UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

						
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)	February 16, 2022	

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.	
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

New York	1-3525	13-4922640	
(State or Other Jurisdiction of	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification	
Incorporation)		No.)	

1 Riverside Plaza,	Columbus,	OH	43215	
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)	

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)	(614)	716-1000		
				
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered	
Common Stock, $6.50 par value	AEP	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC	
6.125% Corporate Units	AEPPL	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC	
6.125% Corporate Units	AEPPZ	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC	

						
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).	
Emerging growth company	☐	
		
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.	
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Item 5.02.    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
     
On February 22, 2022, American Electric Power Company, Inc. ("AEP") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a current report on Form 8-K which announced that the Board of Directors of AEP elected Benjamin G. S. Fowke III and Lewis Von Thaer to serve as directors of the Company effective February 22, 2022.

This amendment reflects a change to the retirement date of Mr. Fowke from Xcel Energy Inc. from August 18, 2022 to August 18, 2021.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

									
	AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.	

	By:	/s/ David C. House	
	Name:	David C. House	
	Title:	Assistant Secretary	

February 23, 2022