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Transformer Ownership: What is the value of owning your own transformer?

Commercial

June 2018 Edition:  Transformer Ownership: What is the value of owning your own transformer? Are you the energy manager or decision maker of a large commercial or industrial facility? Then transformer ownership might be something worth considering because, in most cases, it reduces your service voltage rate. By reducing your service voltage rate, this may …

Introducing AEP Energy Reward Store!

Residential

  Introducing AEP Energy Reward Store! AEP Energy has a new online store with a variety of energy efficient and connected-home products exclusively for our customers.  When you enroll or renew on many of our price plans, you can start earning Reward Dollars to use towards purchases in the store.   How Does AEP Energy …

Transmission Congestion: How does this affect your energy price?

Commercial

May 2018 Edition: Transmission Congestion: How does this affect your energy price? As an energy buyer, you may have heard terms such as Transmission Congestion, Marginal Losses, Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs), and Auction Revenue Rights (ARRs). In this edition, our experts will provide a high-level dive and how these components affect your energy price. Let’s begin with understanding …

Play It Safe This Summer!

Residential

Now that warm weather is finally upon us, so begins the season of outdoor play, activities, travel, and adventure!  It’s important to remember to practice a few safety tips to maximize the enjoyment of it all.   Bug Off! Not only does the warm, sunny weather coax the humans outside, but it also brings the …

How To Keep Your Cool When The Weather Is Not

Residential

FEELING HOT!  HOT!  HOT! It’s almost summertime again, and a good strategy with some easy and inexpensive actions will save you both energy and money.  Keep your cool by following these tips for energy efficiency when the temps begin to rise.   OPEN THOSE WINDOWS!  IMPLEMENT NATURAL VENTILATION If you live in an area which …

Spring Into Sports!

Residential

We Love Our Teams… Now that Spring is upon us and the weather is starting to cooperate, the time to enjoy outdoor activities is here.  Of all the different ways to burn energy outside, playing and spectating sporting events are some of the best, and AEP Energy is a proud sponsor of some of your …

Natural Gas: What’s in store for 2018.

Commercial

April 2018 Edition: Natural Gas: What’s in store for 2018.  In this edition we’ll review several key factors that influence natural gas prices; weather, storage inventories, and market demand. Read this edition to learn more about these fundamentals and how their outlooks affect forward natural gas prices. If you’re in charge of purchasing energy for your business, …

AEP Energy Field Sales – The Team in Red and Gray is Going Green!

Residential

In honor of AEP Energy’s commitment to caring for the planet, while at the same time striving to provide the best possible customer experience, our field sales team is going green with great rates on renewable energy offers.   Does Enrolling in a Green Plan Really “Give Back”? So far, between the months of January …

Smart Columbus

Residential

In 2016 the U.S. Department of Transportation launched their Smart City Challenge, asking American cities to develop improved, integrated, one-of-a-kind transportation system alternatives. They encouraged ideas that would incorporate heightened technology to move mass amounts of individuals quickly, cheaply, and as efficiently as possible. After narrowing down the decision to seven cities, the Department of …