American Electric Power 2008 Corporate Sustainability Report

2008 Corporate Sustainability Report GRI Table of Contents { Key Indicators} Key: CS 2008 = Report Page Number CW = Corporate Web Site EU = Electric Utility Sector Supplement Strategy & Profile 1.1 1.2 CS 2008 CW 4.11 4.12 CS 2008 CW Whether and or how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 Memberships in associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . CW Stakeholder groups engaged by the organization . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 57-61 Identification and selection of stakeholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 57-61 Approaches to stakeholder engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57-61 Use of stakeholder engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7, 57-61 Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization . 2-3 Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Organizational Profile 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 EU1 EU2 EU3 Name of the organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cover Primary brands, products, and/or services . . . . . . . . . Inside Back Cover . . . CW Operational structure of the organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Location of organization’s headquarters . . . . . . . . . . Inside Back Cover . . . . CW Countries in which the company has operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Nature of ownership and legal form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Markets served . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Back Cover . . . CW Scale of the reporting organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Back Cover . . . CW Significant changes in size, structure, or ownership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Awards received in the reporting period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Installed capacity (MW) by regulatory regime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Number of residential, industrial and commercial customer accounts . . . . . . CW Length of transmission and distribution lines by voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Economic Disclosure on Management Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 / 29-35 . . . CW EU5 EU6 EU7 EC1 EC2 Short- and long-term reliability planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47-55 . . . CW Demand-side management programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-32 / 42-43 Research and development activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-32 / 35, 45, 47-55 Direct economic value generated and distributed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organization’s activities due to climate change . . . . . . . . . 37-45 . . . CW EC3 EC4 EC5 EC6 EC8 EU9 EU12 EU13 Coverage of the organization’s defined benefit plan obligations . . . . . . . . . . . CW Significant financial assistance received from government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Range of ratios of standard entry-level wage compared to local minimum wage at significant locations of operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Policy, practices, and proportion of spending on locally based suppliers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . CW Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-55 . . . CW Long-term planned capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-53 MW and MWh saved through demand-side management . . 35 Average generation efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Transmission and distribution efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47-51 . . . CW Report Parameters 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 Reporting period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Date of most recent previous report (if any) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Reporting cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Contact point for questions regarding the report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Process for defining report content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Boundary of the report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report . . . . . . . 6-9 Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations, and other entities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Data measurement techniques and the bases of calculations . . . . . . 6-9 Explanation of the nature and effect of any restatement . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Significant scope, boundary, or measurement changes from previous reporting period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 EU10 & EU11 Environmental GRI Content Index 3.12 3.13 Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in the report 63-64 Accuracy and completeness of report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 Disclosure on Management Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-19 EU-EN1 In-use inventory of PCBs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 EN3 Direct energy consumption by primary energy source . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements . . 18-19 Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-32 / 42-43 EN8 & EN10 EN9 EU11 Total water withdrawal by source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . CW EU-EN8 Water used for processing, cooling and consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Water sources affected by withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . CW Location and size of land owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . CW EU14 EN12 EN13 EN15 EN16 EN17 EN18 Biodiversity of replacement habitats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Impacts on biodiversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17 . . . CW Habitats protected or restored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17 . . . CW Strategies for managing impacts on biodiversity . . . 16-17 . . . CW IUCN Red List species and others with habitats in areas affected by operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight . . . . . 12 . . . CW Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight . . . . . . . 12 . . . CW Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved . . 37-45 EU-EN16 CO2e per MWh by regulatory regime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW EN5 EN6 Governance 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Governance structure of the organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Independence of the Executive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Linkage between organization's performance and compensation for members of the highest governance body, senior managers, and executives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 Processes in place for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Process for determining the qualifications and expertise of the members of the Executive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW Corporate mission and values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . CW Board-level processes for identifying and managing risks and opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Processes for evaluating the highest governance body’s own performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW EN14 & EU-EN14 GRI Table of Contents EN1 Materials used by weight or volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CW

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American Electric Power 2008 Corporate Sustainability Report Contents Leadership, Management & Strategy A Message from Michael G. Morris A Message from Dennis E. Welch About This Report Environmental Performance Work Force Issues Public Policy Climate Change Energy Security, Reliability & Growth Stakeholder Engagement Glossary GRI Table of Contents

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