COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- American
Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) has promoted Daniel L. Snider to vice president, Enterprise
NERC Compliance, effective Sept. 28.
Snider has been AEP's managing director, Enterprise NERC Compliance
since 2010.
Snider, 56, has responsibility for strategic leadership and
implementation of AEP's Corporate NERC Compliance program including
compliance oversight, compliance management, engagement and
outreach, strategic initiatives and business unit assurance. AEP's
Enterprise NERC Compliance team provides strategic compliance
leadership for AEP's 11 utility subsidiaries and its other
regulated and competitive business units. Snider will continue
reporting to Charles Patton, AEP's
executive vice president, External Affairs.
"Dan has established himself as a leader at AEP and the industry
by successfully advocating for and implementing a compliance
program designed to protect and ensure reliable operation of the
critical electric infrastructure that we own and operate. AEP
operates the largest transmission system in the United States and is a member of four
regional transmission organizations (RTOs). As national and
regional compliance requirements for critical infrastructure
continue to increase and become more complex, Dan's promotion
recognizes the essential need for a robust compliance program and
puts in place a single compliance structure to ensure that program
continues to be as effective as possible," Patton said.
Snider has more than 33 years of experience at AEP including
leadership roles in Regional Transmission Organization Policy,
Transmission Interconnection Services and Regulatory Issues
Management. He's also had leadership roles in regulatory,
marketing, asset management, and customer and distribution services
throughout his career.
Snider earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and
a master's degree in Interpersonal/Organizational Communication
from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
He also completed the Ohio State
Executive Leadership Program and the University of Virginia Darden Executive Leadership
Program.
American Electric Power, based in Columbus, Ohio, is focused on building a
smarter energy infrastructure and delivering new technologies and
custom energy solutions to our customers. AEP's approximately
17,400 employees operate and maintain the nation's largest
electricity transmission system and more than 221,000 miles of
distribution lines to efficiently deliver safe, reliable power to
nearly 5.5 million regulated customers in 11 states. AEP also is
one of the nation's largest electricity producers with more than
30,000 megawatts of diverse generating capacity, including
approximately 5,300 megawatts of renewable energy. AEP's family of
companies includes utilities AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power
(in Virginia and West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Power (in
Tennessee), Indiana Michigan
Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power
Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana, east Texas and the Texas
Panhandle). AEP also owns AEP Energy, AEP Energy Partners,
AEP OnSite Partners, and AEP Renewables, which provide innovative
competitive energy solutions nationwide. For more information,
visit aep.com.
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