By 9 a.m. today, (July 3) AEP Ohio had restored power to         
approximately 55 percent of the 660,000 customers affected by the         
catastrophic storms that moved through the state June 29 and the          
additional 20,000 outaged by the July 1 evening storm.                    

Meteorologists continue to show the threat of possible thunderstorms      
through the end of the week. Temperatures are forecasted to remain in the 
mid-90s throughout this period.                                           

Approximately 297,000 customers were without power at 9:00 a.m. today.    

Approximately 169,000 of those without power are located in central Ohio  
counties of Franklin, Delaware and Licking. In Franklin County – the      
hardest hit area – the number of affected customers stands at 95,000.     

At the peak of the storm on June 29, approximately 45 percent of AEP Ohio 
customers were without power.                                             

As of July, 2 more than 4,300 AEP Ohio and outside line resources and     
support personnel are committed to restoring power to our customers.      
Support resources work through the night to reconcile restoration         
completed during the day to prepare work packages, maps and instructions  
for the crews to use the following morning.                               

More than 390,000 customers were affected by damage to AEP’s transmission system, with more than 240 transmission structures damaged by across Ohio.

In AEP’s western Ohio service area alone, 167 transmission structures were
downed by the storm between Van Wert and Ottawa.                          

Reports of wires down and other hazards across the AEP Ohio service       
territory have grown nearly as fast as they are cleared. Hazard reports   
currently are at 10,300 down from 11,500.                                 

Work to repair and restore service to AEP's transmission system continues 
to progress, with nine lines restored. Approximately 64 transmission lines
remain out of service throughout the state. Today there continue to be    
significant resources dedicated to the hardest hit areas of transmission  
system damage, including Newark, Lancaster, Logan, Crooksville and Van    
Wert.