Engineering, Procurement & Construction
You know AEP for providing reliable, affordable electric service to our customers for over 100 years. Since 1996, we have also been providing turnkey engineering, construction, procurement, and maintenance services to commercial and industrial customers, electric cooperatives, and municipal utilities.
| From designing and building high-voltage transmission projects to managing a major power restoration effort, AEP can get the job done on time and on budget. The same experienced employees who plan, build, and maintain the nation’s largest electricity transmission system and AEP’s 220,000 miles (354,000 km) of overhead and underground distribution lines can provide the solutions you need. |  |
View our full menu of services to see what AEP can do for your business.
Distribution
- Overhead and underground design, construction, and improvement
- Equipment failure, diagnostic testing, and on-site repair services
- Assistance in procuring and installing replacement equipment
- High-voltage equipment evaluation and on-site repair services
- Vegetation management with customized line clearance programs
- Joint-use pole inventories and negotiated contracts
- Service restoration management or assistance
- Lighting services in select states (decorative, ball field, security)
Transmission
- Turnkey project engineering, procurement, and construction
- Substation construction
- Customized station maintenance schedules
- Emergency response including leasing and installation of mobile substations
- Assistance in procuring and installing major equipment (transformers, breakers, etc.)
- Protection and control installation, testing, and check-out
- Relay calibration and coordination studies
- Power quality trouble shooting and solution recommendations
- Mobile transformer testing and installations
- Accident investigation and analysis
- Line maintenance through 765 kV
Generators
Engineering, procurement, and installation of distributive generation equipment and emergency back-up generation systems.
Procurement
- Sale of materials to customers and contractors
- Emergency and storm restoration with large fleet response
- Project-specific bidding and on-site delivery
Testing
- Transformer testing – oil and gas analysis, power factor, infrared
- Underground cable defect identification
- Meter testing
- Relay calibration and trip testing
- Extensive electrical, civil, and environmental testing resources
Training
- Distribution line mechanic training – apprentice to journeyman
- Station mechanic training – basic, intermediate, and advanced
- OSHA safety training for Subparts 1910.137 and 1910.269
- Utility or contractor fleet dielectric testing in select states
