85
 SWEPCo   5   977  174

Interest income related to short-term lending activities with the Utility Money Pool, the Nonutility Money Pool and Parent is included in Interest Income on each of the Registrant Subsidiaries' statements of income. The Registrant Subsidiaries earned interest income for all short-term lending activities as follows:

   Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
      (in thousands)   
 APCo $ 109 $ 123 $ 313
 I&M   924   963   226
 OPCo   233   1,038   820
 PSO   58   435   250
 SWEPCo   113   320   32

Credit Facilities

 

For a discussion of credit facilities, see “Letters of Credit” section of Note 5.

Sale of Receivables – AEP Credit

 

Under a sale of receivables arrangement, the Registrant Subsidiaries sell, without recourse, certain of their customer accounts receivable and accrued unbilled revenue balances to AEP Credit and are charged a fee based on AEP Credit's financing costs, administrative costs and uncollectible accounts experience for each Registrant Subsidiary's receivables. APCo does not have regulatory authority to sell its West Virginia accounts receivable. The costs of customer accounts receivable sold are reported in Other Operation expense on the Registrant Subsidiaries' statements of income. The Registrant Subsidiaries manage and service their customer accounts receivable sold.

 

In June 2013, AEP Credit amended its receivables securitization agreement to extend through June 2014. The agreement provides a commitment of $700 million from bank conduits to purchase receivables. AEP Credit amended a commitment of $385 million to now expire in June 2014. The remaining commitment of $315 million expires in June 2015. AEP Credit intends to extend or replace the agreement expiring in June 2014 on or before its maturity.

 

The amount of accounts receivable and accrued unbilled revenues under the sale of receivables agreement for each Registrant Subsidiary as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

    December 31,
 Company 2013 2012
    (in thousands)
 APCo $ 156,599 $ 153,719
 I&M   139,257   123,447
 OPCo   324,287   300,675
 PSO   115,260   85,530
 SWEPCo   149,337   132,449

The fees paid by the Registrant Subsidiaries to AEP Credit for customer accounts receivable sold were:

    Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
    (in thousands)
 APCo $ 6,471 $ 6,883 $ 9,612
 I&M   6,510   6,121   6,168
 OPCo   21,573   20,312   18,851
 PSO   5,604   7,054   6,363
 SWEPCo   5,917   6,140   5,672

The Registrant Subsidiaries' proceeds on the sale of receivables to AEP Credit were:

    Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
    (in thousands)
 APCo $ 1,442,983 $ 1,353,920 $ 1,248,253
 I&M   1,458,803   1,344,260   1,323,068
 OPCo   2,620,483   2,952,723   3,461,758
 PSO   1,232,363   1,157,174   1,299,190
 SWEPCo   1,533,840   1,481,925   1,495,397
Public Service Co of Oklahoma [Member]
 
Financing Activities

13. FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

Preferred Stock

 

In December 2011, the Registrant Subsidiaries redeemed all of their outstanding preferred stock, resulting in a loss, which is included in Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements Including Capital Stock Expense on the statements of income. The par value of preferred stock redeemed and the loss recorded by the Registrant Subsidiaries was as follows:

    Par Value of  Loss on
 Company Stock Redeemed Redemption
     (in thousands)
 APCo $ 17,736 $ 1,013
 I&M   8,072   314
 OPCo   16,613   488
 PSO   4,882   254
 SWEPCo   4,694   369

       Number of Shares Redeemed 
       Year Ended December 31,
 Company Series 2011 
 APCo 4.50%  177,465 
 I&M 4.12%  11,055 
 I&M 4.125%  55,257 
 I&M 4.56%  14,412 
 OPCo 4.08%  14,495 
 OPCo 4.20%  22,824 
 OPCo 4.40%  31,482 
 OPCo 4.50%  97,357 
 PSO 4.00%  44,508 
 PSO 4.24%  4,310 
 SWEPCo 4.28%  7,386 
 SWEPCo 4.65%  1,907 
 SWEPCo 5.00%  37,665 

Long-term Debt

 

There are certain limitations on establishing liens against the Registrant Subsidiaries' assets under their respective indentures. None of the long-term debt obligations of the Registrant Subsidiaries have been guaranteed or secured by AEP or any of its affiliates.

