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Thanks, Gordon. I knew there was some reason for me calling it AEPCO. That's 
what it was when I grew up in Bluefield.  Jim Nichols




> Sam,

>

> There have been several name changes.  In 1925 American Gas & Electric 

> (AG&E) bought Appalachian Power Co. (APCO) and merged it with others in 

> 1926 to form Appalachian Electric Power Company (AEPCO), but in 1958 AG&E 

> decided to rename itself American Electric Power Company (AEPCO) so it had 

> to change the name of the local utility back to Appalachian Power Company 

> (APCO). Clear?

>

> Gordon Hamilton

>

>>

>

>> To be even pickier, Rev Jim, it was most likely an APCO truck belonging 

>> to

>> Appalachian Power Company, the subsidiary of AEPCO (American Electric 

>> Power

>> Company) that operates the Glen Lyn power plant.

>>

>> As a footnote, several years ago AEPCO decided to do away with all the

>> regional subsidiary names and the APCO label was removed from everything,

>> including the trucks.  Then, two or three years ago they revived the

>> Appalachian Power Company name and it's back on the trucks and on the old

>> headquarters building on Franklin Road in Roanoke.  I never stopped 

>> making

>> my checks out to APCO, and they never had any trouble cashing them.

>>

>> Sam Putney