FORT WAYNE, Ind., Jan. 15, 2022 – Today Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) crews are answering the call for help. More than 200 I&M employees and contractors are on the way to assist fellow American Electric Power and sister company, Appalachian Power Company in the event a significant winter storm produces service disruptions.
Employees and contractors from across I&M’s service territory, including Fort Wayne, Muncie/Marion, South Bend/Elkhart and Southwest Michigan, are answering the call for mutual assistance. I&M personnel will be staging in Virginia and West Virginia ahead of the winter weather expected Sunday. Residents there could see several inches of snow, sleet and ice and experience strong wind gusts. I&M line workers and damage assessors will aid in restoration work once the storm has passed and it’s safe.
I&M wants to ensure customers that even though crews are deployed to assist with possible restoration efforts, the company is ready and prepared to respond if outages occur here in Indiana and Michigan.
I&M employees have a long-history of working safely to restore communities in the wake of natural disasters. In fact, the company has mutual assistance agreements with utilities across the nation and is always available to help weather permitting at home.
Customers can follow I&M’s role in restoration efforts on our social media pages, including Facebook and Twitter, and on our website www.IndianaMichiganPower.com.
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ABOUT INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER: Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) is headquartered in Fort Wayne, and its approximately 2,100 employees serve more than 600,000 customers. More than 85% of its energy delivered in 2020 was emission-free. I&M has at its availability various sources of generation including 2,278 MW of nuclear generation in Michigan, 450 MW of purchased wind generation from Indiana, more than 22 MW of hydro generation in both states, nearly 35 MW of large-scale solar generation in both states, and 2,620 MW of coal-fueled generation in Indiana.
ABOUT AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER: American Electric Power, based in Columbus, Ohio, is focused on building a smarter energy infrastructure and delivering new technologies and custom energy solutions to our customers. AEP’s approximately 16,800 employees operate and maintain the nation’s largest electricity transmission system and more than 223,000 miles of distribution lines to efficiently deliver safe, reliable power to nearly 5.5 million regulated customers in 11 states. AEP also is one of the nation’s largest electricity producers with approximately 30,000 megawatts of diverse generating capacity, including more than 5,500 megawatts of renewable energy. AEP’s family of companies includes utilities 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, east Texas and the Texas Panhandle). AEP also owns AEP Energy, AEP Energy Partners, AEP OnSite Partners, and AEP Renewables, which provide innovative competitive energy solutions nationwide. For more information, visit aep.com.