AEP's marketing and technical staff is available to help customers incorporate the best coal ash for their needs at the greatest cost savings. AEP also conducts educational programs that are helpful to specifiers and customers. AEP has the ability to supply a consistent coal ash from several sources in order to provide the best ash for each application at the lowest overall cost. Product Quality AEP is one of the few utilities that controls the production of its coal ash products. AEP has specially trained technicians employed at each plant to ensure that only ash of the highest quality is dispensed to customers.
Unsuitable ash is identified and diverted to disposal.
This conscientious quality-control service provided by AEP is sought by many specifiers. The Civil Engineering Laboratory tests the performance of ash products in concrete and a variety of other applications. AEP coal ash consistently meets the highest standards in the industry. In addition, AEP's Environmental Laboratory routinely provides complete chemical analyses of all coal ash products. These tests ensure that AEP coal ash is continually and accurately characterized.