 

The following details long-term debt outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and 2012:

    Weighted    
    Average    
    Interest          
    Rate as of   Outstanding as of
    December 31, Interest Rate Ranges as of December 31, December 31,
Company Maturity 2013 2013 2012 2013 2012
Senior Unsecured Notes         (in thousands)
APCo (a) 2013-2038 5.88% 3.40%-7.95% 0.685%-7.95% $ 2,893,220 $ 3,167,559
I&M 2014-2037 5.80% 3.20%-7.00% 5.05%-7.00%   1,246,235   1,171,080
OPCo (a) 2013-2035 5.87% 4.85%-6.60% 4.85%-6.60%   2,169,487   3,142,615
PSO 2016-2037 5.52% 4.40%-6.625% 4.40%-6.625%   896,705   896,364
SWEPCo 2015-2040 5.56% 3.55%-6.45% 3.55%-6.45%   1,823,007   1,822,653
               
Pollution Control Bonds (b)              
APCo 2013-2038 (c)1.76% 0.05%-5.375% 0.12%-5.375%   532,500   532,500
I&M 2013-2025 (c)3.79% 0.04%-6.25% 0.11%-6.25%   226,569   266,531
OPCo 2013-2042 (c)3.57% 2.875%-5.80% 0.13%-5.80%   296,825   517,825
PSO 2014-2020 5.03% 4.45%-5.25% 4.45%-5.25%   46,360   46,360
SWEPCo 2015-2018 4.28% 3.25%-4.95% 3.25%-4.95%   135,200   135,200
               
Notes Payable - Affiliated              
APCo (d) 2015 3.125% 3.125%     86,000   -
OPCo (a) 2015     5.25%   -   200,000
               
Notes Payable - Nonaffiliated              
I&M 2013-2017 1.68% 1.164%-4.00% 1.913%-5.44%   177,540   224,376
SWEPCo 2024-2032 5.11% 4.58%-6.37% 4.58%-6.37%   85,125   88,375
               
Securitization Bonds              
APCo (e) 2024-2031 2.77% 2.008%-3.772%     380,282   -
OPCo (e) 2018-2020 1.38% 0.958%-2.049%     267,403   -
               
Spent Nuclear Fuel Obligation (f)            
I&M           265,391   265,249
               
Other Long-term Debt              
APCo (a) 2015-2026 1.29% 1.188%-13.718% 13.718%   302,355   2,383
I&M 2015-2025 2.35% 1.67%-6.00% 1.72%-6.00%   123,281   130,430
OPCo 2028 1.15% 1.15%     1,460   -
PSO (g) 2016-2027 1.67% 1.491%-3.00% 3.00%   56,745   7,147

(a)       In July 2013, AGR, APCo, KPCo and OPCo entered into a $1 billion term credit facility due in May 2015 to provide liquidity during the corporate separation process. In 2013, OPCo borrowed $1 billion under the credit facility and retired other certain debt. On December 31, 2013, OPCo assigned the $1 billion in credit facility borrowings to AGR upon the transfer of OPCo's generation assets to AGR. Also on December 31, 2013, AGR subsequently assigned a portion of the borrowings to APCo in the amount of $300 million upon AGR's transfer of certain of those generation assets.

(b)       For certain series of pollution control bonds, interest rates are subject to periodic adjustment. Certain series may be purchased on demand at periodic interest adjustment dates. Letters of credit from banks and insurance policies support certain series.

(c)       Certain pollution control bonds are subject to redemption earlier than the maturity date. Consequently, these bonds have been classified for maturity purposes as Long-term Debt Due Within One Year - Nonaffiliated on the balance sheets.

