PUBLIC SRV6PF32'B' : RFP SEEKS LONG-TERM CAPACITY, ENERGY FOR AEP's PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA

RFP SEEKS LONG-TERM CAPACITY, ENERGY FOR AEP's PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA

Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO), a subsidiary of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), is issuing a Request For Proposals for 260 MW of generation and capacity for a period of 15 years beginning June 1, 2016.

Proposals are due by May 11, 2012.

Response and contact information is available online at www.PSOklahoma.com/b2b/rfp.

PSO, a unit of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), is an electric utility company serving more than 532,000 customers in eastern and southwestern Oklahoma. With headquarters in Tulsa, PSO has 4,308 megawatts of generating capacity and provides electricity to 232 cities and towns across a service area encompassing 30,000 square miles. News releases and other information about PSO can be found on the World Wide Web at PSOklahoma.com.

American Electric Power is one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, delivering electricity to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. AEP ranks among the nation's largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S. AEP also owns the nation's largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile network that includes more 765 kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission lines than all other U.S. transmission systems combined. AEP's transmission system directly or indirectly serves about 10 percent of the electricity demand in the Eastern Interconnection, the interconnected transmission system that covers 38 eastern and central U.S. states and eastern Canada, and approximately 11 percent of the electricity demand in ERCOT, the transmission system that covers much of Texas. AEP's utility units operate as AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia and West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Power (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and east and north Texas). AEP's headquarters are in Columbus, Ohio.www.aep.com.