COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 19, 2001 - American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) will provide a live webcast of its annual meeting of shareholders, which begins at 10:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday, April 25. The meeting will be held in Corpus Christi, Texas.

The webcast will provide both audio and video from the meeting.

Minimum hardware and software requirements for watching the webcast are:

• Windows Media Player software, downloadable for free

• 28.8 Kbps connection to the Internet, although a higher-speed connection is recommended

• 166 MHz processor or faster

• 32 MB of RAM, although 64 MB or more is recommended

• a display capability of 256 colors or better

The annual meeting comments by E. Linn Draper Jr., AEP’s chairman, president and chief executive officer, will be archived and be available for viewing at AEP’s web site through May 2.

American Electric Power is a multinational energy company based in Columbus, Ohio. AEP owns and operates more than 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity, making it one of America’s largest generators of electricity. The company is also a leading wholesale energy marketer and trader, ranking second in the U.S. in electricity volume. AEP provides retail electricity to more than 7 million customers worldwide and has more than $55 billion in assets, primarily in the U.S. with holdings in select international markets. Wholly owned subsidiaries are involved in power engineering and construction services, energy management and telecommunications.