2004 ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS tronic freedom in today’s world. Our ability to reach out beyond our warehouse  walls will be reflected in the expansion of services we provide to the hungry in  the 11 counties that we serve.… We are grateful for the support AEP Texas has  offered the Food Bank throughout the years.  — Executive Director, Food Bank of Corpus  Christi  —  CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The barges broke loose from American Electric Power’s Cardinal Plant at Bril- liant. Some hung up on the Pike Island Dam – but four passed over it. That  prompted authorities to close Ohio River bridges at Wheeling in fear of what  Public Service Company of Oklahoma  (PSO), organized in 1913, is headquar- tered in Tulsa, Okla., and serves AEP’s  Oklahoma customers. Principal industries served include  natural gas and oil production, oil  refining, steel processing, aircraft  maintenance, paper manufacturing,  timber products, glass, chemicals,  cement, plastics, telecommunications  and rubber goods. PSO has approximately 505,000  customers.  PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA STUART SOLOMON President and Chief Operating Officer 9 On behalf of the Webb County Head Start program, please accept this letter of  appreciation. Your generous contribution brought a priceless amount of joy to the  children as they received their gifts. —  Director, Webb County Head Start  — LAREDO, TEXAS TOWBOAT CREWS DESERVE PRAISE — Editorial, Wheeling (W.Va.) News-Register – Jan. 7, 2005 Most of the time, towboat crews merely travel up and down the Ohio River,  placidly pushing “tows” of barges. But that changed for those on some of the  boats Thursday, when they were asked to help stop more than a dozen runaway  barges.