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Kentucky Power recently awarded a $50,000 grant to the Kentucky Association for Economic Development (KAED). The grant is funded through the Kentucky Power Economic Growth Grant (K-PEGG) program.

In 2022, Kentucky Power invested $951,483 in economic development activities in its service territory through the Kentucky Power Economic Growth Grant (K-PEGG) program.

Kentucky Power has several programs in place to tackle trees both inside and outside of the rights of way, reducing outage length and duration for its 165,000 customers spread across eastern Kentucky.

In its quest to reduce power outages and improve reliability, Kentucky Power is working to reconfigure its electrical distribution grid, particularly on its longest circuits.

Kentucky Power tracks annual reliability goals, continually pursuing ways to reduce the frequency and duration of power outages for its customers

Kentucky Power is partnering with WYMT and local businesses to Power Up the Pantry and replenish depleted area food pantries for the second year. The inaugural event in 2019 collected a one-day near record 7.5 tons of food and more than $17,000. The second daylong event is planned for August 26.

AEP Teacher Vision Grants from Kentucky Power have enabled local educators to improve student learning in the classroom.

In celebration of Earth Day and Arbor Day, Kentucky Power is giving away thousands of low-growth tree saplings to customers on Saturday May 1.

During the February ice storms, Kentucky Power external affairs partnered with Facing Hunger Foodbank by providing a $5,000 contribution for mobile food deliveries in eastern Kentucky.

In 2017, Kentucky Power and the AEP Foundation found another way to collaborate using a common vision—helping the people of our region.  An AEP Foundation grant was used to purchase an Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV) to assist the American Red Cross when natural disasters hit eastern Kentucky.