AEP to Bid on Canadian Transmission Project

American Electric Power's

transmission subsidiary AEP Transmission Holding Co. is partnering with AltaLink LP to participate in the Alberta Electric System Operator's (AESO) competitive process to build and operate the Fort McMurray West 500-kilovolt (kV) Transmission Project in the province of Alberta, Canada. Owned equally by AEP Transmission Holding Co. and AltaLink LP, the joint venture will operate as Athabasca Transmission. The project will be developed under AEP Transmission Holding Co. subsidiary Transource Energy LLC pending approval from the AESO.