(d)       In 2013, APCo issued $86 million in Long Term Debt - Affiliated to AGR.

(e)       In 2013, APCo and OPCo issued $380 million and $267 million, respectively, of Securitization Bonds (see Note 15).

(f)       Spent nuclear fuel obligation consists of a liability along with accrued interest for disposal of spent nuclear fuel (see “SNF Disposal” section of Note 5).

(g)       In 2013, PSO issued a $50 million three-year credit facility to be used for general corporate purposes.       

Long-term debt outstanding as of December 31, 2013 is payable as follows:

  APCo I&M OPCo PSO SWEPCo
  (in thousands)
2014$ 342,360 $ 294,845 $ 438,595 $ 34,115 $ 3,250
2015  908,562   267,729   131,504   427   306,750
2016  88,372   18,398   395,945   200,440   3,250
2017  273,492   7,310   46,387   454   253,250
2018  23,972   1,570   397,045   467   384,950
After 2018  2,564,396   1,453,359   1,331,217   767,201   1,093,875
Principal Amount  4,201,154   2,043,211   2,740,693   1,003,104   2,045,325
Unamortized Discount, Net  (6,797)   (4,195)   (5,518)   (3,294)   (1,993)
Total Long-term Debt              
 Outstanding$ 4,194,357 $ 2,039,016 $ 2,735,175 $ 999,810 $ 2,043,332

Dividend Restrictions

 

The Registrant Subsidiaries pay dividends to Parent provided funds are legally available. Various financing arrangements and regulatory requirements may impose certain restrictions on the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to transfer funds to Parent in the form of dividends.

 

Federal Power Act

 

The Federal Power Act prohibits each of the Registrant Subsidiaries from participating “in the making or paying of any dividends of such public utility from any funds properly included in capital account.” The term “capital account” is not defined in the Federal Power Act or its regulations. Management understandscapital account” to mean the book value of the common stock.

 

Additionally, the Federal Power Act creates a reserve on earnings attributable to hydroelectric generation plants. Because of their respective ownership of such plants, this reserve applies to APCo and I&M.

 

None of these restrictions limit the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to pay dividends out of retained earnings.

 

Leverage Restrictions

 

Pursuant to the credit agreement leverage restrictions, APCo, I&M and PSO must maintain a percentage of debt to total capitalization at a level that does not exceed 67.5%. As of December 31, 2013, $12 million of I&M's retained earnings and none of APCo's or PSO's retained earnings have restrictions related to the payment of dividends to Parent.

Utility Money Pool – AEP System

 

The AEP System uses a corporate borrowing program to meet the short-term borrowing needs of AEP's subsidiaries. The corporate borrowing program includes a Utility Money Pool, which funds AEP's utility subsidiaries, and a Nonutility Money Pool, which funds a majority of AEP's nonutility subsidiaries. The AEP System Utility Money Pool operates in accordance with the terms and conditions of the AEP System Utility Money Pool agreement filed with the FERC. The amounts of outstanding loans to (borrowings from) the Utility Money Pool as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 are included in Advances to Affiliates and Advances from Affiliates, respectively, on each of the Registrant Subsidiaries' balance sheets. The Utility Money Pool participants' money pool activity and their corresponding authorized borrowing limits for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 are described in the following tables:

 

Year Ended December 31, 2013:

            Net  
               Loans to   
   Maximum Maximum Average Average (Borrowings from) Authorized
   Borrowings Loans  Borrowings Loans  the Utility Short-term
   from the Utility to the Utility from the Utility to the Utility Money Pool as of Borrowing
 Company Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool December 31, 2013 Limit
   (in thousands)
 APCo $ 331,771 $ 202,377 $ 141,128 $ 28,659 $ 92,485 $ 600,000
 I&M   23,135   403,905   8,308   256,730   55,863   500,000
 OPCo   410,456   415,605   190,384   50,230   339,070   600,000
 PSO   46,806   109,607   18,754   28,771   (36,772)   300,000
 SWEPCo   24,553   153,830   6,020   33,546   (9,180)   350,000

