Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity and Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) (USD $)	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010
Cash Flow Hedges, Tax	$ 3,000,000	$ 1,000,000
Securities Available for Sale, Tax	0	6,000,000
Amortization of Pension and OPEB Deferred Costs, Tax	6,000,000	6,000,000
Appalachian Power Co [Member]
Cash Flow Hedges, Tax	652,000	1,369,000
Amortization of Pension and OPEB Deferred Costs, Tax	837,000	1,124,000
Columbus Southern Power Co [Member]
Cash Flow Hedges, Tax	265,000	232,000
Amortization of Pension and OPEB Deferred Costs, Tax	688,000	667,000
Indiana Michigan Power Co [Member]
Cash Flow Hedges, Tax	570,000	39,000
Amortization of Pension and OPEB Deferred Costs, Tax	255,000	235,000
Ohio Power Co [Member]
Cash Flow Hedges, Tax	15,000	676,000
Amortization of Pension and OPEB Deferred Costs, Tax	2,156,000	1,897,000
Public Service Co Of Oklahoma [Member]
Cash Flow Hedges, Tax	407,000	39,000
Southwestern Electric Power Co [Member]
Cash Flow Hedges, Tax	137,000	48,000
Amortization of Pension and OPEB Deferred Costs, Tax	$ 681,000	$ 253,000

Tax effect of the gross appreciation or the gross loss, net of reclassification adjustment, in the value of the total unsold available-for-sale securities at the end of an accounting period.

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Total tax effect of the change in accumulated gains and losses from derivative instruments designated and qualifying as the effective portion of cash flow hedges. The change includes an entity's share of an equity investee's increase or decrease in deferred hedging gains or losses. While for technical reasons this element has no balance attribute, the default assumption is a credit balance consistent with its label.

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Tax effect on adjustment out of other comprehensive income for prior service costs recognized as a component of net period benefit cost during the period.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
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-Name Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB)
-Number 51
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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
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-Paragraph 7
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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 87
-Paragraph 25
-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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