AEP's Cook Nuclear Plant Unit 2 in Michigan To Start Refueling Outage

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March 21 (Reuters) - AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY INC'S (AEP)INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER:

* REPORTS COOK NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 2 WILL BEGIN ITS TWENTY-SEVENTH REFUELING OUTAGE ON MARCH 23

* REPORTS POWER ON UNIT 2 WAS REDUCED ON MARCH 20 TO ALLOW FOR EQUIPMENT TESTING BEFORE THE OUTAGE BEGINS

* REPORTS THE UNIT 2 WILL HAVE OPERATED FOR 12,023 HOURS DURING ITS LAST CYCLE AT A CAPACITY FACTOR OF 99.4%, GENERATING 14,094,064 MEGAWATT-HOURS OF (NET) ELECTRICITY

* REPORTS COOK UNIT 1 REMAINS AT 100% AND POWER TO CUSTOMERS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE DISRUPTED BY THE PLANNED UNIT 2 OUTAGE

* REPORTS AEP DOES NOT PROVIDE A RETURN TO SERVICE DATE FOR COMPETITIVE REASONS (Reporting by Sherin Elizabeth varghese in Bengaluru)

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