DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,910

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION
ACCOUNTING AND TAX TRANSACTION PROCESSING
A SUBSIDIARY OF AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
TULSA, OKLAHOMA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 18, 2019 by three workers on behalf of workers of
American Electric Power Service Corporation, Accounting and
Tax Transaction Processing, a subsidiary of American Electric
Power Company, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma ("American Electric Power
Service Corporation"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of various services to
affiliated entities, including but not limited to engineering
services, safety services, legal services, and accounting and
tax services. The workers the subject of the investigation are
engaged in activities related to the supply of accounting and
tax transaction processing services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
American Electric Power Service Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of American Electric
Power Service Corporation, Accounting and Tax Transaction
Processing, a subsidiary of American Electric Power Company,
Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma, who are engaged in activities related to
the supply of accounting and tax transaction processing
services meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of American Electric Power Service
Corporation, Accounting and Tax Transaction Processing, a
subsidiary of American Electric Power Company, Inc.,
Tulsa, Oklahoma, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 17, 2018, through two
years from the date of certification, and all workers in
the group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 28th day of July 2019.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance