![Human Capital : "You Have To Tell People The Truth" with Michael Morris, CEO & President of American Electric Power](https://www.podcastworld.io/podcast-images/management-and-leadership-training-podcasts-rb361w7e.webp)
Michael Morris Chairman, President & CEO, American Electric Power speaks about his company, his management style, and his views on the critical issue of America’s future energy mix.American Electric Power is a major investor-owner electric utility in various parts of the United States. 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 (63,000 km) network that includes 765 kilovolt ultra-high voltage transmission lines; more than all other U.S. transmission systems combined. AEP's transmission system directly or indirectly serves about 10 percent of the electricity demand in the Eastern Interconnection, the interconnected transmission system that covers 38 eastern and central U.S. states and eastern Canada, and approximately 11 percent of the electricity demand in ERCOT, the transmission system that covers much of Texas. AEP's utility units operate as AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and east Texas). AEP's headquarters are in Columbus, Ohio.American Electric Power was the first utility to utilize 345KV transmission lines which took place in 1953.For more management and training podcasts go to MeetTheBoss.TVThe leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it.Elaine Agather