Year Ended December 31, 2012:

               Net   
            Loans to  
   Maximum Maximum Average Average (Borrowings from) Authorized
   Borrowings Loans  Borrowings Loans  the Utility Short-term
   from the Utility to the Utility from the Utility to the Utility Money Pool as of Borrowing
 Company Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool December 31, 2012 Limit
   (in thousands)
 APCo $ 350,153 $ 23,504 $ 161,363 $ 22,821 $ (150,941) $ 600,000
 I&M   -   362,733   -   202,439   116,977   500,000
 OPCo   126,975   290,356   47,820   105,154   116,422   600,000
 PSO   -   177,778   -   92,697   10,558   300,000
 SWEPCo   227,087   173,778   147,338   78,994   153,829   350,000

The maximum and minimum interest rates for funds either borrowed from or loaned to the Utility Money Pool were as follows:

   Years Ended December 31, 
   2013  2012  2011
 Maximum Interest Rate  0.43%   0.56%  0.56%
 Minimum Interest Rate  0.24%   0.39%  0.06%

The average interest rates for funds borrowed from and loaned to the Utility Money Pool for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 are summarized for all Registrant Subsidiaries in the following table:

  Average Interest Rate Average Interest Rate
   for Funds Borrowed   for Funds Loaned
  from the Utility Money Pool for to the Utility Money Pool for
  Years Ended December 31, Years Ended December 31,
Company 2013 2012 2011 2013 2012 2011
APCo  0.33%  0.47%  0.42%  0.33%  0.47%  0.32%
I&M  0.36%  -%  0.39%  0.32%  0.46%  0.38%
OPCo  0.33%  0.47%  0.45%  0.32%  0.47%  0.35%
PSO  0.34%  -%  0.41%  0.33%  0.46%  0.32%
SWEPCo  0.34%  0.53%  0.40%  0.36%  0.45%  0.33%

Interest expense related to short-term borrowing activities with the Utility Money Pool, the Nonutility Money Pool and Parent is included in Interest Expense on each of the Registrant Subsidiaries' statements of income. The Registrant Subsidiaries incurred interest expense for all short-term borrowing activities as follows:

   Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
      (in thousands)   
 APCo $ 414 $ 772 $198
 I&M   70   -  20
 OPCo   503   555  12
 PSO   25   11  85
 SWEPCo   5   977  174

Interest income related to short-term lending activities with the Utility Money Pool, the Nonutility Money Pool and Parent is included in Interest Income on each of the Registrant Subsidiaries' statements of income. The Registrant Subsidiaries earned interest income for all short-term lending activities as follows:

   Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
      (in thousands)   
 APCo $ 109 $ 123 $ 313
 I&M   924   963   226
 OPCo   233   1,038   820
 PSO   58   435   250
 SWEPCo   113   320   32

Sale of Receivables – AEP Credit

 

Under a sale of receivables arrangement, the Registrant Subsidiaries sell, without recourse, certain of their customer accounts receivable and accrued unbilled revenue balances to AEP Credit and are charged a fee based on AEP Credit's financing costs, administrative costs and uncollectible accounts experience for each Registrant Subsidiary's receivables. APCo does not have regulatory authority to sell its West Virginia accounts receivable. The costs of customer accounts receivable sold are reported in Other Operation expense on the Registrant Subsidiaries' statements of income. The Registrant Subsidiaries manage and service their customer accounts receivable sold.

 

In June 2013, AEP Credit amended its receivables securitization agreement to extend through June 2014. The agreement provides a commitment of $700 million from bank conduits to purchase receivables. AEP Credit amended a commitment of $385 million to now expire in June 2014. The remaining commitment of $315 million expires in June 2015. AEP Credit intends to extend or replace the agreement expiring in June 2014 on or before its maturity.

