RELATED PARTY AND PARTY-IN-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS (Details) - EBP 002 - AEP Stock - USD ($) |
12 Months Ended | |
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Dec. 31, 2025 |
Dec. 31, 2024 |
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| EBP, Related Party and Party-in-Interest Transactions [Line Items] | ||
| Number of shares held in Plan (in shares) | 2,468,439 | 2,754,068 |
| Cost basis | $ 155,820,501 | $ 165,165,921 |
| Number of acquired shares (in shares) | 174,947 | 128,344 |
| Acquired fair value | $ 18,839,862 | $ 11,315,945 |
| Number of disposed shares (in shares) | 382,880 | 665,124 |
| Fair value of disposed shares | $ 41,516,019 | $ 39,431,676 |
| Dividend income | $ 9,650,745 | $ 11,081,160 |
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- Definition Cost of investment, excluding plan interest in master trust, acquired by employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Number of shares or units of investment held by employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Number of shares or units of investment purchased by employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Number of shares or units of investment sold by employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of selling price for investment, excluding plan interest in master trust, sold by employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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