Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP advised the underwriters in connection with American Electric Power Company, Inc.’s (“AEP”) SEC-registered offering of $2 billion aggregate principal amount of junior subordinated debentures, consisting of $1.1 billion aggregate principal amount of its 5.800% Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Debentures, Series C due 2056 and $900 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.050% Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Debentures, Series D due 2056. The transaction closed on September 25, 2025.

AEP, based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest investor-owned electric public utility holding companies in the United States, and its electric utility operating companies provide generation, transmission, and distribution services to approximately 5.6 million customers in 11 states. AEP has approximately 225,000 miles of distribution lines, 40,000 circuit miles of transmission lines, and approximately 23,000 MWs of regulated owned generating capacity. AEP’s family of companies include utilities AEP Texas Inc., Appalachia Power Company, Indiana Michigan Power Company, Kentucky Power Company, Kingsport Power Company, Ohio Power Company, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, Southwestern Electric Power Company, and Wheeling Power Company.

The Hunton team included Steven C. Friend, Michelle G. Chan, Jingyi “Alice” Yao, Gabrielle Kraushaar, and Jack Chatas. Robert McNamara and William Freeman provided tax advice.