American Electric Power has been helping people, businesses and industries across the 11-state area to grow and prosper since 1907. Our professional economic development staff works strategically with many organizations, communities and allies to provide smart and effective business opportunities to both prospective and existing businesses and industries.

We provide information on available sites and buildings through our award-winning ProCure® system, along with community profiles and almost a full century of experience in the communities we serve.

Spanning from Mexico to Canada, our natural resources, assets, and strategic location offer valuable people, places and possibilities unlike any other area in the United States. You can rely on our knowledge of the area's business climate, people and opportunities to provide valuable, unbiased information in making business decisions.

We tailor our services to suit Your needs! And we will provide quality and effective business assistance through every step to assist you in locating or expanding a plant or facility.

On a confidential basis, we will assist to:

• Determine cost-effective location to meet your energy needs
• Provide electric service and tariffs/rate schedules information
• Provide specifications, maps and photos of buildings and sites
• Furnish details of state, regional and local tax programs and incentives
• Provide information on state-funded employee training and programs
• Obtain demographic and labor information as available on a project-by-project basis
• Coordinate on-site visits

If you would like to contact one of our corporate staff professionals or contact a representative located in a geographical area of interest, simply Contact Us for specific contacts or e-mail us at aeped@aep.com for more information on our services and territory.

To help you plan and evaluate your site selection needs, we have provided the following Site Selection Checklist for your convenience.

Site Selection Checklist (PDF 142KB: get viewer)

American Electric Power Economic Development
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, OH 43215
Phone:1-800-360-SITE (7483)