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EC3 - Coverage of the organization's defined benefit plan obligations

AEP has defined benefit retirement obligations that include both pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans providing retirees medical and life insurance benefits. The funded position of these defined benefit plans is shown in the table below.

	Pension Plans			Postretirement Benefit Plans
	2010	2009	2008	2010	2009	2008
Fund Assets	3,858	3,403	3,161	1,461	1,308	1,018
Plan Obligations	4,807	4,701	4,301	2,125	1,941	1,843
Funded Position	(949)	(1,298)	(1,140)	(664)	(633)	(824)
Percent Funded	80%	72%	73%	69%	67%	55%
Year-End Balance, in Millions of Dollars More detailed information on these plans is included in the Benefit Plans footnote to AEP's annual report (PDF)

2011

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