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Issuer:     AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC (AEP)
CIK:        0000004904
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000004904-24-000080
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AEP Q2 operating EPS $1.25, reaffirms FY guidance; Fehrman to become CEO Aug 1
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- GAAP EPS $0.64 vs $1.01 a year ago; operating EPS $1.25 vs $1.13, up $0.12.
- Q2 revenue $4.6B, up from $4.4B; commercial load rose 12.4% driven by data centers.
- Reaffirmed 2024 operating EPS guidance $5.53-$5.73; long-term growth 6%-7%.
- ~1,000 employees took voluntary workforce reduction; charges included in GAAP.
- Bill Fehrman assumes president & CEO on Aug 1; Ben Fowke stays as senior advisor.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490424000080/0000004904-24-000080-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490424000080/aep-20240730.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-24-000080

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