POWER OF ATTORNEY
OF
JULIA A. SLOAT
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints DAVID C. HOUSE and WILLIAM
E. JOHNSON and each of them signing singly, and with full
power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:
(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned?s name and on
the undersigned?s behalf, and submit to the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the ?SEC?) a
Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any
other documents necessary or appropriate to
obtain codes and passwords enabling the
undersigned to make electronic filings with the
SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 17(a)
of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in
the undersigned's capacity as an officer or
director of AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
(the ?Company?), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 and the rules
thereunder;
(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form
3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely file such form
with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve
in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform
any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of
the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at
the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is
the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 11th day of
December, 2020.
Signature: /s/ Julia A. Sloat
Print Name: Julia A. Sloat
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