William Fehrman compensation by year
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held| Component | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Salary | $628,846 | $1,505,769 |
| Bonus | $2,000,000 | $1,150,000 |
| Stock awards | $9,469,144 | $29,339,782 |
| Option awards | $0 | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive | $1,100,000 | $4,290,000 |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $0 | $35,685 |
| All other | $59,032 | $280,288 |
| Total | $13,257,022 | $36,601,524 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC DEF 14A filed March 18, 2026, accession 0000004904-26-000022, and prior-year filings.
How this page was built: the AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC filed document, accession 0000004904-26-000022. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 18, 2026.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2025 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSU | 173,040 | $19,953,242 | — |
| PSU | 167,194 | $19,279,140 | — |
| PSU | 72,890 | $8,404,946 | — |
| RSU | 43,260 | $4,988,311 | — |
| RSU | 27,866 | $3,213,228 | — |
| RSU | 27,764 | $3,201,467 | — |
| RSU | 8,329 | $960,417 | — |
Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.
Insider transactions since the last proxy
1 Form 4 line since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 18, 2026)current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
| Date | Transaction | Plan | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | Tax withholding | — | 6,283 | $128.32 | 133,539 |
The 1 most recent of 1 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER’s named executive officers, FY2025
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| William Fehrman · this page | Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer | $36,601,524 |
| Trevor Mihalik | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $13,481,299 |
| Douglas Cannon | President - AEP Transmission | $6,692,775 |
| Robert Berntsen | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | $5,465,229 |
| Alicia Knapp | President - Nuclear Development | $4,368,980 |
| Charles Zebula | Former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Advisor | $556,996 |
Board service
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER board · FY2024–FY2025How this board is paid
Company policy: AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER pays directors a $130,000 cash retainer and $170,000 in AEP stock units. As stated in AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER's FY2025 proxy.
Committees
Executive (Chair)
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