 

The amount of accounts receivable and accrued unbilled revenues under the sale of receivables agreement for each Registrant Subsidiary as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

    December 31,
 Company 2013 2012
    (in thousands)
 APCo $ 156,599 $ 153,719
 I&M   139,257   123,447
 OPCo   324,287   300,675
 PSO   115,260   85,530
 SWEPCo   149,337   132,449

The fees paid by the Registrant Subsidiaries to AEP Credit for customer accounts receivable sold were:

    Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
    (in thousands)
 APCo $ 6,471 $ 6,883 $ 9,612
 I&M   6,510   6,121   6,168
 OPCo   21,573   20,312   18,851
 PSO   5,604   7,054   6,363
 SWEPCo   5,917   6,140   5,672

The Registrant Subsidiaries' proceeds on the sale of receivables to AEP Credit were:

    Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
    (in thousands)
 APCo $ 1,442,983 $ 1,353,920 $ 1,248,253
 I&M   1,458,803   1,344,260   1,323,068
 OPCo   2,620,483   2,952,723   3,461,758
 PSO   1,232,363   1,157,174   1,299,190
 SWEPCo   1,533,840   1,481,925   1,495,397
Southwestern Electric Power Co [Member]
 
Financing Activities

13. FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

Preferred Stock

 

In December 2011, the Registrant Subsidiaries redeemed all of their outstanding preferred stock, resulting in a loss, which is included in Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements Including Capital Stock Expense on the statements of income. The par value of preferred stock redeemed and the loss recorded by the Registrant Subsidiaries was as follows:

    Par Value of  Loss on
 Company Stock Redeemed Redemption
     (in thousands)
 APCo $ 17,736 $ 1,013
 I&M   8,072   314
 OPCo   16,613   488
 PSO   4,882   254
 SWEPCo   4,694   369

       Number of Shares Redeemed 
       Year Ended December 31,
 Company Series 2011 
 APCo 4.50%  177,465 
 I&M 4.12%  11,055 
 I&M 4.125%  55,257 
 I&M 4.56%  14,412 
 OPCo 4.08%  14,495 
 OPCo 4.20%  22,824 
 OPCo 4.40%  31,482 
 OPCo 4.50%  97,357 
 PSO 4.00%  44,508 
 PSO 4.24%  4,310 
 SWEPCo 4.28%  7,386 
 SWEPCo 4.65%  1,907 
 SWEPCo 5.00%  37,665 

Long-term Debt

 

There are certain limitations on establishing liens against the Registrant Subsidiaries' assets under their respective indentures. None of the long-term debt obligations of the Registrant Subsidiaries have been guaranteed or secured by AEP or any of its affiliates.

 

The following details long-term debt outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and 2012:

    Weighted    
    Average    
    Interest          
    Rate as of   Outstanding as of
    December 31, Interest Rate Ranges as of December 31, December 31,
Company Maturity 2013 2013 2012 2013 2012
Senior Unsecured Notes         (in thousands)
APCo (a) 2013-2038 5.88% 3.40%-7.95% 0.685%-7.95% $ 2,893,220 $ 3,167,559
I&M 2014-2037 5.80% 3.20%-7.00% 5.05%-7.00%   1,246,235   1,171,080
OPCo (a) 2013-2035 5.87% 4.85%-6.60% 4.85%-6.60%   2,169,487   3,142,615
PSO 2016-2037 5.52% 4.40%-6.625% 4.40%-6.625%   896,705   896,364
SWEPCo 2015-2040 5.56% 3.55%-6.45% 3.55%-6.45%   1,823,007   1,822,653
               
