AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned directors or officers of AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC., a New York corporation, which is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), one or more Registration Statements (including any Registration Statement on Form S-8 covering the registration of additional securities) for the registration thereunder of up to 2,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $6.50 per share, does hereby appoint WILLIAM J. FEHRMAN, TREVOR I. MIHALIK, MATTHEW D. FRANSEN, MARC B. HUNTER, AND FRANZ D. MESSNER his or her true and lawful attorneys, and each of them his or her true and lawful attorney, with power to act without the others, and with full power of substitution or resubstitution, to execute for him or her and in his or her name said Registration Statement(s) and any and all amendments thereto, whether said amendments add to, delete from, or otherwise alter the Registration Statement(s), or add or withdraw any exhibits or schedules to be filed therewith, and any and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith, hereby granting unto said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of each of the undersigned, and in any and all capacities, every act and thing whatsoever required or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as each of the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and each of them.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has signed these presents effective as of the Date of Execution set forth by his or her name.
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| /s/ William J. Fehrman | | June 22, 2026 |
| William J. Fehrman | | Date of Execution |
/s/ Benjamin G. S. Fowke, III | |
June 22, 2026 |
| Benjamin G. S. Fowke, III | | Date of Execution |
/s/ Art A. Garcia | |
June 22, 2026 |
| Art A. Garcia | | Date of Execution |
/s/ Sandra Beach Lin | |
June 22, 2026 |
| Sandra Beach Lin | | Date of Execution |
/s/ Margaret M. McCarthy | |
June 22, 2026 |
| Margaret M. McCarthy | | Date of Execution |
/s/ Daryl Roberts | |
June 22, 2026 |
| Daryl Roberts | | Date of Execution |
/s/ Joseph G. Sauvage | |
June 23, 2026 |
| Joseph G. Sauvage | | Date of Execution |
/s Daniel G. Stoddard | |
June 23, 2026 |
| Daniel G. Stoddard | | Date of Execution |
/s/ Sara Martinez Tucker | |
June 22, 2026 |
| Sara Martinez Tucker | | Date of Execution |
/s/ Lewis F. Von Thaer | |
June 22, 2026 |
| Lewis F. Von Thaer | | Date of Execution |