PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST
VIRGINIA CHARLESTON
CASE NO. 24-0727-E-P
MONONGAHELA
POWER COMPANY and
THE POTOMAC EDISON
COMPANY
Application for Review,
Reconciliation, and
Establishment of new
Renewable Electricity
Surcharge Rates
Proposed to be effective
January1, 2025.
NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING
On August 30, 2024,
Monongahela Power
Company and The
Potomac Edison
Company filed an
application for review and approval of a Renewable
Electricity Surcharge
(RES) to establish revised
surcharge rates for the
Companies. The filing
requested that the
Commission authorize the
increased rates to be
effective on January 1,
2025. The review period is January 1, 2024 through
June 30, 2024, and the
new rate period is
calendar year 2025. The
Companies proposed a
$231,117 increase in the
solar surcharge rates. The requested increase
included recovery of a
$186,611 under-recovery
during the review period,
which was the first six
months of 2024. The
Companies also projected a $44,506 additional
increment above present
rates to recover 2025
revenue requirements.
The proposed solar su
charge rate will increase a
monthly bill for an average residential customer using 1,000 kilowatts hours
(Kwhs) by $0.06 from
$137.58 to $137.64, or
less than a one-tenth of
one percent.
The Commission will
conduct an evidentiary
hearing on December 5,
2024, immediately
following the hearing in
Case No. 24-0671-E-P
scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. on that same day, in
the Howard M.
Cunningham Hearing
Room, Public Service
Commission, 201 Brooks
Street, Charleston, WV.
nterested persons should monitor the Commission’s web docket and website
because the evidentiary
hearing may be cancelled for good cause.
Anyone desiring to
intervene should file a
written petition to
intervene by October 30,
2024. Failure to intervene
timely can affect your right
to participate in the
proceeding. Requests to
intervene must comply
with the Commission’s
rules on intervention.
Anyone desiring to file
public comment regarding the proposed new rates
may file such comment at any time during this case. Petitions to intervene and
public comments should
include the case name
and number and be
addressed to: The
Executive Secretary,
Public Service
Commission of West
Virginia, P.O. Box 812,
Charleston, WV 25323.
Public comments may
also be filed online at
http://www.psc.state.wv.
us/scripts/
onlinecomments/
default.cfm by clicking the “Formal Case” link.
MONONGAHEL
POWER COMPANY and THE POTOMAC EDISON COMPANY
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