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NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON

CASE NO. 21-0810-E-PC

APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY and
WHEELING POWER COMPANY,
public utilities.
Petition for consent and approval to enter into Ownership and Operating Agreements for the Mitchell Plant.

NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING

On November 19, 2021, Appalachian Power Company and Wheeling Power Company (WPCo) (together, Companies) filed a petition (Petition) for consent and approval to enter into a new Mitchell Plant Ownership Agreement and new Mitchell Plant Operating Agreement with respect to the Mitchell Plant, a power plant located in Moundsville, West Virginia. WPCO currently owns a fifty percent undivided ownership interest in the Mitchell Plant. The Companies are not requesting a rate increase at this time, however, a change in ownership or operation of the Mitchell Plant could affect rates in the future.

The Commission set a procedural schedule in this case, including an evidentiary hearing to be held on April 7, 2022. The hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Howard M. Cunningham Hearing Room at the Commission’s offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia.

Anyone desiring to intervene and act as a party in this case 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, Acting Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323.

APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY and
WHEELING POWER COMPANY