American Electric Power vs Chick-fil-A

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American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP) is a Columbus, Ohio-based regulated electric utility holding company — publicly traded on the NASDAQ (NASDAQ: AEP) as an S&P 500 Utilities component — serving approximately 5.6 million customers across 11 states (Ohio, Texas, Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia, Virginia, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee) through subsidiary utilities including AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Indiana Michigan Power, Appalachian Power, Wheeling Power, Southwestern Electric Power, and others through approximately 17,000 employees. In fiscal year 2024, AEP reported revenues of approximately $19.9 billion and operating earnings of $5.93 per share (approaching the upper end of guidance), as AEP executed capital programs supporting unprecedented load growth from AI data center development in its service territory — particularly in AEP Ohio (Columbus, Ohio data center corridor — one of the top-10 US data center markets with 800+ MW of contracted hyperscale data center load) and AEP Texas (West Texas commercial and industrial load growth). CEO Bill Fehrman (appointed late 2024, succeeding Julie Sloat) leads AEP's $54 billion five-year capital plan (2025-2029) — one of the largest capital programs in US utility history — focused on transmission expansion (building 765kV and 345kV high-voltage transmission lines to interconnect renewable generation and serve data center load growth), distribution system modernization, and regulated renewable generation additions that earn AEP's allowed return on equity across 11 state regulatory jurisdictions.