SWEPCO Names Tommy Slater Vice President – Generating Assets

April 25, 2018 Shreveport, LA – Tommy Slater has been named vice president – Generating Assets for Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), a unit of American Electric Power (AEP). Based in Shreveport, Louisiana and living in Hallsville, Texas, Slater is responsible for overall operations, maintenance, continuous improvement and safety culture at SWEPCO’s 10 power plants.

Previously, Slater served as the vice president – Generating Assets for Public Service Company of Oklahoma a unit of AEP. During 42 years of service with the company, he also served as shift supervisor at Flint Creek Power Plant; lead start-up engineer at Welsh Unit 3; FGD superintendent at Pirkey Power Plant; consulting engineer with the Central & South West central organization in Dallas and manager of Region Engineering Organization. He was plant manager at SWEPCO’s Welsh Power Plant from 2010 until 2016.

Slater holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a registered professional engineer in Texas.

About Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO)

SWEPCO, a unit of American Electric Power (AEP: NYSE), serves 532,000 customers in western Arkansas, northwest and central Louisiana, northeast Texas and the Texas Panhandle. SWEPCO’s headquarters are in Shreveport, La. News releases and other information about SWEPCO can be found at www.SWEPCO.com.

About American Electric Power (AEP)

American Electric Power, based in Columbus, Ohio, is focused on building a smarter energy infrastructure and delivering new technologies and custom energy solutions to our customers. AEP’s more than 17,000 employees operate and maintain the nation’s largest electricity transmission system and more than 224,000 miles of distribution lines to efficiently deliver safe, reliable power to nearly 5.4 million regulated customers in 11 states. AEP also is one of the nation’s largest electricity producers with approximately 33,000 megawatts of diverse generating capacity, including 4,200 megawatts of renewable energy. AEP’s family of companies includes utilities AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia and West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Power (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and east Texas). AEP also owns AEP Energy, AEP Energy Partners, AEP OnSite Partners and AEP Renewables, which provide innovative competitive energy solutions nationwide.