Kentucky Power Company Offers Coal For Sale

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Kentucky Power Company (KYPCo), an American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) company, is seeking requests for proposal (RFP) from prospective coal buyers.

KYPCo, on behalf of itself and as agent for Wheeling Power Company, has up to 400,000 tons of coal for sale during third-quarter 2018 and fourth-quarter 2018. Deliveries will take place by FOB barge beginning July 2018 and ending December 2018. Specifications for the coal are listed in Exhibit A "Coal Specifications" of the RFP. Additional details are available in the RFP document.

All bids must meet the proposed Agreement and AEP Coal Sales Order Terms and Conditions. Bidders requesting changes must clearly mark and return those changes with their submittal.

Proposals must be received by KYPCo no later than Friday, June 22, 2018, at 5 p.m. Bids may be submitted by e-mail to aepfuelsrfp@aep.com, or by mail to: AEPSC Reverse RFP – Coal Procurement; ATTN: Amy Jeffries, Manager, Coal Procurement, American Electric Power Service Corp., 1 Riverside Plaza, 14^th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215. Complete details are available at www.aep.com/go/coaloffers or by contacting Amy Jeffries at (614) 716-6235 or Tina Sefcik at (614) 716-6113.

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 more than 17,000 employees operate and maintain the nation's largest electricity transmission system and more than 224,000 miles of distribution lines to efficiently deliver safe, reliable power to nearly 5.4 million regulated customers in 11 states. AEP also is one of the nation's largest electricity producers with approximately 33,000 megawatts of diverse generating capacity, including 4,200 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 and east Texas). AEP also owns AEP Energy, AEP Energy Partners, AEP OnSite Partners and AEP Renewables, which provide innovative competitive energy solutions nationwide.

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