0001398889-22-000068.txt : 20220301 0001398889-22-000068.hdr.sgml : 20220301 20220301135830 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001398889-22-000068 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220222 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220301 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220301 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Von Thaer Lewis CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001319553 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03525 FILM NUMBER: 22696571 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. STREET 2: 1 RIVERSIDE PLAZA CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: OH ZIP: 43215 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000004904 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 134922640 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 RIVERSIDE PLAZA CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: OH ZIP: 43215 BUSINESS PHONE: 614-716-1000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 RIVERSIDE PLAZA CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: OH ZIP: 43215 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KINGSPORT UTILITIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19660906 3 1 wf-form3_164616109510663.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2022-02-22 1 0000004904 AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC AEP 0001319553 Von Thaer Lewis 1 RIVERSIDE PLAZA COLUMBUS OH 43215 1 0 0 0 David C. House, Attorney-in Fact for Lewis Von Thaer 2022-03-01 EX-24 2 vtpoa.htm VON THAER POWER OF ATTORNEY

POWER OF ATTORNEY
OF
LEWIS F. VON THAER
    Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints DAVID C. HOUSE and WILLIAM E. JOHNSON, and each of them signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney in fact to:
(1)    prepare, execute in the undersignedTMs name and on the undersignedTMs behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
(2)    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer or director of AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. (the Company), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 and the rules thereunder;
(3)    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(4)    take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney in fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact may approve in such attorney in fact's discretion.
    The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney in fact, or such attorney in fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
    This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 16th day of February, 2022.
    Signature:  /s/ Lewis F. Von Thaer
    Print Name:  Lewis F. Von Thaer