AEP SWEPCO – Southwestern Electric Company
Overview:
AEP SWEPCO takes pride in meeting their customers’ expectations every day, ensuring reliable, increasingly clean energy, novel solutions, and sterling customer service. Their team of over 1,300 members, including linemen who are often the first responders in powerful storms, serve their customers and communities 24/7 from its seven regional utilities across the country.
Facilities: A 10-acre facility in the new Henderson Innovation Park, with construction set to begin in 2023.
Customer Base: Serves 547,800 customers in northwestern and central Louisiana, western Arkansas, East Texas, and the Panhandle area of North Texas.
Headquarters: Shreveport, La.
Founded in 1955
Service Improvements:
In early 2022, AEP SWEPCO initiated a $2.6 million project to bolster power reliability in Henderson. The project encompasses pole replacements and wire upgrades along State Highway 64, a six-mile stretch starting from the intersection of State Highway 64 and North Frisco Street.
Economic Development Initiatives:
AEP SWEPCO works in partnership with local, regional, and state-economic development organizations to foster economic growth in its service areas while aiming to attract new businesses and generate jobs. Their economic development services, facilitated by their economic development manager and external affairs managers, include:
- Electric rate analyses
- Data on available buildings
- Information on available sites for greenfield projects
- Community profiles
- Proposals for projects
- Collaboration with local, regional, and state economic organizations for maximum aid
- Coordination of multi-city/state itineraries and meetings for site/building/community project tours
