GAHANNA, OH, June 28, 2010 – AEPOhio, a unit of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), in conjunction with the Ohio Energy Project (OEP), Ohio Fuel Cell Corridor, Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives, Ohio Propane Education and Research Council, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Honda of America, AEPFoundation, the Teaching and Learning Collaborative and Columbus State Community College, is sponsoring four Ohio-based workshops for teachers.
Course topics cover energy, economics and the environment. Workshops include Energy Source Blitz in Findlay, June 28-29 and in Athens, July 27-28; and Sources of Energy Tour July 13-15 plus Bright Start Right Start® July 27-30, both in Columbus, OH.
The Energy Source Blitz provides a behind-the-scenes look at renewable energy led by industry professionals and staff of the OEP, the state affiliate of the National Education Development (NEED) Project, plus curriculum, classroom materials and ten professional development contact hours. Sources of Energy Tour gives educators the opportunity to explore the diverse energy resources of the BuckeyeState, provides free curriculum materials and classroom activities from OEP.
The Bright Start Right Start® early childhood educator training program links learning and child care and provides science instruction strategies that research indicates are best suited to early learners. The workshop is conducted by the Teaching and Learning Collaborative with funding from the AEPFoundation.
Many AEP sponsored workshops offer graduate credit, ranging from one to three hours. Class sizes range from 12 to 30 teachers, with first priority given to educators living and teaching within AEP’s eleven-state service territory. Workshop co-sponsors include universities, colleges and other educational organizations.
For information about all AEPsponsored workshops, visit AEP’s website at www.aep.com/go/workshops
AEP Ohio provides electricity to nearly 1.5 million customers of major AEP subsidiaries Columbus Southern Power Company and Ohio Power Company in Ohio, and Wheeling Power Company in the northern panhandle of West Virginia. AEP Ohio is based in Gahanna, Ohio, and is a unit of American Electric Power.
The AEP Foundation is funded by AEP and its utility operating units, including AEP Ohio.
American Electric Power is one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, delivering electricity to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. AEP ranks among the nation’s largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S. AEP also owns the nation’s largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile network that includes more 765 kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission lines than all other U.S. transmission systems combined. AEP’s transmission system directly or indirectly serves about 10 percent of the electricity demand in the Eastern Interconnection, the interconnected transmission system that covers 38 eastern and central U.S. states and eastern Canada, and approximately 11 percent of the electricity demand in ERCOT, the transmission system that covers much of Texas. AEP’s utility units operate as 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 and north Texas). AEP’s headquarters are in Columbus, Ohio. News releases and other information about AEP can be found at www.aep.com.