St. Joseph County, Mich. – Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) will restrict access to some of the Constantine and Mottville Hydroelectric Dams recreation areas for maintenance work.

At the Constantine Hydroelectric Dam, access to the reservoir boat launch and fishing access park off of Race St. will be limited for 2 weeks starting on Nov. 2, 2020.

At the Mottville Hydroelectric Dam, availability to the Mottville Reservoir access park off of Riverside Dr. will be restricted during the week of Nov. 9, 2020.

During this scheduled maintenance work, we ask people to be aware of heavy equipment entering and exiting these designated public access areas and to stay out of any marked construction zones.

I&M operates six run-of-river hydroelectric sites along the St. Joseph River in Indiana and Michigan.

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Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) is headquartered in Fort Wayne, and its approximately 2,100 employees serve more than 599,000 customers. More than two-thirds of its energy delivered in 2019 was emission-free.  I&M has at its availability various sources of generation including 2,278 MW of nuclear generation in Michigan, 450 MW of purchased wind generation from Indiana, more than 22 MW of hydro generation in both states and approximately 15 MW of large-scale solar generation in both states. The company’s generation portfolio also includes 2,620 MW of coal-fueled generation in Indiana.

American Electric Power, based in Columbus, Ohio, is focused on building a smarter energy infrastructure and delivering new technologies and custom energy solutions to our customers. AEP’s more than 17,400 employees operate and maintain the nation’s largest electricity transmission system and more than 221,000 miles of distribution lines to efficiently deliver safe, reliable power to nearly 5.5 million regulated customers in 11 states. AEP also is one of the nation’s largest electricity producers with approximately 30,000 megawatts of diverse generating capacity, including more than 5,300 megawatts of renewable energy. AEP’s family of companies includes utilities AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia and West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Power (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and east Texas). AEP also owns AEP Energy, AEP Energy Partners, AEP OnSite Partners and AEP Renewables, which provide innovative competitive energy solutions nationwide.