---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000004904-24-000086"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AEP"
cik: "0000004904"
company_name: "AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T07:17:51.303929+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AEP realigns leadership; Simmons named EVP Regulatory, CAO; operating leaders report to CEO

## Summary
- Peggy Simmons appointed EVP Regulatory & Chief Administrative Officer, effective Sept 1, 2024.
- Simmons resigns as EVP Utilities effective Aug 31, 2024; she will continue leading customer ops & economic development.
- Seven operating company presidents and Chief Nuclear Officer Shane Lies (promoted to EVP) will report directly to CEO.
- The restructuring is intended to improve customer service, regulatory engagement, and local execution.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000004904-24-000086
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AEP
- cik: 0000004904
- company_name: AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490424000086/0000004904-24-000086-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490424000086/aep-20240826.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-24-000086
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-24-000086.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-24-000086.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peggy I. Simmons was elected as Executive Vice President - Regulatory and Chief Administrative Officer at AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Executive Vice President - Regulatory and Chief Administrative Officer
  source text: On August 26, 2024, the Board of Directors of American Electric Power Company Inc. (“AEP” or “Company”) elected Peggy I. Simmons to serve as AEP’s Executive Vice President - Regulatory and Chief Administrative Officer effective as of September 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490424000086/0000004904-24-000086-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.