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About Kentucky Power

We are an electric company that believes the power to make a difference is in all our hands. When you connect with our service, you tap into a community resource that sustains life, achieves technological innovation and spurs economic growth. Together, with you, we create brighter futures and boundless opportunities in 20 counties on the eastern edge of the Bluegrass State.

Our connection to our community runs deep, and we continue to strengthen it by investing in issues that matter most to you and your family. The Kentucky Power Economic Growth Grant provides economic development education, building improvements, consulting as well as marketing and promotions assistance to our communities' businesses. Our Home Energy Assistance in Reduced Temperatures (HEART) program and the Temporary Heating Assistance in Winter (THAW) program keeps homes safe during extreme weather months.

Ours is one of the seven operating companies owned by American Electric Power, which has a combined service territory spanning 11 states across America's heartland.

Ashland, KY
273 Employees
162,000 Customers
Nasdaq: AEP

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Kentucky Power, headquartered in Ashland, Ky., provides service to approximately 162,000 customers in all or part of 20 eastern Kentucky counties. Kentucky Power's distribution operations work from service centers in Ashland, Hazard and Pikeville and from area offices in Paintsville and Whitesburg.

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