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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
April 9, 2009

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

1-3525
New York
13-4922640
(Commission File Number)
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, OH
43215
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

614-716-1000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

None
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01                      Other Events.

Exhibits 100 to this Current Report on Form 8-K consists of documents formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) containing certain financial information from the Annual Report on Form 10-K of American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP) for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 27, 2009.  The information includes the (i) Consolidated Statements of Income, (ii) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Common Shareholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income (Loss), (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Users of this data are advised pursuant to Rule 401 of Regulation S-T that the financial information contained in the XBRL-Related Documents is unaudited and these are not the financial statements of AEP as filed with the SEC.  The purpose of submitting these XBRL-related documents is to test the related format and technology and, as a result, investors should not rely on the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, in making investment decisions.

In accordance with Rule 402 of Regulation S-T, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01                      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibit is furnished herewith:

Exhibit 100
The following materials from the Annual Report on Form 10-K of AEP for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, filed on February 27, 2009 formatted in XBRL:  the (i) Consolidated Statements of Income, (ii) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Common Shareholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income (Loss), (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


 
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
 
By:
/s/ Joseph M. Buonaiuto                     
 
Name:
Joseph M. Buonaiuto
 
Title
Senior Vice President, Controller and
Chief Accounting Officer
April 9, 2009