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 24, 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)
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 2.02.
Results of Operations and Financial Condition

The information, including the exhibit attached hereto, in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.  The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, except as otherwise stated in such filing.

Attached and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of American Electric Power Company, Inc.’s financial results for the period ending March 31, 2009.

Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) 
Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1     Press Release dated April 24, 2009

 
 
 

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/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer
Name:   
Thomas G. Berkemeyer
Title:   
Assistant Secretary

April 24, 2009

 
 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
  
 
   
Description 
     
99.1
  
Press Release dated April 24, 2009