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Issuer:     AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC (AEP)
CIK:        0000004904
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000004904-24-000092
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AEP restructures leadership; Peggy Simmons leaves, Chris Beam to retire, Kelly Ferneau promoted to Chief Nuclear Officer
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- Eliminates EVP Regulatory and Chief Administrative Officer role; Peggy Simmons separates from AEP effective Oct 31.
- Chris Beam (EVP Energy Services) resigns, to retire Feb 2025; named EVP Senior Advisor until then.
- Shane Lies moves from EVP & Chief Nuclear Officer to EVP Projects & Services; Kelly Ferneau promoted to EVP & Chief Nuclear Officer.
- Scott Dailey succeeds Ferneau as Site Vice President at Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant.
- AEP launches search for president of AEP Transmission; plant managers now report to operating company presidents.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490424000092/0000004904-24-000092-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490424000092/aep-20241025.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-24-000092

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