Connected: The AEP Employee Podcast

The customer is king, especially for AEP’s Energy Supply organization. It’s the competitive side of AEP’s business and it’s an epicenter for change. In this episode, we talk with Greg Hall, executive vice president, Energy Supply, about the organization’s grown and what the regulated side of the business can learn from Energy Supply’s move toward renewables. 

Did you know there’s a place at AEP where employees break things and set fires on purpose? It’s all done for the good of the company in a safe, controlled environment at the Dolan Technology Center. In this episode, we go behind the scenes at the Dolan to explore how their work keeps employees safe and helps the company make better business decisions.

Everyone knew Kevin Sides had a problem with drugs and alcohol, but he didn’t think his actions were hurting anyone but himself. After Kevin’s wife died, his addiction became all consuming until his actions caught up with him on Halloween night. In this episode, Kevin talks his journey to sobriety and finally finding peace. 

Woody Williams is one of AEP’s most unique customers. He’s the last surviving medal of honor recipient from World War Two and, at 98, he’s still working full time. He spends hundreds of days a year traveling the country to help gold star families. These are families who have been impacted by losing someone in military service. In this episode, Woody shares how the bombing of Pearl Harbor changed his life and why he’s devoting his golden years to gold star families. 

Louie the Lightning Bug has been a fixture on tv since the mid-80s. Even though he’s been around for more than 35 years, he popularity with audiences hasn’t dimmed. In this episode, we learn how Louie the Lightning Bug was born and why he’s still effective at teaching kids and adults about electrical safety. 

The last episode of our 2021 season is going to focus on you – our listeners. Even though 2021 has been rough, there were still bright spots and we want to hear about yours.

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College football is a game of traditions and few people know that better than Ike Liles. In this episode, we talk with Ike about how he became the embodiment of one of college football’s biggest traditions – The Texas A&M 12th Man.

AEP is a for-profit company but each year we give away millions of dollars to make our communities better. In this episode, we’re talking with Janelle Coleman, president of the AEP Foundation, about how the Foundation works and why the national conversation on equality is impacting our decisions about who we give money to. 

Multiple factors have been causing the demise of coal as the fuel of choice for AEP and other utilities. In this episode, we’re talking with Paul Chodak, executive vice president, Generation, Toby Thomas, senior vice president, Energy Delivery, and Darcy Reese, vice president, Investor Relations about the factors that are moving AEP away from coal. 

AEP has a team of employees who play a major part in AEP’s storm restoration, even though you don’t see them out in the field restoring service. In this episode, we’re talking with the head of AEP’s Meteorology team. She explains why the company doesn’t worry about all types of storms and what we’re expecting during this hurricane season.