KKR is partnering with the Public Sector Pension Investment Board to buy a 19.9% interest in two units of American Electric Power for $2.82 billion.

Global investment firm KKR and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP), one of Canada’s largest pension funds, have agreed to acquire a 19.9 percent stake in American Electric Power Ohio's (AEP) Indiana and Michigan transmission companies for $2.82 billion.

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