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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000004904-26-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AEP"
cik: "0000004904"
company_name: "AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:09:03.166381+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AEP reports Q4 GAAP EPS $1.09, full-year $6.70; reaffirms 2026 guidance; load demand doubles to 56 GW

## Summary
- Full-year GAAP EPS $6.70, operating EPS $5.97; Q4 GAAP EPS $1.09 vs $1.25 YoY, operating $1.19 vs $1.24.
- Revenue rose to $21.9B in 2025 from $19.7B in 2024; Q4 revenue $5.3B vs $4.7B.
- Incremental load demand by 2030 doubled to 56 GW from 28 GW in October, all with signed agreements.
- Identified $5B-$8B incremental investment beyond $72B five-year capital plan; acquired 2.2 GW generation and secured 10 GW gas turbine capacity.
- Reaffirmed 2026 operating EPS guidance $6.15-$6.45 and long-term growth rate 7%-9%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000004904-26-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AEP
- cik: 0000004904
- company_name: AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490426000011/0000004904-26-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490426000011/aep-20260212.htm

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