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PSC Case No 87 0669 E P

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON
CASE NO. 87-0669-E-P
AMERICAN BITUMINOUS POWER PARTNERS, L.P.
and MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY
Joint Petition to reopen for Approval of
Amendment to Electric Energy Purchase
Agreement and Associated Ratemaking Treatment
NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING
On June 5, 2015, American Bituminous Power Partners, L.P. (AmBit), owner of the Grant Town electric cogeneration project, and Monongahela Power Company (Mon Power) filed a joint petition to reopen this proceeding and for approval of a modified Electric Energy Purchase Agreement (EEPA). The Grant Town project is an electric generation facility located in Grant Town, West Virginia, that began operation in 1993 and that uses coal and waste coal. Mon Power purchases electricity from AmBit according to the terms of an EEPA entered into pursuant to the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act of 1978, 16 U.S.C. § 824a-3(e) and § 2601 et seq. (PURPA). AmBit and Mon Power request that the Public Service Commission approve amendments to the EEPA that will have a rate impact on customers of Mon Power and The Potomac Edison Company in approximately October 2017.
This matter is a continuation of proceedings that commenced in 1987. Filings in the case are available for review at the Commission offices, or on-line at the Commission website http://www.psc.state.wv.us/WebDocket by clicking the “Case” link in the left-hand column.
In addition to AmBit and Mon Power, the Consumer Advocate Division of the Commission (CAD), the West Virginia Energy Users Group (WVEUG), the West Virginia Citizen Action Group (WVCAG) and Staff of the West Virginia Public Service Commission are all parties to this case.
The Commission will conduct an evidentiary hearing in this matter at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, September 11, 2015, at the Commission offices, 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia. Interested parties may file comments in this case on or before September 11, 2015, addressed to Ingrid Ferrell, Executive Secretary, Public Service Commission of West Virginia, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323. Comments may also be filed on-line at http://www. psc.state.wv.us/scripts/onlinecomments/default.cfm by clicking the “Formal Case” link.