Pollution Control Bonds (b)              
APCo 2013-2038 (c)1.76% 0.05%-5.375% 0.12%-5.375%   532,500   532,500
I&M 2013-2025 (c)3.79% 0.04%-6.25% 0.11%-6.25%   226,569   266,531
OPCo 2013-2042 (c)3.57% 2.875%-5.80% 0.13%-5.80%   296,825   517,825
PSO 2014-2020 5.03% 4.45%-5.25% 4.45%-5.25%   46,360   46,360
SWEPCo 2015-2018 4.28% 3.25%-4.95% 3.25%-4.95%   135,200   135,200
               
Notes Payable - Affiliated              
APCo (d) 2015 3.125% 3.125%     86,000   -
OPCo (a) 2015     5.25%   -   200,000
               
Notes Payable - Nonaffiliated              
I&M 2013-2017 1.68% 1.164%-4.00% 1.913%-5.44%   177,540   224,376
SWEPCo 2024-2032 5.11% 4.58%-6.37% 4.58%-6.37%   85,125   88,375
               
Securitization Bonds              
APCo (e) 2024-2031 2.77% 2.008%-3.772%     380,282   -
OPCo (e) 2018-2020 1.38% 0.958%-2.049%     267,403   -
               
Spent Nuclear Fuel Obligation (f)            
I&M           265,391   265,249
               
Other Long-term Debt              
APCo (a) 2015-2026 1.29% 1.188%-13.718% 13.718%   302,355   2,383
I&M 2015-2025 2.35% 1.67%-6.00% 1.72%-6.00%   123,281   130,430
OPCo 2028 1.15% 1.15%     1,460   -
PSO (g) 2016-2027 1.67% 1.491%-3.00% 3.00%   56,745   7,147

(a)       In July 2013, AGR, APCo, KPCo and OPCo entered into a $1 billion term credit facility due in May 2015 to provide liquidity during the corporate separation process. In 2013, OPCo borrowed $1 billion under the credit facility and retired other certain debt. On December 31, 2013, OPCo assigned the $1 billion in credit facility borrowings to AGR upon the transfer of OPCo's generation assets to AGR. Also on December 31, 2013, AGR subsequently assigned a portion of the borrowings to APCo in the amount of $300 million upon AGR's transfer of certain of those generation assets.

(b)       For certain series of pollution control bonds, interest rates are subject to periodic adjustment. Certain series may be purchased on demand at periodic interest adjustment dates. Letters of credit from banks and insurance policies support certain series.

(c)       Certain pollution control bonds are subject to redemption earlier than the maturity date. Consequently, these bonds have been classified for maturity purposes as Long-term Debt Due Within One Year - Nonaffiliated on the balance sheets.

(d)       In 2013, APCo issued $86 million in Long Term Debt - Affiliated to AGR.

(e)       In 2013, APCo and OPCo issued $380 million and $267 million, respectively, of Securitization Bonds (see Note 15).

(f)       Spent nuclear fuel obligation consists of a liability along with accrued interest for disposal of spent nuclear fuel (see “SNF Disposal” section of Note 5).

(g)       In 2013, PSO issued a $50 million three-year credit facility to be used for general corporate purposes.       

Long-term debt outstanding as of December 31, 2013 is payable as follows:

  APCo I&M OPCo PSO SWEPCo
  (in thousands)
2014$ 342,360 $ 294,845 $ 438,595 $ 34,115 $ 3,250
2015  908,562   267,729   131,504   427   306,750
2016  88,372   18,398   395,945   200,440   3,250
2017  273,492   7,310   46,387   454   253,250
2018  23,972   1,570   397,045   467   384,950
After 2018  2,564,396   1,453,359   1,331,217   767,201   1,093,875
Principal Amount  4,201,154   2,043,211   2,740,693   1,003,104   2,045,325
Unamortized Discount, Net  (6,797)   (4,195)   (5,518)   (3,294)   (1,993)
Total Long-term Debt              
 Outstanding$ 4,194,357 $ 2,039,016 $ 2,735,175 $ 999,810 $ 2,043,332

Dividend Restrictions

 

The Registrant Subsidiaries pay dividends to Parent provided funds are legally available. Various financing arrangements and regulatory requirements may impose certain restrictions on the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to transfer funds to Parent in the form of dividends.

