Stay Safe if Your Vehicle Comes in Contact with Electric Lines

Getting electricity to your home or business is a complex process. AEP's factsheet details the journey electricity takes through the distribution system and gives you important safety tips, including what to do if your vehicle comes in contact with electric power lines. This is one factsheet worth reading.

AEP - American Electric Power
AEP ranks among the nation's largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S. AEP also owns the nation's largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile network that includes more 765 kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission lines than all other U.S. transmission systems combined.

AEP's utility units operate as AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia, West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Power (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and east Texas).