PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA CHARLESTON
CASE NO. 25-0773-E-P
MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY and THE POTOMAC EDISON COMPANY
Petition for Reconciliation of Surcharge and Regular Review of Vegetation Management Program.
NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING
On August 29, 2025, Monongahela Power Company (Mon Power) and The Potomac Edison Company (PE) (collectively, the Companies) filed their 2025 petition for Commission review of their Vegetation Management Program (VMP) and true-up of the VMP Surcharge (VMS). The Companies proposed an overall composite rate change of a $3,218,313 annual decrease in VMS rates effective January 1, 2026.
The percentage decrease due to an annual $3.2 million VMP rate decrease by rate schedule and in total revenue is as follows:
Rate 2026 Forecasted 2026 VMS %
Schedule Revenue Incr/(Decr) Change
A & R $ 800,158,661 $(1,325,545) -0.2%
B & G $ 109,776,683 $ (568,802) -0.5%
C & E $ 319,728,549 $ (1,030,045) -0.3%
CSH $ 3,463,921 $ (47,672) -1.4%
D & PH $ 89,233,449 $ (177,164) -1.2%
K & PP $ 508,580,838 $ (112,400) 0.0%
AGS $ 385,101 $ (1,821) -0.5%
Street Lighting $ 13,570,808 $ 45,137 0.3%
Total $ 1,844,898,011 $ (3,218,313) -0.2%
The Commission set a procedural schedule for the case, including an evidentiary hearing to begin on December 15, 2025. The hearing will begin immediately following the evidentiary hearing in Case No. 25-0772-E-ENEC in the Howard M. Cunningham Hearing Room at the Commission’s offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia. The Commission may cancel the evidentiary hearing for good cause shown. Interested persons intending to attend the hearing should monitor the Commission web docket.
Anyone desiring to intervene and act as a party in either of these cases should file a Petition to Intervene within ten days following the date of this publication, complying with the rules on intervention set forth in the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure. Anyone desiring to protest should file a written protest as soon as possible although protests will be accepted throughout the pendency of this proceeding. All written protests should briefly state the reason for the protest. All protests and Petitions to Intervene should state the case name and number and be addressed to Karen Buckley, Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323.
MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY and
THE POTOMAC EDISON COMPANY
WDT – Oct. 22, 2025