 

Federal Power Act

 

The Federal Power Act prohibits each of the Registrant Subsidiaries from participating “in the making or paying of any dividends of such public utility from any funds properly included in capital account.” The term “capital account” is not defined in the Federal Power Act or its regulations. Management understandscapital account” to mean the book value of the common stock.

 

Additionally, the Federal Power Act creates a reserve on earnings attributable to hydroelectric generation plants. Because of their respective ownership of such plants, this reserve applies to APCo and I&M.

 

None of these restrictions limit the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to pay dividends out of retained earnings.

 

Utility Money Pool – AEP System

 

The AEP System uses a corporate borrowing program to meet the short-term borrowing needs of AEP's subsidiaries. The corporate borrowing program includes a Utility Money Pool, which funds AEP's utility subsidiaries, and a Nonutility Money Pool, which funds a majority of AEP's nonutility subsidiaries. The AEP System Utility Money Pool operates in accordance with the terms and conditions of the AEP System Utility Money Pool agreement filed with the FERC. The amounts of outstanding loans to (borrowings from) the Utility Money Pool as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 are included in Advances to Affiliates and Advances from Affiliates, respectively, on each of the Registrant Subsidiaries' balance sheets. The Utility Money Pool participants' money pool activity and their corresponding authorized borrowing limits for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 are described in the following tables:

 

Year Ended December 31, 2013:

            Net  
               Loans to   
   Maximum Maximum Average Average (Borrowings from) Authorized
   Borrowings Loans  Borrowings Loans  the Utility Short-term
   from the Utility to the Utility from the Utility to the Utility Money Pool as of Borrowing
 Company Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool December 31, 2013 Limit
   (in thousands)
 APCo $ 331,771 $ 202,377 $ 141,128 $ 28,659 $ 92,485 $ 600,000
 I&M   23,135   403,905   8,308   256,730   55,863   500,000
 OPCo   410,456   415,605   190,384   50,230   339,070   600,000
 PSO   46,806   109,607   18,754   28,771   (36,772)   300,000
 SWEPCo   24,553   153,830   6,020   33,546   (9,180)   350,000

Year Ended December 31, 2012:

               Net   
            Loans to  
   Maximum Maximum Average Average (Borrowings from) Authorized
   Borrowings Loans  Borrowings Loans  the Utility Short-term
   from the Utility to the Utility from the Utility to the Utility Money Pool as of Borrowing
 Company Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool Money Pool December 31, 2012 Limit
   (in thousands)
 APCo $ 350,153 $ 23,504 $ 161,363 $ 22,821 $ (150,941) $ 600,000
 I&M   -   362,733   -   202,439   116,977   500,000
 OPCo   126,975   290,356   47,820   105,154   116,422   600,000
 PSO   -   177,778   -   92,697   10,558   300,000
 SWEPCo   227,087   173,778   147,338   78,994   153,829   350,000

The maximum and minimum interest rates for funds either borrowed from or loaned to the Utility Money Pool were as follows:

   Years Ended December 31, 
   2013  2012  2011
 Maximum Interest Rate  0.43%   0.56%  0.56%
 Minimum Interest Rate  0.24%   0.39%  0.06%

The average interest rates for funds borrowed from and loaned to the Utility Money Pool for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 are summarized for all Registrant Subsidiaries in the following table:

  Average Interest Rate Average Interest Rate
   for Funds Borrowed   for Funds Loaned
  from the Utility Money Pool for to the Utility Money Pool for
  Years Ended December 31, Years Ended December 31,
Company 2013 2012 2011 2013 2012 2011
APCo  0.33%  0.47%  0.42%  0.33%  0.47%  0.32%
I&M  0.36%  -%  0.39%  0.32%  0.46%  0.38%
OPCo  0.33%  0.47%  0.45%  0.32%  0.47%  0.35%
PSO  0.34%  -%  0.41%  0.33%  0.46%  0.32%
SWEPCo  0.34%  0.53%  0.40%  0.36%  0.45%  0.33%

