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Yeah, Sam, you are right. I have been away from there for a long time. One
forgets the difference between APCO and AEPCO. Jim Nichols



>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

>

>>

>>Jerry: It was an AEPCO truck. That's who ran the power plant at Glen

>>Lyn. Glad to learn that you guys were all that close to where I was. Jim

>>Nichols

>>My son Scott works for Appalachian Power in the Roanoke office. You are very correct about the move BACK to using "Appalachian Power. They are very sensative about their roots in the area; so much so that radio and TV ads were pulled when the, probably New York or California, announcer pronounced Appalachian wrong. The new version with the "latch" in them are now being aired.

Skip Salmon

>>

>>>I was there, too, helping clear the debris from US 460. A VEPCO truck (or

>>>some

>>>such power co>>>

>>>Jerry Kay, Portsmouth, VA


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