June 28, 2005
FPL Energy and PSO dedicate Weatherford Wind Energy Center

WEATHERFORD, Ok. – FPL Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of FPL Group (NYSE: FPL) and Public Service Company of Oklahoma, a wholly owned operating subsidiary of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), today joined about 150 guests near Weatherford to dedicate FPL Energy’s Weatherford Wind Energy Center in Custer County, Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Secretary of the Environment Miles Tolbert, Lt. General Thomas P. Stafford (retired), and Weatherford Mayor Mike Brown were among the dignitaries that joined FPL Energy’s Senior Vice President of Development Mike O’Sullivan and PSO’s President and COO Stuart Solomon and more than 150 local and regional guests to celebrate the commercial operation of the Weatherford Wind Energy Center and the organizations that helped bring the facility to Oklahoma.

"The Weatherford Wind Energy Center is much more than just the most recent wind farm to bring clean, renewable power to Oklahoma,” said O’Sullivan. “This project is a demonstration of how when people bring their skills, knowledge and commitment together, something good can happen. Many people worked on this project and the result is a facility of which we can all be proud.”

“For more than 90 years, PSO has been in the forefront in providing safe, reliable and low-cost energy to Oklahomans,” said Solomon. “Today, we’re proud to say that we continue to lead the way by providing our customers with the benefits of wind power from the Weatherford Wind Energy Center, while also advancing the wind energy industry in Oklahoma.”

FPL Energy’s Weatherford Wind Energy Center will be capable of generating enough electricity to power more than 44,000 homes. Construction of the initial 71 wind turbines at the wind farm was completed earlier this year and commercial operation began in late April 2005. The company expects to complete the previously announced 40.5 megawatt expansion of the facility by the end of 2005. The 147-megawatt facility is owned and operated by FPL Energy. PSO purchases all of the output from the facility under a long-term contract and provides the power to its customers throughout its service territory.

FPL Energy is a leading wholesale generator of clean power, utilizing fuels including natural gas, wind, solar, hydroelectric and nuclear. It is the nation’s leader in wind energy with 45 wind facilities in operation in 15 states. It is a subsidiary of FPL Group (NYSE:FPL), one of the nation’s largest providers of electricity-related services with annual revenues of more than $10 billion. FPL Group’s principal subsidiary is Florida Power & Light Company, one of the nation’s largest electric utilities, serving 4.3 million customer accounts in Florida. Additional information is available on the Internet at www.FPLEnergy.com, www.FPLGroup.com and www.FPL.com.

PSO, a unit of American Electric Power, is an electric utility company serving approximately 509,000 customers in eastern and southwestern Oklahoma. Based in Tulsa, PSO has more than 4,000 megawatts of generating capacity and offers some of the lowest cost energy in the United States. PSO’s parent company, American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), owns more than 36,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States and is the nation’s largest electricity generator. AEP is also one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, with more than 5 million customers linked to AEP’s 11-state electricity transmission and distribution grid. The company is based in Columbus, Ohio.