William Fehrman

Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, American Electric Power

Search every verified William Fehrman interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. At the ReliabilityFirst Fall Reliability & Security Summit on September 9, 2025, Fehrman participated in a panel discussion on grid reliability, growth, and security. He stated that American Electric Power's current load is about 38,000 megawatts, which took a century to reach, and that the company has signed agreements for an additional 24,000 megawatts of load. He also noted that 190,000 megawatts of generation have requested interconnection to the AEP system over the next five years. Fehrman also discussed natural gas, saying he does not view it as a "bridge fuel" but rather as a "fundamental energy provider" for the country that will remain important for a long time. He suggested that strategies around natural gas will need to evolve, including potentially building generation sites on top of reserves to minimize pipeline needs, while adding more pipelines would be critical where possible.