Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended

December 31, 2025

    The undersigned directors of AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC., a New York corporation (the "Company"), do hereby constitute and appoint WILLIAM J. FEHRMAN, TREVOR I. MIHALIK and MATTHEW D. FRANSEN, and each of them, their attorneys-in-fact and agents, to execute for them, and in their names, and in any and all of their capacities, the Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K, pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform every act and thing required or necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned have signed these presents as of the “Date of Execution” set forth below.

/s/ Wiliam J. Fehrman                February 10, 2026                

William J. Fehrman                    Date of Execution

/s/ Benjamin G. S. Fowke, III            February 10, 2026                

Benjamin G. S. Fowke, III                 Date of Execution

/s/ Art A. Garcia                February 10, 2026                

Art A. Garcia                        Date of Execution

/s/ Hunter C. Gary                February 10, 2026                

Hunter C. Gary                    Date of Execution

/s/ Sandra Beach Lin                February 10, 2026                

Sandar Beach Lin                    Date of Execution

/s/ Henry P. Linginfelter            February 10, 2026                

Henry P. Linginfelter                    Date of Execution

/s/ Margaret M. McCarthy            February 10, 2026                

Margaret M. McCarthy                Date of Execution

/s/ Daryl Roberts                February 10, 2026                

Daryl Roberts                        Date of Execution

/s/ Joseph G. Sauvage                February 10, 2026                

Joseph G. Sauvage                    Date of Execution

/s/ Daniel G. Stoddard            February 11, 2026                

Daniel G. Stoddard                    Date of Execution

/s/ Sara Martinez Tucker             February 10, 2026                

Sara Martinez Tucker                 Date of Execution

/s/ Lewis F. Von Thaer            February 10, 2026                

Lewis F. Von Thaer                     Date of Execution

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