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)