<P> Until the 21st century, AEP's operations in Tennessee were part of a separate operating company, Kingsport Power Company . However, since the turn of the millennium, Kingsport Power's operations have been almost completely merged with those of Appalachian Power, and AEP considers Appalachian Power to be the operating company in the Kingsport area . While Kingsport Power still legally exists, the Kingsport Power name is almost never used anymore except for regulatory formality . </P> <P> Wheeling Power, based in Wheeling, West Virginia, was long treated as a de facto part of Ohio Power, but is now reckoned as part of Appalachian Power . </P> <P> Indiana Michigan Power serves northeastern and east central Indiana, including Muncie and Fort Wayne; and parts of north central Indiana and southwest Michigan, including South Bend, St. Joseph, Benton Harbor and Three Rivers . </P> <P> Kentucky Power serves most of Eastern Kentucky, the area abutting the Appalachian Power service area, including communities of Pikeville, Hazard and Ashland . Kentucky Power headquarters is in Ashland and they maintain a government relations office in Frankfort, Kentucky . </P>

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