COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 11, 2003 - American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) has scheduled a live webcast of Wednesday´s presentation by E. Linn Draper Jr., AEP´s chairman, president and chief executive officer, at the Morgan Stanley 10th Annual Global Electricity & Energy Conference in New York.

Draper´s presentation to an audience of industry analysts is scheduled to begin at 8:20 a.m. Wednesday and can be accessed through the Internet at http://www.aep.com/go/webcast.

Minimum requirements to listen to broadcast: The Windows Media Player software, free from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/EN/default.asp, and at least a 28.8Kbps connection to the Internet.

American Electric Power owns and operates more than 42,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States and select international markets and is the largest electricity generator in the U.S. AEP is also one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, with almost 5 million customers linked to AEP´s 11-state electricity transmission and distribution grid. The company is based in Columbus, Ohio.