FORT WAYNE, Ind.,– Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) employees will join First Energy’s restoration efforts in Northern Ohio after destructive storms, including a tornado, has thousands of customers without service.
Elkhart lineworker packing up the truck to head to Ohio.
Approximately fifty employees, including lineworkers, fleet technicians and safety personnel, will work alongside First Energy in Cleveland to restore power. Crews from across Fort Wayne, Muncie, Marion, South Bend, Elkhart in Ind. and in Buchanan, Benton Harbor and Three Rivers, Mich. will work 16-hour days to help restore not only power, but a sense of normalcy to First Energy customers.
I&M and our parent company, AEP, are part of a nationwide group of power companies that help each other when significant power outages occur. I&M crews were recently in Texas for Hurricane Beryl restoration efforts and crews from Kentucky, Ohio and other states helped I&M restore service after last month's damaging storms.
Though there is no timetable for our crews' return, I&M assures customers we are ready to respond if outages occur here at home in Indiana and Michigan. You can follow I&M's role in the restoration efforts on our social media pages.
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La sede de Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) se encuentra en Fort Wayne, y sus, aproximadamente, 2,000 empleados prestan servicios a más de 600,000 clientes. Más del 85% de la energía eléctrica que proporcionó en 2023 fue libre de emisiones. I&M tiene a su disposición diversas fuentes de generación, lo que incluye 2,278 MW de generación de energía nuclear en Michigan, 450 MW de generación de energía eólica comprada de Indiana, más de 22 MW de generación de energía hidráulica en los dos estados y, aproximadamente, 35 MW de generación de energía solar a gran escala en los dos estados. The company's generation portfolio also includes 1,497 MW of coal-fueled generation.
At American Electric Power, based in Columbus, Ohio, we understand that our customers and communities depend on safe, reliable and affordable power. Our nearly 16,000 employees operate and maintain more than 40,000 miles of transmission lines, the nation's largest electric transmission system, and more than 225,000 miles of distribution lines to deliver power to 5.6 million customers in 11 states. AEP also is one of the nation's largest electricity producers with nearly 29,000 megawatts of diverse generating capacity, including approximately 6,000 megawatts of renewable energy. AEP is investing $43 billion over the next five years to make the electric grid cleaner and more reliable. We are on track to reach an 80% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from 2005 levels by 2030 and have a goal to achieve net zero by 2045. AEP is recognized consistently for its focus on sustainability, community engagement and inclusion. La familia de compañías de AEP incluye a AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (en Virginia y Virginia Occidental), AEP Appalachian Power (en Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma y Southwestern Electric Power Company (en Arkansas, Louisiana, este de Texas y la región del Mango de Texas). AEP también es propietaria de AEP Energy, que brinda soluciones energéticas competitivas e innovadoras en todo el país. Para obtener más información, visite aep.com.
CONTACTO CON LOS MEDIOS: Schnee Doyle
Consultor de Comunicaciones Sénior
574-218-5987
smdoyle@aep.com