secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC (AEP)
CIK:        0000004904
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-30T10:59:36+00:00
Accession:  0000004904-26-000055
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AEP Q2 2026 operating EPS $1.36, raises full-year guidance to $6.25-$6.55
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- GAAP EPS $1.31 vs $2.29 YoY; operating EPS $1.36 vs $1.43; revenue $5,445M (+7% YoY).
- Full-year 2026 operating EPS guidance raised to $6.25-$6.55 from $6.15-$6.45.
- Contracted load growth through 2030 expanded to 69 GW; secured ~13 GW gas-fired turbine capacity.
- Identified up to $16B in cost offsets for residential customers; $1.4B in expected DOE loan/grant savings.
- Reaffirmed 7%-9% annual operating EPS growth through 2030; $78B five-year capital plan.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490426000055/0000004904-26-000055-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490426000055/aep-20260730.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-26-000055

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