AEP SWEPCO (Southwestern Electric Power Company)
Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) is the American Electric Power subsidiary serving northwest Louisiana, including Shreveport and the Caddo + Bossier corridor where Amazon's $12B campuses are sited. SWEPCO's tariff structure recovers project-specific substation, transmission, and specialized equipment costs from Amazon directly.
Plain-English definition
The AEP subsidiary that serves northwest Louisiana and is the utility of record for Amazon's $12B Caddo + Bossier data center campuses.
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