Legal 3 col x 7”
0325 0401
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON
CASE NO. 20-1012-E-P
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY
and WHEELING POWER COMPANY
Petition for Implementation of an Experimental Infrastructure
Investment Tracker and Surcharge
PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHANGE IN RATES UPON APPLICATION, PUBLIC
COMMENT HEARING, and EVIDENTIARY HEARING
NOTICE is hereby given that Appalachian Power Company and Wheeling Power Company (“the Companies”), public utilities, have on December 14, 2020, filed with the PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA, a tariff containing increased rates, tolls and charges for furnishing electric service to approximately 467,295 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 and Wyoming.
The proposed increased rates and charges will produce approximately $49.8 million annually in additional revenue, an increase of 3.4%. The average monthly bill for the various classes of customers will be changed as follows:
($) INCREASE (%) INCREASE
Residential $5.26 3.71%
Commercial $12.37 3.52%
Industrial $5,686.63 2.92%
Other $0.84 4.42%
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.
Because of the pandemic, a public comment hearing will be held by videoconference only on June 8, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. Directions to enter the public comment hearing will be posted on the Commission website, www.psc.state.wv.us, under the Hot Topics section by June 3, 2021.
The Public Service Commission will conduct an evidentiary hearing at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 8, 2021, or immediately folk)wing the public comment hearing, and to continue if necessary on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in the Howard M. Cunningham Hearing Room, Public Service Commission Building, 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia. Depending on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic at the time of the hearing, the entire evidentiary hearing may be held by videoconference. The Commission will issue further instructions regarding this matter at a later date.
Anyone desiring to intervene should file a written petition to intervene by 4:00 p.m. May 4, 2021. Failure to timely intervene can affect your right to participate in the proceeding. 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. All protests or requests to intervene 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: 500 Lee Street, East, Suite 800, Charleston, WV 25301. 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 20 l Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia.
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY
and WHEELING POWER COMPANY