Indiana Michigan Power S-3 Shelf registration

Exhibit 23(a)

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Indiana Michigan Power Company of our report dated February 22, 2018, relating to the financial statements which appears in Indiana Michigan Power Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Columbus, Ohio

May 22, 2018