Tariff Form No. 8
(RULE 23)
PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHANGE IN RATES WITH
PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATES
NOTICE is hereby given that Appalachian Power
Company and Wheeling Power Company (“the
Companies”), public utilities, have filed with the PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA, a tariff containing increased rates, tolls and charges for
furnishing electric service to approximately 460,921
customers in cities, towns, villages, unincorporated
municipalities, and rural areas in their service territories in the counties of Boone, Brooke, Cabell, Clay, Fayette,
Greenbrier, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan,
Marshall, Mason, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe,
Nicholas, Ohio, Putnam, Raleigh, Roane, Summers,
Wayne, Wetzel, and Wyoming.
The proposed increased rates and charges will become effective September 1, 2024, unless otherwise ordered
by the Public Service Commission and will produce
approximately $265,149,391 annually in additional
revenue, an increase of 15.40 percent. The average
monthly bill for the various classes of customers will be changed as follows:
($) INCREASE (%) INCREASE
Residential $28.73 17.61%
Commercial $60.41 14.53%
Industrial $34.321 13.16%
Resale N/A N/A
Other $1.39 12.76%
Resale customers of Appalachian Power Company
include Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, City of
Radford, Craig-Botetourt Electric Cooperative, City of
Salem, Kingsport Power Company, Black Diamond
Power Company and Virginia Tech Electric. The
increases shown are based on averages of all
customers in the indicated class. Individual customers
may receive increases that are greater or less than
average. Furthermore, the requested rates and charges
are only a proposal and are subject to change
(increases or decreases) by the Public Service
Commission in its review of this filing. Any increase in
rates and charges will not become effective until
authorized and approved by the Public Service
Commission. (If a hearing is scheduled, notice will be
given of the time and place of hearing.)
Anyone desiring to intervene should file a written
petition to intervene prior to September 3, 2024, unless otherwise modified by Commission order. Failure to timely intervene can affect your right to participate in the proceedings. Requests to intervene must comply with the Commission’s rules on intervention. Anyone
desiring to protest should file a written or electronic
protest at any time up to the start of the evidentiary hearing. Customers may also make verbal protest at
any of the public comment hearings scheduled in this case. (Notice of the evidentiary hearing and public
comment hearing dates and locations will appear in
future newspaper publications). All protests or requests to inintervene should briefly state the reason for the
protest or intervention. All protests and interventions
should be addressed to:
The Executive Secretary, Public Service Commission of West Virginia
P.O. Box 812
Charleston, West Virginia 25323
A complete copy of this tariff, as well as a representative of the Company to provide any information requested concerning it, is available to all customers, prospective customers, or their agents at the following office of the Companies: 200 Association Drive, Charleston, WV 25311. A copy of this tariff is also available to all
customers, prospective customers, or their agents on
the website of the Companies
www.appalachianpower.com/account/bills/
rates/APCORatesTariffsWV.aspx. Any customer
wishing to receive a reduced-size copy of the tariff can telephone toll-free 800-982-4237, request such a copy and provide the necessary mailing information, and a copy will be mailed to the customer. A copy of this tariff is also available for public inspection at the office of the Executive Secretary of the PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia.
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