Interest expense related to short-term borrowing activities with the Utility Money Pool, the Nonutility Money Pool and Parent is included in Interest Expense on each of the Registrant Subsidiaries' statements of income. The Registrant Subsidiaries incurred interest expense for all short-term borrowing activities as follows:

   Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
      (in thousands)   
 APCo $ 414 $ 772 $198
 I&M   70   -  20
 OPCo   503   555  12
 PSO   25   11  85
 SWEPCo   5   977  174

Interest income related to short-term lending activities with the Utility Money Pool, the Nonutility Money Pool and Parent is included in Interest Income on each of the Registrant Subsidiaries' statements of income. The Registrant Subsidiaries earned interest income for all short-term lending activities as follows:

   Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
      (in thousands)   
 APCo $ 109 $ 123 $ 313
 I&M   924   963   226
 OPCo   233   1,038   820
 PSO   58   435   250
 SWEPCo   113   320   32

Short-term Debt

 

The Registrant Subsidiaries' outstanding short-term debt was as follows:

     December 31, 
     2013 2012
     Outstanding Interest Outstanding Interest
Company Type of DebtAmountRate (a) AmountRate (a)
     (in thousands)    (in thousands)   
SWEPCo Line of Credit – Sabine $ -  -% $ 2,603  1.82%
                
(a)Weighted average rate.

Credit Facilities

 

For a discussion of credit facilities, see “Letters of Credit” section of Note 5.

Sale of Receivables – AEP Credit

 

Under a sale of receivables arrangement, the Registrant Subsidiaries sell, without recourse, certain of their customer accounts receivable and accrued unbilled revenue balances to AEP Credit and are charged a fee based on AEP Credit's financing costs, administrative costs and uncollectible accounts experience for each Registrant Subsidiary's receivables. APCo does not have regulatory authority to sell its West Virginia accounts receivable. The costs of customer accounts receivable sold are reported in Other Operation expense on the Registrant Subsidiaries' statements of income. The Registrant Subsidiaries manage and service their customer accounts receivable sold.

 

In June 2013, AEP Credit amended its receivables securitization agreement to extend through June 2014. The agreement provides a commitment of $700 million from bank conduits to purchase receivables. AEP Credit amended a commitment of $385 million to now expire in June 2014. The remaining commitment of $315 million expires in June 2015. AEP Credit intends to extend or replace the agreement expiring in June 2014 on or before its maturity.

 

The amount of accounts receivable and accrued unbilled revenues under the sale of receivables agreement for each Registrant Subsidiary as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

    December 31,
 Company 2013 2012
    (in thousands)
 APCo $ 156,599 $ 153,719
 I&M   139,257   123,447
 OPCo   324,287   300,675
 PSO   115,260   85,530
 SWEPCo   149,337   132,449

The fees paid by the Registrant Subsidiaries to AEP Credit for customer accounts receivable sold were:

    Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
    (in thousands)
 APCo $ 6,471 $ 6,883 $ 9,612
 I&M   6,510   6,121   6,168
 OPCo   21,573   20,312   18,851
 PSO   5,604   7,054   6,363
 SWEPCo   5,917   6,140   5,672

The Registrant Subsidiaries' proceeds on the sale of receivables to AEP Credit were:

    Years Ended December 31,
 Company 2013 2012 2011
    (in thousands)
 APCo $ 1,442,983 $ 1,353,920 $ 1,248,253
 I&M   1,458,803   1,344,260   1,323,068
 OPCo   2,620,483   2,952,723   3,461,758
 PSO   1,232,363   1,157,174   1,299,190
 SWEPCo   1,533,840   1,481,925   1,495,397