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American Electric Power Co. Inc. – ‘8-K’ for 7/27/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Wednesday, 7/27/22, at 7:00am ET · For: 7/27/22 · Accession #: 4904-22-73 · File #: 1-03525

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 7/27/22  American Electric Power Co. Inc.  8-K:2,9     7/27/22   12:665K

Current Report — Form 8-K

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 8-K         Current Report                                      HTML     41K 
 2: EX-99.1     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML    297K 
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 9: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX      8K 
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 3: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- aep-20220727                          XSD     12K 
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12: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000004904-22-000073-xbrl      Zip     45K

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Filing Submission 0000004904-22-000073 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

American Electric Power Co. Inc. – ‘8-K’ for 7/27/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Wednesday, 7/27/22, at 7:00am ET · For: 7/27/22 · Accession #: 4904-22-73 · File #: 1-03525

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