AEP Adds 250 MW of Wind to Portfolio
American Electric Power operating units have signed power purchase agreements for wind energy totaling approximately 250 megawatts (MW). The power will serve customers in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia. With these new agreements, AEP has contracted for 903.4 MW of wind generation capacity since 2007, when the company committed to adding 1,000 MW of renewable wind energy to its generation mix by 2011.